Fans of Club América showed up in droves for Saturday night’s friendly against San Diego FC at Snapdragon Stadium.
Too bad Club América didn’t.
This wasn’t the Mexican giant’s first team. Or second. Third or fourth? Maybe.
That much was evident when Club América came out for warmups. All but four of the two dozen players on its roster wore triple-digit jerseys.
The starting lineup included players wearing numbers like 185, 186, 237 and 303. It wasn’t because most of the lower numbers were retired, like with the New York Yankees. Nope.
Most of the team’s starters were either away for international play or resting up for the Liga MX season that begins next month.
“I don’t know if these guys have even played together,” one press box observer said at halftime after Club América barely cr