CHICAGO, March 28, 2016 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ — CMN Sports, a division of Cárdenas Marketing Network, Inc., one of the leading experiential event-marketing agencies and the largest producer of Latin music events in the U.S., announced today a friendly match between the National teams of Colombia and Haiti to take place on May 29th at the Marlins’ Park in Miami, FL. Tickets will go on sale Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 10am/EDT and can be purchased through www.tickets.com and www.marlins.com/soccer.
“We know Miami has a large community of both Colombian and Haitian soccer fans and are pleased to bring this exciting match to them,” said founder and CEO of CMN, Henry Cárdenas.
The upcoming match is an exciting opportunity for soccer fans to see these two teams go head to head in the only game in Miami before the Copa America Centenario 2016 tournament in June. This will be the fifth time Colombia and Haiti have faced-off in a game, the last time being in February 2009 where Colombia defeated Haiti 2-0.
In their quest for the 2018 World Cup qualification, Colombia beat Bolivia in a thrilling game this past Thursday and Haiti tied vs. Panama in their match Friday positioning them to still be in the running for a spot in the final 6(hexagonal) in the CONCACAF region.
The game will feature some of the federations top players from both teams including James Rodriguez, Juan Cuadrado, Carlos Bacca and David Ospina for Colombia as they prepare to celebrate Conmebols (The South American Football Confederation) 100 year anniversary and Haitis team will come full force with key players such as Mechack Jerome, Johny Placide, Jeff Louis, Donald Guerrier and Kervens Fils Belfort.
Fans can also follow all the action from Colombia vs. Haiti on Twitter and Instagram at @cmnevents, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/CMNEvents and by using the hashtag #COLvsHAITI.
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About Cardenas Marketing Network:
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Cárdenas Marketing Network, Inc. (CMN) is one of the leading Multicultural experiential event-marketing agencies and the largest producer of Latin music events in the U.S. With over 2,800 activations each year since 2002, CMN has been connecting brands with consumers through shared passion points of music, sports, and cultural pride, offering full integration with digital marketing and advertising for all projects and activations. CMN works with a variety of industries, global organizations and emerging businesses, helping them grow and guiding them to become culturally relevant with the Hispanic consumer. In 2015, CMN was named one of Advertising Age’s, “Largest U.S. Hispanic Agencies,” Crain’s “Chicago’s Largest Minority-Owned Firms,” and has been awarded “Best Event/Consumer Engagement Campaign of the year” by Billboard Latin Music Marketing Awards. For sponsorship opportunities, visit www.cmnevents.com.
About Marlins Park
Marlins Park is a state-of-the-art retractable roof ballpark located in the heart of Miami, on the historic Orange Bowl site. The ballpark features unobstructed views of Miami’s skyline made possible by six operable glass panels. Conceived as an abstraction of “water merging with land” symbolic of Miami’s coastal landscape, Marlins Park offers fans the most incredible baseball experience where beauty and baseball merge. Marlins Park is the first retractable roof structure in the world to earn LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
