Dave Howard: more soccer, maybe hockey Winter Classic at Citi Field

Via Mets.com

“We’re in discussions now about a professional exhibition between a high-profile club European team and a Mexican team for late July,” said Howard. “We probably will have an announcement about that a little later this week. MLS is on record as saying it wants a second team in the New York area — in Queens, in a soccer stadium — but we would be open to having this be its home on a temporary basis.

“We also have had discussions with the National Hockey League about the [annual Jan. 1] Winter Classic. They came to study Citi Field, and they were very impressed. I can picture a rink in shallow center field, and once you do it, you might as well use it for college games, maybe a round robin between the three [New York] teams.”

And hopefully the 2013 MLB All Star Game is about to be announced.

Congrats to the Mets on a successful event.