{"id":24070,"date":"2024-02-06T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/24070\/eagles-to-play-in-nfls\/"},"modified":"2024-02-06T04:45:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-06T01:45:01","slug":"eagles-to-play-in-nfls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=24070","title":{"rendered":"Eagles to play in NFL&#8217;s first game in Brazil to kick off &#8217;24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eagles to play in NFL&#8217;s first game in Brazil to kick off &#8217;24\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Paul Gutierrez, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">February 6, 2024, 12:20 a.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and is the Las Vegas Raiders reporter.  He has a multi-platform role \u2013 writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, as well as podcast and radio appearances.  Before joining ESPN, Gutierrez spent three years at CSN Bay Area as a multi-platform reporter, covering the Raiders and Oakland Athletics as well as host of the cable news show SportsNet Central.  Gutierrez votes for the Baseball Hall of Fame and is also a member of the Professional <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"Football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Football<\/a> Writers of America and currently serves as president of the Las Vegas chapter of the PFWA.  He is also a member of the California Chicano News Media Association and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.  Gutierrez is the author of three books: <i>Tales of Tommy Davis from the Dodgers dugout<\/i>, <i>100 Things Raiders Fans Should Know &#038; Do Before They Die<\/i>and if<i>These Walls Could Talk: Stories from the Raiders&#39; sideline, locker room and press box<\/i>with Lincoln Kennedy.  You can follow Paul on Twitter @PGutierrezESPN<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>LAS VEGAS \u2014 The Philadelphia Eagles will host the NFL&#39;s first regular-season game in Brazil, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell announced Monday during his State of the NFL press conference at Allegiant Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>The Eagles, who last played an international game in 2018, will face an opponent to be announced in S\u00e3o Paolo on Friday, September 6, the day after the NFL season kicks off on Thursday evening.  This will be the first Friday NFL game on opening weekend in more than 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are incredibly excited about our growth globally,\u201d Goodell said.  &#8220;We are confident that we can become a global sport in the near future. Our shareholders are committed to enabling more matches to be played each year, on a global scale. We are excited by the response from fans and our partners &#8220;I think it&#39;s a great opportunity for the league and we&#39;re committed to making it a global sport.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Eagles-to-play-in-NFLs-first-game-in-Brazil-to.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Eagles&#39; home opponents for the 2024 season are the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, Washington Commanders, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, Carolina Panthers, Jacksonville Jaguars, Packers of Green Bay and the Pittsburgh Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBrazil is new for us this year,\u201d Goodell added.  &#8220;We think this gives us the opportunity to access more fans. Not just here in the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/united\/\"   title=\"United\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">United<\/a> States, but globally. And I think it&#39;s going to be a huge success. We&#39;re excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to NFL.com, the league has 38 million fans in Brazil with &#8220;increased&#8221; interest in recent years for the playoffs and Super Bowl.  The league&#39;s website also mentioned the 49,000-seat Corinthians Arena, which hosted World Cup matches in 2014 as well as Olympic soccer matches in 2016, as the likely venue for the match.<\/p>\n<p>The NFL already plays international games in England and Germany and could target Spain in 2025, as owners passed a resolution in the fall requiring each team to play an international game once every four years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eagles to play in NFL&#8217;s first game in Brazil to kick off &#8217;24\u060c Paul Gutierrez, ESPN editorFebruary 6, 2024, 12:20 a.m. Close Paul Gutierrez joined NFL Nation in 2013 and is the Las Vegas Raiders reporter. He has a multi-platform role \u2013 writing on ESPN.com, television appearances on NFL Live and SportsCenter, as well as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[775,1116,246,8043,4920,954],"class_list":["post-24070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-sports","tag-brazil","tag-eagles","tag-game","tag-kick","tag-nfls","tag-play"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24070"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24072,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24070\/revisions\/24072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24071"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}