page_title: Hard Rock Stadium
section_title: Soccer
hierarchical_section_title: Hard Rock Stadium / Notable events / Soccer
caption_attribution_description: English: Marc Anthony performs at halftime of El Clásico Miami on July 29, 2017.
context_page_description: Hard Rock Stadium is a football stadium located in Miami Gardens, Florida, a city north of Miami. It is the home stadium of the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League. Hard Rock Stadium also plays host to the Miami Hurricanes football team during their regular season. In addition, the facility hosts the Orange Bowl, an annual college football bowl game. It was the home to the Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2011. From 2019, the stadium is home to the Miami Open tennis tournament, played in March.
  The stadium has hosted six Super Bowls, the 2010 Pro Bowl, two World Series, four BCS National Championship Games, the second round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, and WrestleMania XXVIII. The stadium will host the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2021, as well as has "agreed in principle" to host the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix in 2021.
  The facility opened in 1987 as "Joe Robbie Stadium" and has been known by a number of names since: "Pro Player Park", "Pro Player Stadium", "Dolphins Stadium", "Dolphin Stadium", "Land Shark Stadium", and "Sun Life Stadium".
context_section_description: A number of soccer matches have been held in the stadium, including a number of international friendlies featuring Central or South American sides. (This is due to South Florida being home to one of the largest populations of Central and South Americans in the United States.)
  The stadium hosted a match between FC Barcelona and C.D. Guadalajara on August 3, 2011, as part of the 2011 World Football Challenge. Guadalajara won the match, 4–1, in front of 70,080 attendees.
  Colombia beat Mexico, 2–0, in a friendly international in front of 51,615 spectators at the stadium on February 29, 2012. A year later they beat Guatemala, 4–1.
  A.C. Milan and Chelsea faced each other at the stadium on July 28, 2012. A.C. Milan won the match, 1–0, in front of 57,748 fans.
  Brazil beat Honduras, 5–0, in a friendly match in front of 71,124 spectators on November 16, 2013. The attendance was the highest for a soccer match at the stadium.
  England played Ecuador and Honduras at the New Miami Stadium on June 4 and 7, 2014, respectively.
  South Korea played against Ghana on June 9, 2014.
  On September 5, 2014, two months after a heavy defeat to Germany in the World Cup, Brazil beat Colombia, 1–0, in front of an announced attendance of 73,429 fans, a new attendance record for a soccer match at the stadium.
  The 2014 International Champions Cup preseason final was held at New Miami Stadium with Manchester United defeating Liverpool 3–1 on August 4, 2014 to claim the tournament's second title.
  Two 2017 International Champions Cup preseason matches were played at the Hard Rock, one of them the El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid. Barcelona won 3–2 in the second El Clásico to take place outside of Spain. 66,014 people, above current capacity, attended the match.
  On March 23, 2018 the international friendly Peru–Croatia was played at the stadium, which Peru won 2–0.   Hard Rock Stadium is also a candidate to be one of the host stadiums for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
caption: El Clásico at the Hard Rock Stadium in 2017.
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