While I was in Boston, Major League Soccer came to Tucson with the Desert Cup matches at Hi Corbett Field. The marquee match was always going to be Sporting KC against New York Red Bulls, but the series also featured matches with the Arizona Sahuaros and FC Tucson, two of the semiprofessional soccer clubs in the state.

Last week I mentioned that the promoters of a proposed series of MLS pre-season matches in Tucson were still looking for a stadium in town. Yesterday the Arizona Daily Star reported that the city did in fact give permission to have the matches at Hi Corbett Field, a baseball stadium in the central part of Tucson.