PHOENIX — The Arizona Cardinals are headed south of the border during the 2022 NFL regular season.
In a release from the team Monday morning, Arizona announced the Cardinals as one of the teams who will play a regular-season game in Mexico next season.
Details about the opponent, date and time were not immediately released, but the game will be played at Estadio Azteca. It is the same location Arizona "hosted" a game in 2005 during the first NFL regular-season game outside the United States.
A game in Mexico City was originally planned in 2020, but was canceled due to the pandemic.
According to the Cardinals, their Mexico opponent will come from the team's 2022 home opponents: Seahawks, 49ers, Rams, Chiefs, Chargers, Buccaneers, Saints, Eagles and Patriots.
When the Cardinals played in Mexico during their last game, they beat the 49ers, 31-14, in front of a then-NFL record crowd of 103,467.
We will continue to update this story once more confirmed details are released.
Arizona sports
The city of Phoenix is home to five major professional sports league teams; The NFL's Arizona Cardinals, NBA's Phoenix Suns, WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, MLB's Arizona Diamondbacks and NHL's Arizona Coyotes.
The Cardinals have made the State Farm Stadium in Glendale their home turf and the Footprint Center in downtown Phoenix is home to both the Suns and the Mercury. The Indoor Football League’s Arizona Rattlers also play at the Footprint. Phoenix has a soccer team with the USL's Phoenix Rising FC.
The Valley hosts multiple major sporting events on a yearly basis, including college football's Fiesta Bowl and Cactus Bowl; the PGA Tour’s highest-attended event, the Waste Management Phoenix Open; NASCAR events each spring and fall; and Cactus League Spring Training.
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