The U.S. men’s and women’s national teams will play separate matches in early 1999 at Lockhart Stadium in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. The U.S. women will take on Portugal live on ESPN on Jan. 30 at 2 p.m. (ET), while the U.S. men will battle Chile a month later on Feb. 21 at 3:30 p.m. (ET), also live on ESPN. “Florida has been a great home for our U.S. national team programs over the years,” said U.S. Soccer Secretary General Hank Steinbrecher, “and now it is even more attractive with the rebirth of Lockhart Stadium as one of the USA’s major soccer venues. These types of soccer specific stadiums are one of the key elements in the Federation’s Project 2010 initiative and to our overall future success.” For the U.S. men, the game marks the team’s first appearance at Lockhart Stadium since playing a pair of World Cup qualifiers in Ft. Lauderdale back in 1980. Lockhart was recently refurbished and is currently the home of the Miami Fusion of Major League Soccer. Chile, advanced to the second round of World Cup France ’98 with star attackers such as Marcelo Salas (who plays for Italy’s Lazio), Ivan Zamorano (Inter Milan of Italy) and Marcelo Vega (New York/New Jersey MetroStars). The South American power fell in the second round to eventual runner-up Brazil. The U.S. has played Chile seven times previously, compiling a 1-5-1 record. The lone U.S. victory came in the most recent match, a 2-1 Copa America victory July 8, 1995 in Uruguay. The U.S. women will use the match with Portugal to help prepare for the Women’s World Cup, which begins June 19 at Giants Stadium in New Jersey. The U.S. women have played Portugal twice previously, winning by a score of 5-0 on March 16, 1994, in Silves, Portugal and by a score of 3-0 on March 16, 1995, in Portimao, Portugal. Tickets for both matches will go on sale to the general public in early December, and special packages for both games will be available.