Gotham goes wild for the Boys in Green

Maybe this New York soccer friendly will be no more than a money-spinning afterthought tacked onto a busy end-of-season schedule.

Maybe it will be an overly expensive dessert wine that Ireland fans will be forced to break the bank for while first-choice Ireland players avoid it like a two-footed challenge. And maybe — no, definitely — Yankee Stadium will once again prove a horrendous place to watch a game of football.

Spain will most likely not bring their best weapons, either, if Barcelona and Real Madrid are kept apart by the Champions League semi-final draw in Nyon on Friday, allowing both sides a workable path to go all the way to Wembley for the final.