It was the first-ever soccer game played at 11-year-old M&T Bank Stadium, which is the home field for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League.

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"Those people who said football won't work in the Olympic Stadium haven't stood in the middle of the Olympics Stadium, which I've done a number of times, " he added.

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"If we were to win the bid there wouldn't be any of the matches played on Merseyside because there isn't a suitable stadium, " he added.

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But as the economics of the NFL changed, Davis didn't adapt--and he failed to cash in on the construction boom he created: The Raiders are one of only six teams that haven't built a new stadium since 1982 (the Giants and the Jets have a new one under way).

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