Want to see the World Cup-winning women? Tickets already scarce and pricey

Brisk presale tickets bought by Minnesota United supporters has the U.S. women's national soccer team's "Victory Tour" visit in September essentially sold out before general-public sales begin Wednesday.

The friendly match against Portugal — one of five stops on the tour that starts Saturday at the Rose Bowl as the United States celebrates the recent World Cup victory — will be played at Allianz Field on Sept. 3.

Pricey "platinum" and secondary-market resale tickets remain after United season-ticket members, people on "The Preserve" waitlist and newsletter subscribers snapped up presale tickets.

It started last Friday, and newsletter subscribers who received an e-mailed code Monday to buy tickets found only premium and resale tickets remaining.

The MLS team owns the new St. Paul stadium.

A United season-ticket member with seats in Allianz Field's north end last week paid $74 per ticket including fees.

Resale tickets available Monday evening on Ticketmaster started at $210 each for a pair in the north end, and two front-row field-side tickets were priced at $750. Front-row "platinum" seats field-side selling at face value ranged from $370 to $975 each.

The tour starts Saturday against Ireland at the 90,000-seat Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., where about 29,000 tickets had been sold by last Friday, according to the Washington Post.

Allianz Field is the only soccer-specific venue on the five-city tour, which also will stop at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field on Aug. 29. That stadium, the Rose Bowl and the two yet-unannounced stadiums are built for large American football crowds. Allianz Field seats 19,400 fans, with standing room for more.