Chargers are home team in Brazil, but Chiefs colors will be in one end zone

SÃO PAULO — The Los Angeles Chargers and Kansas City Chiefs will both have their logos represented on the field for Friday’s night’s matchup at Neo Química Arena, even though it is technically a Chargers home game.

The Chiefs will have their logo and colors in one end zone. The Chargers will have their logo and colors in the other end zone.

“New for this year, the logos or marks of both teams will appear in their respective end zones of all NFL international games,” NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy said in an email. “It’s a fun element to further enhance the atmosphere as a big event and create a special look and feel for international games.

“As always at international games, all of the gameday presentation and rituals of the designated team will be featured like a home game — in this case, the Chargers.”

In last year’s Brazil game, the Philadelphia Eagles were the home team against the Green Bay Packers. Both end zones were painted with Eagles marks.

When international games first started, it was typical for both teams to be featured in an end zone. By 2019, however, the NFL started having the fields dressed up for the home teams.

According to NFL spokesman Michael Signora, the change in end zone protocol was reviewed with all clubs at the spring league meeting in May.

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