The phrase "expecting to attend" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to indicate that you are planning to attend something. For example, "I am expecting to attend the meeting tomorrow."
It is unclear whether any of the players were expecting to attend the track again today.
Those who were expecting to attend a big party on New Year's Eve ended up being the most disappointed, followed by those who planned a small party, followed by those who had no plans to celebrate.
Mr. Abdi, who had arrived in Indonesia in January 2011 expecting to attend a university only to learn that he had been defrauded by an "education agent" in Somalia, said he would have joined the group, but could not pay the smugglers' fee.
Groups representing the families of the victims of Air France Flight 447, which crashed on June 1 , 2009 said they were expecting to attend a meeting Monday with Mr. Mariani and representatives of France's Bureau of Investigations and Analyses, where details of the new search plan would be presented.
Frank Casale, the chief executive of the Outsourcing Institute, a professional association whose members were expecting to attend the forum, also hastily organized a free ad-hoc conference, to give stranded participants a place to meet and talk about the industry.
On a March night that felt like the coldest of the year, a few dozen young comedy fans who had lined up in Chelsea expecting to attend a late-night showcase called Crash Test instead found themselves transported by van to the westernmost edge of 26th Street, to shiver in front of an MTV camera crew.
