[CLUB WORLD CUP] European champion Inter Milan moved into the final of the 2010 Club World Cup against TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo with aneasy 3-0 win over South Korea’s Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, the Asian champion, in Wednesday’s semifinal in Abu Dhabi. U.S. World Cup players Jose Francisco Torresand Herculez Gomez started […]
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All-powerful Mazembe makes history
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Tout Puissant Mazembe became the first team from outside Europe and South America to reach the final of the Club World Cup when it beatInternacional of Brazil, 2-0, in Tuesday’s semifinals in Abu Dhabi. Superb second-half strikes by Mulota Kabangu and Dioko Kaluyituka gave the team from the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
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Early exit for Americans in Abu Dhabi
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Jose Francisco Torres started and fellow U.S. World Cup midfielder Herculez Gomez came off the bench for Mexico’s Pachuca in its 1-0 loss to TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mazembe went ahead in the 21st minute on a goal byMbenza Bedi and held off Pachuca despite finishing with 10 […]
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Host team cruises in opening game
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Al-Wahda of the host United Arab Emirates got goals from Brazilians Hugo and Fernando Baiano and cruised to a 3-0 win over Hekari United in the opening game of the 2010 Club World Cup in front of a crowd of over 23,000 at Abu Dhabi’s Mohammad Bin ZayedStadium. Substitute Abdulraheem Jumaa completed […]
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Mexican-Americans bolster Pachuca
[CLUB WORLD CUP] The FIFA Club World Cup, back in Abu Dhabi for a second year, has an American angle, as Mexico’s Pachuca, the Concacaf representative, hasthree Americans on its team: U.S. World Cup players Jose Francisco Torres and Herculez Gomez and Texan Marco Antonio Vidal.
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Club World Cup host club sends coach on 19-hour scouting trip
Paul Oberjurge, familiar to American soccer fans as the long-time soccer writer for Gannett newspapers, is now working for the National in the United ArabEmirates and previews Wednesday’s opening game of the 2010 Club World Cup: Hekari United of Papua New Guinea against Al Wahda of the host UAE. The coaches of both teams have […]
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Torres' Pachuca escapes Mexico City with narrow loss
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Cruz Azul scored twice in the first 23 minutes, but American Jose Francisco Torres‘ Pachucarecovered and reduced the final score in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League final in Mexico City to 2-1. Emanuel Villa gave Cruz Azulthe lead in the 19th minute and an own goal by Carlos Rodriguez […]