“I wish their team luck and our team better luck.” — Young LA Galaxy star Jose Villarreal on Wednesday’s Galaxy-Monterrey match inthe Concacaf Champions League semifinals. Villarreal grew up in Southern California watching Mexican clubs like the Rayados on television. (MLSSoccer.com)
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MLS teams balance ambition with reality in CCL
By Ridge Mahoney To take a metaphor from another sport, MLS Commissioner Don Garber is trying to playboth sides of the net when it comes to the Concacaf Champions League. Though the CCL is not confined to teams from MLS and Liga MX, matches between the border rivals count the most in theAmerican league’s quest […]
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Galaxy carries abundance of attacking riches into semifinals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Landon Donovan is back, Robbie Keane should beavailable again, and Mike Magee — MLS’s leading scorer with five goals in four games — also has played up front. Add to them teen sensations Jack McBean and Jose Villarreal — the Galaxy’s starting strike force the last two weeks — and LA Galaxy […]
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Stunned Sounders aim to reverse fortunes against Santos
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Seattle Sounders have won just one of six competitive games in 2013, but it was a historic triumph. The 3-1 win gave theSounders a 4-3 series triumph over Tigres, marking the first time an MLS club had beaten a Mexican team in the knockout phase of the Concacaf Champions League. Unlike […]
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MLS clears deck between semifinal legs
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Major League Soccer has rescheduled two regular-season games involving the LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders to give the two remainingMLS representatives in the Concacaf Champions League a break between the two legs of their semifinal series. The league schedule released in January had created a similar break for the three MLSquarterfinalists between […]
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MLS pride will be on the line in CCL semis
By Ridge Mahoney There won’t be many excuses for Seattle and Los Angeles when they face Liga MX opposition in the Concacaf Champions League semifinals next month, andboth series will present a true test of where the top MLS clubs stack up against their Mexican counterparts. The Sounders square off against Santos Laguna and the […]
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Teenagers lead LA Galaxy into semifinals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] For the first time since the launch of the Concacaf Champions League, two MLS teams will be in the semifinals. Justlike the Seattle Sounders, who got a key goal from homegrown rookie DeAndre Yedlin in their comeback win over Tigres on Tuesday night, the Los Angeles Galaxygot goals from teenagers Jose Villarreal […]
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Ferretti: 'Playing against 12 is harder than usual'
[REACTION: Seattle Sounders-Tigres] MLS coaches are notorious for lashing out at Concacaf referees, so it was interesting to see how the shoe was on the otherfoot after the Seattle Sounders’ 3-1 win over Mexican leader Tigres that sent the MLS club into the semifinals, 3-2, on aggregate. Tigres coach Tuca Ferrettihad no problem with the […]
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Seattle Sounders make history
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Seattle Sounders became the first MLS team to beat a Mexican club in a knockout series since the launch of the ConcacafChampions League in 2008 when it defeated Liga MX leader Tigres, 3-1, in the second leg of their quarterfinal series to win, 3-2, on aggregate before 20,520 fans at CenturyLink […]
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Tigres brings 'B' team to Seattle
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Concacaf Champions League still has a ways to go before it will be taken seriously. Exhibit A: Runaway Mexican leader Tigrestraveled to Seattle for the second leg of their quarterfinal series against the Sounders Tuesday with a team of reserves and youth team players. CONCACAFCHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Quarterfinals, Second Leg March 12 […]