By Ridge Mahoney For most of us, goals are sexy and shutouts are not, yet both are equally important in a two-game series. In threeConcacaf Champions League games played this week, MLS teams — including two playing away from home — conceded a combined total of just one goal. That rarely happens when MLS teams […]
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Galaxy earns 0-0 draw in Costa Rica
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Los Angeles Galaxy played to a 0-0 tie with Costa Rica’s Herediano on the road in the first leg of their Concacaf ChampionsLeague quarterfinal series. Herediano was awarded a penalty kick in the 87th minute, but Ismael Gomez smashed his shot off the crossbar. The result leaves theGalaxy in good position […]
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Narrow defeat at Tigres gives Sounders hope
CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Seattle Sounders certainly did better than they did on their last trip to Mexico for theConcacaf Champions League quarterfinals. Eliminated from last year’s competition with a 6-1 loss at Santos, the Sounders fell, 1-0, to Tigres before a packed house at the Estadio Universitario inMonterrey. The result gives the MLS club […]
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Davis gives Houston narrow win
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Brad Davis scored in the 89th minute to give the Houston Dynamo a well-deserved 1-0 win overSantos in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions league quarterfinal, but will it be enough next week in Torreon? Santos has won 20 of 21 Concacaf games at home. Cory Ashe fed Davis, who came […]
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Donovan will miss busy March
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Landon Donovan will return to the two-time Los Angeles Galaxy for his 13th MLS season — and ninth withthe Galaxy. But he won’t return to training until the last week of March — which means he’ll miss the Galaxy’s first three league matches — all at home — its two Concacaf Champions Leaguequarterfinal […]
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Concacaf Champions League to resume after MLS openers
[DATEBOOK] Three days after it opens the 2013 MLS season, the Houston Dynamo will kick off the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League quarterfinals at BBVACompass Stadium March 5 against Mexican club Santos, last season’s runner-up featuring Americans Herculez Gomez and BenjiJoya. The first legs will be played March 5-7, while the second legs […]
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Monterrey Confident Ahead of Chelsea Semifinal Clash
Monterrey coach Victor Vucetich believes a win over Chelsea FC in tomorrow’s FIFA Club World Cup semifinal would be the greatest ever win for a Mexican club, but he admitshis team will struggle to keep European champion from scoring. Chelsea has scored nine goals in its last two games following a difficult start for interim […]
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Torres Hungry for Club World Cup Success
Chelsea FC striker Fernando Torres, who has won a World Cup, two European Championships and the UEFA Champions League, is eager to add the Club World Cup to his trophy cabinet. The28-year-old believes the competition to be just as valuable as the gold medal he collected when Spain won the World Cup in South Africa […]
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Third MLS broadcast draws 0.3 overnight on NBC
By Paul Kennedy After drawing 0.4 ratings for its first two MLS broadcasts, NBC drew an overnight rating of only 0.3 for Saturday’sPhiladelphia-New York game. That was the same rating ESPN2 drew for the Everton-Liverpool Merseyside derby Sunday morning. UNIVISION’S 10-YEARCONCACAF DEAL. Univision reached an agreement with Concacaf for exclusive Spanish- and Portuguese-language U.S. broadcast […]
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Guatemala's Xelaju ousts Chivas Guadalajara
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Week 6] Chivas Guadalajara became the first Mexican team to not reach the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League when its2-1 win over Xelaju was not enough to overtake the Guatemalan club first place in Group B. The teams finished tied — 2-2 — in the first tiebreaker — head-to-head — and […]