[COPA CENTROAMERICANA] Celso Borges‘ penalty kick in stoppage time gave Costa Rica a 2-2 tie with Panama in theCentroamericana Cup before 25,000 fans at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, and the Ticos became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2015 Gold Cup. Guatemala won its second game thanks in part to Carlos […]
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Pappa leads Guatemala past El Salvador
[COPA CENTROAMERICANA] Guatemala, which failed to qualify for the 2013 Gold Cup, took a first step toward returning to the Concacaf championship when it beat ElSalvador, 2-1, on a pair of goals by the Seattle Sounders’ Marco Pappa in the Copa Centroamericana. Honduras and Costa Rica won the first two games of thetripleheader before 20,516 […]
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Regional championship kicks off in Washington
[COPA CENTROAMERICANA] Such is the drawing power of Central American teams that Uncaf, the governing body of Central American soccer, will hold its championshipthat serves as qualifying for the Gold Cup in four cities, beginning with a tripleheader Wednesday at Washington’s RFK Stadium. Traditionally, the Central American Cup Tigo 2014 USA –Copa Centroamericana — has […]
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Five MLS players are called up
[CENTRAL AMERICAN CUP] Thirteen players based in U.S. leagues — five in MLS, six in the NASL and one in USL PRO, plus one JC player — are among the players namedto the seven teams competing in the Central American Cup Tigo 2014 USA that kicks off Wednesday at Washington’s RFK Stadium. LA Galaxy keeper […]
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Nicaragua's Real Esteli opens with draw
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Nicaragua’s Real Esteli, MLS champion Sporting Kansas City’s first opponent in the 2014-15 Concacaf Champions League, played to a 1-1tie with visiting Saprissa of Costa Rica in their Group 2 opener Wednesday night at Estadio Independencia. Esteli led on a goal by Uruguayan midfielder Rodrigo Valiente in the 10th minute with his […]
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World Cup coaches, who's staying, who's leaving
[MAKING A LIST] Jorge Pinto became the 12th coach to definitively leave the team he coached at the World Cup as he resignedas head coach of Costa Rica, which he took to the quarterfinals. The shock move came after he said he was tired of sleeping “with the enemy for a year and a half” […]
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Pinto Quits Costa Rica
Jorge Luis Pinto, who guided Costa Rica to a surprise quarterfinal finish at the World Cup in Brazil, has decided to quit his post after failing to agree to a new contract. The Costa Ricansoccer federation (FCF) on Thursday confirmed the Colombian tactician’s departure. On his Web site, Pinto announced the departure in acrimonious circumstances, […]
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Germany Tops FIFA Rankings
Germany assumed top position in FIFA’s world rankings on Thursday after winning the World Cup for the first time in 24 years, while European rivals Spain, Italy and England paid the price fortheir poor performances in Brazil. Germany, which beat Argentina 1-0 in Sunday’s final to win its fourth World Cup, replaced former world champion […]
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Soccer America's World Cup Best XI
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) In a tournament with so many twists and turns, it isn’t easy to come upwith a World Cup Best XI. Over the tournament’s 32 days, there were many outstanding individual performances but not a lot of consistency. Even champion Germany mixed great with not-so-greatperformances in its seven matches. The choices for […]
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Costa Rica Reflects on Concacaf Success
Costa Rica’s players reflected on how far Concacaf has come after bowing in the World Cup quarterfinals on penalties to the Netherlands on Saturday. Mexico and the USA also made it tothe tournament’s second stage, bowing out in the round of 16, but the Ticos were the region’s only representative in the final eight. After beating […]