Guatemala, currently suspended by FIFA in late October from all international activities, won’t play in the Copa Centroamericana, which serves as qualifying for the 2017 Gold Cup. The Central Americanchampionship will be held in January in Panama. It will qualify five of (now) six teams to the Gold Cup.
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Jurgen Klinsmann, the U.S. years
By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) After retiring as a player in 1998, Jurgen Klinsmann moved toSouthern California — an area he had visited many times while on vacation — to live and start a family with his American wife, Debbie. He played for a PDL club team, OrangeCounty Blue Star, in 2003 under a pseudonym […]
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Video Pick: Aguilar's golazo is golden for Virginia
Guatemalan Pablo Aguilar‘s golden goal for Virginia in its 2-1 win over Vermont in the second round of the NCAA Division I Men’s Tournament was a golazo. After taking the ball 25 yards out andbeing seemingly stopped, he eluded two Catamount defenders, broke into the area and split two more defenders before slotting the ball […]
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USMNT: Lowest of the lows in post-World Cup 2014 era
It’s easy to divide Jurgen Klinsmann‘s tenure as U.S. men’s national team coach into before and after the 2014 World Cup. The USA’s record (W-L-T) before Brazil 2014 in official competition:17-3-2. Since then: 10-8-3. We’ll concentrate on losses within Concacaf in the last year and a half for the new lows. 1. COSTA RICA 4 […]
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Guatemala suspended from international soccer activities
The problems of the Guatemalan soccer federation continued on Friday as FIFA suspended Guatemala from all international soccer activity. At the heart of the dispute is an oversight committee appointedby FIFA to look into allegations of corruption. FIFA cited in its statement the refusal of Guatemalan officials to approve FIFA-mandated statutes and extend the oversight […]
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CCL: FC Dallas rallies to clinch group title
Needing at least a tie to advance, FC Dallas rallied from 2-0 down after 22 minutes to beat Suchitepequez, 5-2, in Guatemala City and advance to the quarterfinals of the Scotiabank Concacaf ChampionsLeague. Goals by Carlos Gruezo and Matt Hedges on headers pulled FC Dallas even by the 35th minute and three goals after the […]
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FIFA to suspend Guatemalan federation
FIFA will suspend Guatemala’s national soccer federation (Fedefut) because of a dispute over a committee overseeing the body. “At this moment FIFA and Concacaf are talking and shortly the decisionwill be reached which will be the suspension of Fedefut because of third party interference,” Primo Corvaro, FIFA’s head of member associations. Last week, the SportsConfederation […]
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WCQ: What's at stake Friday in Concacaf
After four games, one team — Mexico — has clinched a berth in the Hexagonal, the final round of World Cup 2018 qualifying in the Concacaf zone, and only one team — St. Vincent & the Grenadines– has been eliminated. The USA is one of four teams that can clinch a berth in the Hex […]
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WCQ Callups: T&T goes heavy on U.S.-based players
Nine U.S.-based players — five in MLS, three in the USL and one in the NASL — have been included in the Trinidad & Tobago team that will face Guatemala and the United States in World Cup 2018qualifying. Coach Stephen Hart has one newcomer to the squad: Canadian-born goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh, who played at Mercer […]
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Former Guatemalan soccer boss pleads guilty
Brayan Jimenez, the former president of Guatemala’s federation, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and wire fraud charges and also agreed to forfeit $350,000 in connection with takingkickbacks for media rights to the Guatemalan national team.