Jesus Corona and Juergen Damm, two of Mexico’s top young players, came off the bench to score goals in the second halfand lead El Tri to a 2-0 win over Honduras for its first win in San Pedro Sula in 50 years. The loss was the second for the Catrachos in two games to open […]
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Video Pick: La Marseillaise rings out at Wembley
Prior to England’s 2-0 win over France at Wembley, fans from both teams joined in the singing of the French national anthem, “La Marseillaise,” after a pre-game tribute to the victims of last Friday’sterrorist attacks in Paris.
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Video Pick: USA's T&T visit recalls the historic goal of 1989
On Tuesday, the USA faces Trinidad & Tobago in Port of Spain, site of perhaps the greatest moment in modern U.S. Soccer history when in 1989 Paul Caligiuri scored the goal thatsent the USA back to the World Cup for the first time in 40 years. Relive the historic goal along with memories from Coach […]
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Drogba: Mourinho Magic Wore Off After Three Years
Montreal Impact striker Didier Drogba reveals that during his first spell at Premier League champion Chelsea, coach Jose Mourinho’s magic had started to wear off by the time hewas eventually forced out of the club in 2007. “I believe things often come in three-year cycles (and) we had arrived at the end of such a […]
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Ronaldo Thinks Messi Will Win Ballon d'Or
Three-time FIFA Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo believes that four-time winner Lionel Messi will win the coveted award for 2015 after scoring 58 goals in all competitionsas Barcelona claimed the treble last season by clinching La Liga, the UEFA Champions League and the Spanish Copa del Rey. “To be honest I think Messi is going […]
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Benzema Admits Role in Valbuena Sex Tape Case
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema on Friday admitted to investigators that he was supposed to act as an intermediary between a friend and his France teammate Mathieu Valbuena in a sexblackmail case. Benzema reportedly told police he felt “stupid” when confronted with the evidence. The center-forward has been charged over the case in which Valbuena […]
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Report: MetLife Stadium to Host Centenario Final
ESPN FC reports that MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey—and not Southern California’s Rose Bowl — will host the final of next summer’s Copa America Centenario. The home of theNFL’s New York Giants and New York Jets, located eight miles west of New York City, was the original choice of U.S. Soccer, which will […]
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Video Pick: An avalanche of goals by England
England faces Spain on Friday and France on Tuesday — presenting a good chance to see how Coach Roy Hodgson‘s team’s form from Euro 2016 qualifying holds up against a pair of worldpowers. England won all 10 of its games in Euro qualifying, though its toughest foe was Switzerland, and scored 31 goals — all […]
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Video Pick: Fair play by young Swiss star earns a kiss
FC Basel, down 3-2 in the waning minutes against Grasshoppers Club Zurich, could have had an equalizer chance when the referee awarded Basel a corner kick. But Basel’s 18-year-old strikerBreel Embolo confessed to the referee that the ball had deflected of his chest. The Swiss TV commentators hailed the fantastisch act by Embolo, who received […]
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Video Pick: Arjen Robben's tummy goal tops Bundesliga golazos
This week’s Top 5 Bundesliga goals come from an impressive array of world stars: Bayern Munich’s Douglas Costa (Brazil) and Arjen Robben (Netherlands), WerderBremen’s Claudio Pizarro (Peru), Bayer Leverkusen’s Javier Hernandez (Mexico) and Schalke 04’s Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Netherlands). Our favorite isRobben’s tummy goal.