[LIBERTADORES CUP] With U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann in the crowd of 37,000 fans at the Estadio Pacaembu towatch Americans Edgar Castillo and Joe Corona, Tijuana pulled a major upset with a 2-1 win over Palmeiras to advance tothe quarterfinals of the Libertadores Cup by the same score on aggregate. The win was only […]
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MLS in Libertadores Cup makes sense only in theory
By Ridge Mahoney So let me get this straight: there are people in favor of MLS teams competing in the South American club championship, the Copa Libertadores? I can only assume they are wallowing in the theoretical, the fantasy realm of soccer, for at this stage of its development there’s little to be gained by […]
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Castillo and Corona start in Tijuana stalemate
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With U.S. national team coach Jurgen Klinsmann on hand, Edgar Castillo andJoe Corona started for Tijuana in its 0-0 tie with Brazilian club Palmeiras in the first leg of their Copa Libertadores round-of-16 series. TheXolos have not allowed a goal at home in their first Copa Libertadores campaign, but they could not take advantage […]
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Tijuana goes through without Castillo or Corona
[LIBERTADORES CUP] Tijuana tied San Jose of Bolivia, 1-1, on the road to clinch a berth in the knockout stage of the Libertadores Cup in the Mexican club’sfirst year in the competition. Neither Joe Corona nor Edgar Castillo played for the Xolos, but their third American,Greg Garza, came on as a late sub. Fidel Martinez […]
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Castillo and Corona both score in Xolos' Libertadores Cup win
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Both Americans, Edgar Castillo and Joe Corona, scored asMexican champion Tijuana won its first home game ever in the Libertadores Cup with a 4-0 win over Bolivia’s San Jose. Castillo scored four minutes into the game with a left-footed blast from justinside the area and Corona scored four minutes into the second half. […]
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Castillo helps Tijuana win in Libertadores Cup debut
[AMERICANA ABROAD] Edgar Castillo set up Richard Ruiz for the lone goal asMexican champion Tijuana beat Millonarios, 1-0, in Bogota in the Libertadores Cup opener for both teams. Joe Corona also started and played 67 minutes for theXolos, who had never played in the South American club competition. Castillo, whose distribution was excellent all game, […]
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All-Brazilian semi in Copa Libertadores
Copa Libertadores defending champion Santos scored a late goal to force a 1-1 aggregate tie before beating a 10-man Velez Sarsfield to earn a semifinal date with fellow Brazilian club Corinthians,which prevailed over Emelec of Ecuador 3-0 on aggregate in its quarterfinal. Velez took a 1-0 first-leg lead to Santos but in the 39th minute […]
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Bornstein finally gets a start
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jonathan Bornstein played his first match for Mexican club Tigres since last spring, starting in its1-0 loss at Union Espanola of Chile in their opening game in the 2012 Copa Libertadores. Tigres, the 2011 Torneo Apertura champion, started only one player from the team that fell atToluca, 2-1, on Sunday. Competition on arguably […]
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Libertadores golazo: Amazing moves and long-range beauty
[VIDEO PICK] Brazil’s Santos tied Paraguay’s Cerro Porteno 3-3 to win the semifinal series 4-3 on aggregate and earn a final date with Uruguay’s Penarol, butArgentine Jonathan Fabbro scored a fantastic goal for Cerro Porteno. Especially impressive — check out the slow-motion replay at the end of this video — were the movesFabbro used to […]
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Financial crisis doesn't deter Osorio's Once Caldas
The reason for the exodus of Colombian players to MLS is answered in part by the poor economic conditions they face at home. Champion Once Caldas, coached by former MLS coach Juan Carlos Osorio, owes its players $600,000 in wages and social security payments and has been given a week to pay up or face […]