[SCOREBOARD] Mexico recovered after blowing a 2-0 lead to beat Senegal, 4-2, in overtime and advance to the final four of the Olympic men’s soccer competitionfor the first time since 1968. Giovani dos Santos and Hector Herrera scored in overtime in a match that drew 81,855 fans at Wembley Stadium on Saturday. The Tri willmeet […]
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Gomez gets second goal, Brooks makes pro debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored his second goal of the La Liga MX season on a header, but Santos blew a quick2-0 lead and had to settle for a 2-2 tie with visiting Puebla. — Anthony Brooks made his debut for Hertha Berlin in its 2-2 tie with PaderbornFriday in the German Bundesliga 2. — […]
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Olympic men's soccer on Saturday …
[DATEBOOK] Honduras, which eliminated pre-tournament favorite Spain with a 1-0 win in the group stage, will produce an even bigger upset in men’s soccer if itknocks off Brazil in Saturday’s quarterfinals. In other quarterfinal action, Mexico will look to advance to the final four for the first time since 1968 with a win over Senegal. […]
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Goals for Ozorco Fiscal and Guadarrama, red for Torres
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Michael Orozco Fiscal scored a goal in losing effort for San Luis, Sonny Guadarrama scored the winning goal in the Second Division, but Jose Francisco Torres was red carded for dissent in Pachuca’s 3-0 loss toAtlas. Torres was sent off for sayng something to the referee in the 69th minute and could face […]
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Five stars likely to light up London
[OLYMPIC COUNTDOWN] Despite its reputation as a second-rate tournament, the Olympics have long provided a proving ground for young players as well as anopportunity for older players to take their careers to the next level. Argentina dominated the past two Olympics with Carlos Tevez and Lionel Messi exploding onto the international stage in 2004 and2008 […]
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Boyd scores twice in debut, Gomez hits winner
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Terrence Boyd had a pro debut to remember, scoring two goals and setting up a third in Rapid Vienna’s4-0 victory over Wacker Innsbruck on Saturday to open the 2012-13 Austrian season. Herculez Gomez had the winning goal for Santos in its 2-1 win over San Luisto open the Mexican league season. Josh Gatt […]
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Torres leads U.S. corps in Liga MX
The Mexican league, now known as the Liga MX, kicks off on Friday and Tom Marshall expects some U.S. players to play key roles for their teams. Pachuca brought in a host of expensive names, leaving question marks around Texan Jose Torres‘ role in new head coach Hugo Sanchez‘s project. But Sanchezstarted “el Gringo” throughout the […]
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Bornstein stuck at Tigres
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Unable to find any playing time at Tigres, Jonathan Bornstein hoped things would change with a moveto Atlanta in Cancun, but the U.S. international will remain with Tigres in Monterrey after a loan deal reached in June fell apart when Atlante couldn’t reach an agreement on paying Bornstein’ssalary. Bornstein, 27, moved to Mexico […]
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USA falls to Mexico in U-17 final
[COPA SAPRISSA] The USA fell to Mexico, 3-1, in the final of the Copa Saprissa under-17 tournament held in Costa Rica. It was the Americans’ secondloss to Mexico in the tournament at which they finished with a 3-2-2 record. Mexico scored twice within the first 25 minutes, and USA then lost midfielder Aaron Meyer to […]
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Galaxy's Munoz leads U-17s in Costa Rica
[COPA SAPRISSA] The U.S. under-17 national team closed out group play Wednesday at the Copa Saprissa in Costa Rica with a 3-0 loss to Mexico, its first defeatin five games. The USA finished second in its group to advance to Friday’s semifinals. Rolando Munoz, a 15-year-old midfielder from the Los AngelesGalaxy’s academy program, leads the […]