[OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] Mexico got goals from Marco Fabian, Alan Pulido andAmerican-born midfielder Miguel Angel Ponce to defeat Canada, 3-1, and return to the Olympic men’s tournament it missed out on four years ago. In the semifinalmatch at the Olympic qualifying tournament, Honduras beat El Salvador, 3-2, in overtime. The hero for the Catrachos was Gerson […]
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Concacaf Champions League this week …
[SCOREBOARD] American Herculez Gomez did it again, scoring his eighth goal in the last six games, to earn 10-man Santosof Mexico a 1-1 tie in the first leg of their Concacaf Champions League semifinal before 18,950 fans at BMO Field. Gomez put Santos ahead 1-0 in the 30th minute but TFC equalized seven minutes lateron […]
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Olympic qualifying this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Olympic qualifying in the Concacaf region will go on without the United States. Mexico and Honduras joined El Salvador and Canada in Saturday’ssemifinals at Livestrong Sporting Park in Kansas City, Kan. The winners of the Mexico-Canada and El Salvador-Honduras games will go to the London Olympics. For all qualifying results and schedule… SCHEDULE: March […]
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Olympic qualifying this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Alan Pulido‘s hat trick gave Mexico a 3-0 win over Honduras in the Concacaf Olympic men’s qualifyingtournament at the Home Depot Center. The victory clinched a berth in the semifinals and for all practical purposes first place in Group B. Panama and Trinidad & Tobago played to a 1-1 tie in theother game. For […]
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Gomez makes it seven goals in last five games
[VIDEO PICK] Herculez Gomez made it seven goals in his last five games, scoring on a powerful header off a corner kickto the far post in Santos’ 2-0 win over Queretaro. The goals was his fifth league goal of the Torneo Clausura and ninth overall since joining Santos from Estudiantes Tecos, which looksdoomed to be […]
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Olympic qualifying this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Goalkeeper Michal Misiewicz made two big saves and Canada held on to tie El Salvador, 0-0, in the openingGroup A game in the Concacaf Olympic men’s qualifying tournament at LP Field in Nashville, Tenn. Group B opens Friday night with two games at the Home Depot Center: Honduras-Panama and Mexico-Trinidad& Tobago. For the complete […]
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Mexico, Canada and Honduras win warmups
[OLYMPICS COUNTDOWN] Mexico tuned up for the Concacaf Under-23 Championship with a 2-1 win over Senegal thanks to two first-half penalty kicks by American-bornMiguel Ponce in a friendly played Saturday at San Francisco’s AT&T Park. Canada, which will face the USA in Group A, beat Trinidad & Tobago, 1-0, onFriday, thanks to a goal by […]
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MLS clubs make Concacaf Champions League worth following
[WORLD VIEW] Say want you want about the 6-1 mauling the Seattle Sounders suffered at the hands of Santos in the Concacaf Champions League on Wednesday night inMexico. Call them sloppy. Call them naive. The one thing you can’t say about the Sounders was that they didn’t go for it. They came to play in […]
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Concacaf Champions League this week …
[SCOREBOARD] UNAM buried Isidro Metapan, 8-0, to cruise into the semifinals of the Concacaf Champions League, where it will face Mexican rival Morelia. TorontoFC will meet Santos of Mexico in the other semifinal. For all the quarterfinal results and semifinal schedule … RESULTS: Quarterfinals, Second Leg Thursday, March 15 UNAM 8 Isidro Metapan 0. UNAM: […]
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MLS teams must outgrow Mexico myth
By Paul Gardner Poor Seattle! Did they really deserve that 6-1 pounding that Santos Laguna inflicted on them on Wednesday? On the night, looking strictly at the waythe Sounders played, yes they did. Poor Seattle indeed — very poor. Yet you have to feel that Seattle is nowhere near as bad as that — that […]