[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Chilean Humberto Suazo scored both goals to give defending champion Monterrey a 2-0 win overSantos Wednesday in the first leg of the CONCACAF Champions League final. Aldo De Nigris set up Suazo for the first goal in the 60th minute, and Suazo beatthree defenders to score the second goal in the 86th […]
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Gomez wants to give back to Santos fans
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The last American teams exited in the quarterfinal stage when the Los Angeles Galaxy and Seattle Sounders both were eliminated, butthe Concacaf Champions League final between Santos and defending champion Monterrey has an American element. No American has ever been has a run abroad like HerculezGomez has had with 11 goals in […]
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Gomez helps sink Toronto FC
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] There is simply no stopping American Herculez Gomez. He scored two goals to help Santos ofMexico beat Toronto FC, 6-2, and send the last MLS team packing from the Concacaf Champions League, 7-3, on aggregate. The goals give Gomez at least one in each of the four games in the knockout phaseand […]
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Chicharito headed to Olympics?
Manchester United’s Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez could be one of Mexico’s three overage players at this summer’s Olympics, where men’s soccer is a U-23 competition in which teamscan include three “wild card” players. “A natural candidate, Chicharito. Everyone thinks of him, obviously,” said Mexico U-23 coach Luis Fernando Tena afterhis team booked a ticket to the […]
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American-born Ponce leads Mexico to title
[OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] You could call Miguel Ponce another one who got away, but the American-born midfielder was the heroof Mexico’s 2-1 win over Honduras in the final of the Concacaf Olympic qualifying tournament with the winning goal in overtime. Ponce, who also scored in Mexico’s semifinal win overCanada that clinched a berth at the London […]
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Mexico and Honduras bound for London
[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 […]