Two years after being shot in the head in the bathroom of a Mexico City bar during an argument with an alleged drug dealer, Paraguayan Salvador Cabanas isset to make a comeback with third division club 12 de Octubre, the club at which he began his career in 1997. “We’re waiting for this moment with […]
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Life in Mexico isn't easy for Americans
Mexican soccer offers the possibility for Americans to earn more money than they can in MLS, but they won’t find stability as Grant Wahl reports in interviewswith Americans DaMarcus Beasley, Herculez Gomez and Marco Vidal about life southof the border. Beasley is in his first season at Puebla but hasn’t been paid since December. Beasley, […]
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'No margin for error' for USA
[CONCACAF WOMEN’S OLYMPIC QUALIFYING] Abby Wambach doesn’t fear the soccer gods, yet neither does she trustthem. (Click here for qualifying schedule and viewing information.) She and her U.S. teammates remember what happened the last time they played the host team in a Concacaf qualifying tournament. A 2-1 semifinal loss to Mexico in Cancun 14 months […]
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Returning Pardo sets example for Fire teammates
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Mexican midfielder Pavel Pardo, who bolstered the Fire’s late surge after joining the club inmidseason, will be back in MLS this year. “I’m starting with the team from the beginning of the year which I think is so important to how we develop as a group,” saidPardo in a team press release. “I […]
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Corona crowned newcomer of the year
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Tijuana’s Joe Benny Corona was named the top newcomer in Mexico’s First Division at the Balon de Oroawards ceremony in Mexico City on Monday. Corona scored in each of his first two First Division games with promoted Tijuana but then slowed down, going seven straight games without astart before starting the final game […]
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Kljestan's Anderlecht extends lead
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Sacha Kljestan‘s Anderlecht extended its lead in Belgium’s Jupiler League to four points when it beatClub Brugge, 3-0, and second place Gent fell at Lierse, 2-0. Rangers overcame Carlos Bocanegra‘s own goal to win, 2-1, at St. Johnstone in Scottish action.Michael Orozco‘s San Luis was the first Mexican team to win its opening […]
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Garza, 20, makes Mexican Primera Division debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Defender Greg Garza made his Mexican Primera Division debut, coming on in the last 15 minutes ofTijuana’s 1-1 tie at Morelia to open the Torneo Clausura. Garza was one of three Mexican-Americans to play for the Xolos. Edgar Castillo, who arrived from ClubAmerica on loan over the winter break, started and Joe Corona […]
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Porter calls up four newcomers
[U.S. UNDER-23 MEN] Isaac Acuna, who has played for Mexico’s U-22 national team, and Josh Gatt, who helped Molde win its first Norwegian title, are among the players called up by Coach Caleb Porter for a two-part U.S. under-23national team training camp Jan. 8-25 in Carson, Calif., and San Jose, Costa Rica. The U-23s will […]
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Eddie Johnson cut loose by Puebla
[AMERICANS ABROAD] It seems that Eddie Johnson‘s Mexican adventure has ended before it really got started. Multiple outlets inMexico reported Monday that the former U.S. international has been jettisoned by Puebla for lack of fitness. Released by Fulham last May after being loaned out several times, Johnson, 27, begantraining with Puebla on Friday. “He arrived […]
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Johnson joins Beasley to Puebla
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Eddie Johnson is the latest American to move to Mexico, joining DaMarcus Beasley at Puebla. Johnson, who has 42 caps for the USA, has been without a team since his contract with Fulham expired in the summer. In August, it was announcedthat Johnson would be returning to MLS, where he had played for […]