[CLUB WORLD CUP] Mexico’s troubles at the Club World Cup continued as 2011 Concacaf champion Monterrey fell to Kashiwa Reysol of Japan in a shootout. Tunisia’sEsperance had the better of play against Qatar’s Al-Sadd, but the Qatari club won, 2-1, to give the Asian clubs a sweep of Sunday’s quarterfinals in Toyota, Japan. Kashiwa, who […]
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Chivas Guadalajara ousted in quarterfinals
For the fourth consecutive season, the Mexican league’s regular-season’s top team was eliminated from the playoffs at the quarterfinal stage. This time it was Chivas Guadalajara, which tiedQueretaro, 0-0, in their second leg despite outshooting Queretaro 23-2. Guadalajara had lost the first leg, 2-1. Queretaro goalkeeper Liborio Sanchez, who is on loan from Chivas, madeseveral […]
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Castillo headed to Tijuana
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Edgar Castillo is on the move again, leaving Club America on loan to Tijuana, his sixth club in thelast three years. The New Mexico product has played more games than any other American currently in Mexico but he has jumped around since joining Club America in 2009. He has hadloan stints at Tigres, […]
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Tri drops Marquez because of suspension
[MEXICO] Rafael Marquez, a veteran of three World Cups, has been dropped from the Mexican national team for Friday’sfriendly against Serbia because of the three-game suspension MLS handed down after the red card he received in the 2011 MLS playoffs. Tri coach JoseManuel De La Torre said Tuesday Marquez’s exclusion was because of lack of […]
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Altidore ends Dutch Eredivisie drought
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore scored his first goal for leader AZ in the Dutch Eredivisie since August, striking withthe third goal in a 3-0 win over ADO on Sunday. The goal was his fourth in league play and eighth overall for AZ, which holds a six-point lead after 12 games. SonnyGuadarrama scored for Atlante in […]
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Rapids still alive despite loss
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Colorado Rapids fell at Santos of Mexico, 2-0, Wednesday in the Concacaf Champions League but will still qualify for theknockout stage if Isidro Metapan and Real Espana tie Thursday in El Salvador, Otherwise, the winner of the Group B finale will join Santos in the quarterfinals … Only a win over […]
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Concacaf Champions League this week …
[SCOREBOARD] UNAM clinched first place and the second berth in in the quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions League with a 1-0 win over FC Tauro over Panama.Toronto FC clinched the other berth on Tuesday. The remaining two berths will be decided on Thursday. The Los Angeles Galaxy will beat out Alajuelense for the second spot […]
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Worst goal celebration ever
[VIDEO PICK] If taking your shirt off to celebrate a goal gets a yellow card, Marco Fabian and Alberto Medina of ChivasGuadalajara should have been shown a red for their routine after Fabian scored his second of three in a 5-2 win over Tecos last Saturday. Fabian and Medina, who assisted on the goal,simulated an […]
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Gomez makes it four goals in four games
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez made it four goals in his last four games with a late goal in Estudiantes Tecos’ 5-2loss to Guadalajara. The goal was Gomez’s sixth of the season — and fifth off the bench — in the Mexico’s Torneo Apertura. Jozy Altidore started for AZ in its2-2 tie at defending champion Ajax […]
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Ronaldinho's free-kick golazo vs. Mexico
[VIDEO PICK] Ronaldinho, left out of Brazil’s 2010 World Cup squad, is back in the fold and sparked Brazil’s comeback in a 2-1 winover Mexico on Tuesday. Marcelo‘s gamewinner was a beauty as well. Mexico scored on an own goal by David Luiz in the 10th minute and looked headed to avictory when Dani Alves […]