[USA-MEXICO U-23S] It was quite a day for U.S. national teams. First, the women open up at the Algarve Cup with a 5-0 win over Denmark. Then, the men earn a 1-0decision over Italy in Genoa, their first victory in the series that dates back to 1934. Finally, goals from Juan Agudelo and Mix Diskerud […]
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Altidore scores twice, Gomez, Corona and Cunningham once
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jozy Altidore scored two goals — his eighth and ninth of the Eredivisie season — but AZ had tosettle for a 3-3 tie with Heerenveen. Herculez Gomez scored his first goal for Mexican club Santos — then missed a stoppage-time penalty — in Santos’ 2-1 lossat Guadalajara. Joe Corona scored his first goal […]
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Donovan, Torres and Chandler out of friendly
[USA MEN] It was not a good weekend on the injury front for the U.S. national team. Timmy Chandler (left hamstringstrain) and Jose Torres (right hamstring strain) became the latest to pull out of Wednesday’s Italy-USA game because of injury. Jermaine Jones (calf injury) withdrew after the announcement of the roster, and Oguchi Onyewu was […]
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Mexican clubs ban sports tabloid
Almost all Mexican First Division clubs banned reporters and photographers from sports tabloid Record this weekend in solidarity with Chivas Guadalajara, which accused the paper of “a campaign ofhate and abuses.” Chivas and Record have had a long-standing feud over the paper’s coverage. Chivas’ poor play — no wins in seven games — has only […]
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Ramos calls in 10 professionals
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Eight foreign-based players — including three from Mexican club Santos — and two MLS players — 2010 No. 1 SuperDraft pick Omar Salgado (Vancouver) and Victor Pineda (Chicago) — were among the 26 players TabRamos named to the U.S. under-20 national team training camp Feb. 20-March 1 in Clermont, Fla.
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USA and Mexico to face off in U-23 tuneup
[DATEBOOK] One of the most intriguing matchups of the winter will be the under-23 international between the USA and Mexico Feb. 29 at FC Dallas Stadium inFrisco, Texas, a tuneup before the Concacaf Men’s Olympic Qualifying tournament begins the next month. The game will come 10 days after U.S. head coach Caleb Porterwill bring the […]
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Texan teen Garza debuts in Libertadores Cup
Victor Garza, a 19-year-old winger from McAllen, Texas, made his debut with Tigres of Mexico on Thursday night, coming off the bench in its 2-2 tie withUnion Espanola in the Libertadores Cup. The tie eliminated Tigres as it had lost the first leg of the qualification series, 1-0. U.S. international Jonathan Bornstein started for Tigres, […]
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Soccer on TV
Michael Bradley is in action on Thursday as Chievo Verona travels to Novara in Italy’s Serie A. Jonathan Bornstein‘sTigres hosts Union Espanola of Chile in the Copa Libertadores. (All times Eastern unless noted. TV programming is always subject to change. Check yourlocal listings.) THURSDAY, February 2 FOX SOCCER Italy NOVARA-CHIEVO (live) 2:30 pm. FOXDEPORTES Copa […]
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Bornstein finally gets a start
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Jonathan Bornstein played his first match for Mexican club Tigres since last spring, starting in its1-0 loss at Union Espanola of Chile in their opening game in the 2012 Copa Libertadores. Tigres, the 2011 Torneo Apertura champion, started only one player from the team that fell atToluca, 2-1, on Sunday. Competition on arguably […]
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The keys behind Mexico's youth success
By Paul Gardner To say that Mexican youth soccer had a good 2011 does not even begin to describe the quite exceptional achievements of the Mexican boys. Toachieve, within the space of a couple of months, triumph in the U-17 World Cup, and then a third-place finish in the U-20 World Cup is success on […]