By Paul Gardner Is this, at last, Mexico’s Magic Moment? More than that — is now the time when the full value of Mexican soccer is beginning to show itself, when thissoccer-loving nation will begin to pull its weight on the world scene? Over the past three weeks Mexico has won two important international tournaments. […]
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USA and Mexico to meet in Philadelphia
[DATEBOOK] The USA and Mexico will play for first friendly since 2008 when they meet Aug. 10 at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia. Kickofffor the teams’ first meeting in a friendly since 2008 is set for 9 p.m. ET, and the match will be broadcast live on ESPN2, ESPN3.com and Univision. The game will be […]
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2011 Copa America this weekend …
[SCOREBOARD] Colombia won Group A at the Copa America Sunday with a 2-0 win over Bolivia thanks to a pair of goals by Porto star Falcao. For all the action … Group A July 1 Argentina 1 Bolivia 1. Goals: Aguero 76; Rojas 45. July 2 Colombia 1 Costa Rica 0.Goal: Ramos 45. July 6 […]
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Mexican and German boys deliver the Real Thing
By Paul Gardner Well now, considering you were alerted, in this very column, just three days ago, about the excitement that awaited in the Under-17 World Cupsemifinals, we’re not accepting any excuses from those who chose not to watch.
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Epic win puts Mexico on brink of another world title
[UNDER-17 WORLD CUP] Mexico won the 2005 Under-17 World Cup with such current national team stars as Giovanni dosSantos, Efrain Juarez and Hector Moreno. Now, it is on the brink of another under-17 championship, qualifying forthe final of the 2011 edition at home with an epic 3-2 win over Germany in the semifinals that featured […]
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2011 Women's World Cup this week …
[SCOREBOARD] With star Birgit Prinz on the bench, two-time defending champion Germany beat France, 4-2, to win Group Aat the Women’s World Cup. Prinz’ replacement, Inka Grings, led the Germans with two goals. Canada went home without a point when lost to Nigeria, 1-0. Englandcaptured first place in Group B with a 2-0 win over […]
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Under-17 World Cup bursts into vivid life
By Paul Gardner There has been positive turn of events for Argentina in the Copa America — just one. Namely that Brazil, in its game against Venezuela, looked as bad,or maybe even worse, than Argentina did against Bolivia. At least Argentina managed to score a goal — wonderful one from Sergio Aguero – in its […]
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2011 Copa America this week …
[SCOREBOARD] Starting only Giovanni dos Santos and two late call-ups from the team that won the Gold Cup, Mexico fell toChile, 2-1, in its opening game at the Copa America. The Tri U-22s took the lead on a goal by Nestor Araujo late in the first half, but Chile recovered on goalsby Esteban Paredes and […]
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Mexico kicks eight players off Copa America team
Less than a week before it plays its first game at the Copa America, Mexico kicked eight players off its team for breaking team rules. They involved having female guests in their rooms after a 1-0win over Ecuador in a friendly game on Saturday in Quito. The players from Mexico’s under-23 team are: Israel Jimenez, […]
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Bradley fiddles while the USA burns
By Paul Gardner Losing a vital home game is never going to look good. When your opponent comes back from 2-0 down, when it scores four goals and could easily have hadmore … well, the coach and the players have to be ready for a blizzard of abuse. So Bob Bradley and his team are […]