[GOLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Canada, which will open against the USA at the Gold Cup on Tuesday in Detroit, got a stoppage-time goal from Tosaint Ricketts, his first international goal, to earn a 2-2 tie with Ecuador at BMO Field on Wednesday night. Ecuador was caught off guard when Ricketts scored off a quickJulian de Guzman […]
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Future is now for 'Chicharito'
[BARCELONA-MAN UNITED] How popular is Javier Hernandez in Mexico? Television giant Televisa will delay its broadcast ofMexico’s match against Ecuador in Seattle Saturday afternoon so it can show the UEFA Champions League final between Barcelona and Chicharito’s Manchester United. When he left Chivas deGuadalajara for Manchester 10 months ago, Nike erected a billboard that read: […]
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Cortes' title-winning golazo
[VIDEO PICK] UNAM Pumas clinched its seventh Mexican league title in grand fashion — with a golazo from 21-year-old forward Javier Cortes, whobroke the tie with Morelia by dancing through a crowded defense before stroking the ball past keeper Federico Vilar. The 77th minute strike gave Pumas a 2-1 win in thesecond leg of the […]
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Sixteen MLS teams represented
[GOLD CUP ROSTERS] Every team but Cuba and Panama has at least one player from MLS represented on its roster for the Gold Cup. The New York Red Bulls lead allteams with five players bound for the Concacaf championship. Concacaf Champions League runner-up Real Salt Lake and Sporting Kansas City, which has the worst record […]
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Corona leads Tijuana to historic victory
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Few Americans have ever had as influential 180 seconds in Mexican soccer as 20-year-old Joe BennyCorona did midway through the first half of Tijuana’s deciding promotion playoff game with Irapuato. The former San Diego State winger scored one goal and set up another to lead theXoloitzcuintles to a 2-1 win over Irapuato and […]
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Things will get hot Saturday for Corona's Tijuana
[AMERICANS ABROAD] With former San Diego State winger Joe Benny Corona on the bench, Tijuana held Irapuato to a 0-0 tieon the road in the first leg of their Mexico promotion playoff series that will determine which team will go to the top level next season. The Xolos host Irapuato in Saturday’s second legat Estadio […]
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Mexico goalie dropped from Gold Cup squad after brawl
Goalie Jose de Jesus Corona was dropped from Mexico’s team for the Gold Cup after television cameras caught him headbutting Morelia trainer Sergio Martin during a brawl involving his club Cruz Azul and Morelia in the Torneo Clausura semifinals on Sunday.
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Marquez heads Mexico squad
[GOLD CUP COUNTDOWN] New York Red Bulls defender Rafael Marquez has been named to Mexico’s Gold Cup roster that alsoincludes nine European-based players and four players from Concacaf champion Monterrey. The big surprise is the absence of English-based Carlos Vela. Players will begin reporting to the Centro de Alto Rendimiento in Mexico City on Sunday. […]
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Monterrey continues hot streak
Monterrey, which beat Real Salt Lake to win the 2011 Concacaf Champions League, has regained its form in the Mexican league, where it downed UNAM, 3-1, in the first leg of the Torneo Clausuraquarterfinals. Osvaldo Martinez, Ecuadoran Walter Ayovi and Chilean Humberto Suazo scored for Monterrey, which needed to beat Guadalajara on the final day […]
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Mexico shuts out Americans twice
[U.S. UNDER-17 BOYS] The USA dropped two games to Mexico on its trip to Queretaro for a 10-day training camp to prepare for the 2011 Under-17 World Cup Mexicowill host. Mexico won the first game, 2-0, on goals by Carlos Fierro and Marco Bueno and took the secondgame, 1-0, on a goal by Fierro in […]