[AMERICANS ABROAD] The Mexican league kicks off the Torneo Clausura — the second stage of the season — this weekend. There’s been plenty of movement on theplayer front. U.S. World Cup defender Jonathan Bornstein, who moved from Chivas USA to Tigres as a free agent, is just one of five Americans who have joined orswitched […]
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Tri lines up first U.S. friendly of 2011
[MEXICO] Months of negotiations forged a new contract by which Soccer United Marketing (SUM) promotes and markets the Mexican national team, but lining upopponents for Mexico’s annual series of games in the United States hasn’t been easy in a post-World Cup year. The first game of 2011 has been announced by SUM and the Mexicansoccer […]
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Inter Milan cruises, Pachuca takes fifth
[CLUB WORLD CUP] European champion Inter Milan moved into the final of the 2010 Club World Cup against TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo with aneasy 3-0 win over South Korea’s Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, the Asian champion, in Wednesday’s semifinal in Abu Dhabi. U.S. World Cup players Jose Francisco Torresand Herculez Gomez started […]
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Early exit for Americans in Abu Dhabi
[CLUB WORLD CUP] Jose Francisco Torres started and fellow U.S. World Cup midfielder Herculez Gomez came off the bench for Mexico’s Pachuca in its 1-0 loss to TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mazembe went ahead in the 21st minute on a goal byMbenza Bedi and held off Pachuca despite finishing with 10 […]
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Mexican-Americans bolster Pachuca
[CLUB WORLD CUP] The FIFA Club World Cup, back in Abu Dhabi for a second year, has an American angle, as Mexico’s Pachuca, the Concacaf representative, hasthree Americans on its team: U.S. World Cup players Jose Francisco Torres and Herculez Gomez and Texan Marco Antonio Vidal.
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'King Midas' strikes again
[MEXICO] Monterrey coach Victor Manuel Vucetich lived up to his “King Midas” reputation when the Rayados beat Santos, 3-0, in the second leg ofthe Mexican league final on Sunday to take the Apertura 2010 crown. Vucetich has now won five Mexican first division titles and two second division crowns. Monterrey’s 5-3 aggregatewin earned it its […]
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Own goal gives Santos the edge
[MEXICO] Monterrey came from behind twice but Santos prevailed, 3-2, in the first leg of the Mexican league final thanks to an 86th minute own goal byDuilio Davino, the former Mexican national team defender who spent 2008 in MLS with FC Dallas. The second leg is on Sunday (Telemundo, 6:55 pm ET). Santos took the […]
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Santos-Monterrey in 'northern' final
[MEXICO] Northern clubs Santos Laguna of Torreon and Monterrey will vie for the Apertura 2010 title in a two-leg final, the first leg of which is on Thursday(Telefutura, 9 pm ET). For five things you should know about the Mexican final … * The season’s top two scorers face off in the final. Santos’ ChristianBenitez, […]
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Agbossoumonde earns USA 1-1 tie against Mexico
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Defender Gale Agbossoumonde, who recently made his senior international debut for the U.S. nationalteam, scored to give the USA a 1-1 tie with Mexico in the final game of the Torneo de las Americas under-20 competition Sunday in Kennesaw, Ga. The result was the second 1-1 tie for theAmericans, who also tied […]
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Zahavi scores in American debut
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Alex Zahavi, who previously represented Portugal and is now based in Israel, scored the lone goal ofthe USA in its 1-1 tie with Colombia Friday in their U-20 match in the Torneo de las Americas in Kennesaw, Ga. Zahavi teamed up with Los Angeles Galaxy striker Tristan Bowen and West Ham youth […]