[SCOUTING REPORT] Real Salt Lake’s Mexican foe in the Concacaf Champions League final, which begins Wednesday (TV, 10 p.m. ET, live, Fox Soccer Channel),isn’t as well known to most American fans as Guadalajara, Club America or Pachuca, but Monterrey has emerged as one of its league’s top teams in the past few seasons. Withoutdeviating from […]
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RSL is well-prepared for Monterrey onslaught
It wasn’t so long ago that MLS officials refused to adopt a two-leg, total-goal playoff format in part because they feared confusion and ridicule from fans and press. There wereother reasons, but explaining how a team could lose a game, say, 1-0, and still advance by winning the other game by a larger margin so […]
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RSL tries to beat the heat in Monterrey
Climate changes are nothing new for soccer players crossing borders for international competitions, and yet RSL players couldn’t have been prepared for temperatures in the 90s that greeted themwhen they arrived in Monterrey, Mexico, Sunday for the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League final. “It’s going to be difficult for sure,” said RSL captain […]
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Eduardo Salgado keeps son Omar grounded
On all fronts, Eduardo Salgado, father of Vancouver Whitecaps rookie Omar Salgado, loves Vancouver. “I come from Juarez, the most dangerous place in the whole world,” Eduardo says. “I told my wife, even the part that’s not the nicest place in Vancouver, that would easily bethe nicest place in Juarez.” Eduardo Salgado raised his family […]
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'Cubomania' hits Guadalajara
Chivas de Guadalajara lost young star Javier Hernandez to Manchester United in the offseason, but it hasn’t missed a beat. Erick Torres, who only turned 18 in January, scored his sixth goal of the season to lead Chivas to a 3-0 win over Club America in Mexico’s Superclasico. Torres is nicknamedEl Cubo (“The Cube”), and […]
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Herculez Gomez breaks out of slump
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez, who shared last spring’s Mexican scoring title, broke out of a season-long slump withtwo goals in rapid flash — the second on a spectacular free kick — to give Pachuca a 3-0 win over Jaguares in Mexico’s Torneo Clausura. For video of Gomez’s goal and more on Americans abroad inaction over […]
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Real Salt Lake to face Monterrey in final
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Monterrey thwarted the bid of Cruz Azul to play in a third straight Concacaf Champions League final by battling Los Cementeros to a1-1 tie in the second leg of their semifinal series Wednesday and prevailing on aggregate, 3-2. Humberto Suazo’s penalty kick in the 81st minute at Estadio Azulcanceled out a first-half […]
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Mexico and Costa Rica move into semis
[CONCACAF UNDER-20 CHAMPIONSHIP] Mexico and Costa Rica won quarterfinal games at the Concacaf Under-20 Championship to advance to the 2011 Under-20 World Cup inColombia. The USA will get its shot Wednesday when it faces host Guatemala in the quarterfinals (TV: ESPN Deportes, ESPN3, 10 p.m. ET). Goals by KristianAlvarez, Diego De Buen and Jorge Mora […]
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Mexico held by Venezuela in San Diego
[GOLD CUP 2011 COUNTDOWN] Mexico had to settle for a 1-1 tie with Venezuela in their international friendly played Tuesday in San Diego. Defender Oswaldo Vizcarrondo‘s goal canceled out Aldo de Nigris‘ goal, also a header from close range in the second half. Canada andPanama, which face the USA at the Gold Cup, both won […]
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'Chicharito' delights sellout crowd in Oakland
[GOLD CUP 2011 COUNTDOWN] Javier Hernandez scored two first-half goals to lead Mexico to a 3-1 win over ParaguaySaturday before a sellout crowd of 48,110 at the Oakland Coliseum. Panama, which will face the USA at the 2011 Gold Cup, beat Bolivia, 2-0, on goals by GabrielGomez and Luis Renteria. Real Salt Lake’s Alvaro Saborio […]