[GOLD CUP 2011 COUNTDOWN] Eleven of the 12 Gold Cup finalists — every team except Guadeloupe — will play at least one friendly during FIFA’s double fixturedates. Panama, which the USA will face at the Gold Cup, will host Bolivia on Friday and then travel to Cuba on Tuesday. Canada, against which the USA opens […]
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Monterrey's dominance continues
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Monterrey’s dominance in the Concacaf Champions League continued as it beat Mexican rival Cruz Azul, 2-1, in the first leg of theirsemifinal series. Sergio Santana scored the winning goal early in the second half to give Monterrey its eighth win to go along with one tie in ninegames in Concacaf play this […]
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Acuna scores third goal in last month
[AMERICANS ABROAD] American-born Isaac Acuna, who has been named to Mexico’s preliminary roster for the Copa America,scored his third goal for Mexico First Division club Queretaro in the last month when he scored in its 2-1 win with Queretaro. Acuna, who was born in the border town of Calexico, Calif.,had scored twice in February for […]
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Chicago adds attacker, midfielder
[MLS] Chicago has announced the signings of forward Orr Barouch and midfielder Mike Videira. Both of the players have beenwith the team through preseason and are playing in the Carolina Challenge Cup tournament this week. “Orr and Mike are young, talented players who bring versatility to our lineupand are able to play multiple positions,” said […]
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Documenting the great rivalry: USA-Mexico
[INTERVIEW] For the last two years, filmmaker Pablo Miralles has been producing a documentary about U.S. and Mexican soccer titled “Gringos at the Gate.” We spoke with Miralles, who just returned from Pachuca where he interviewed the club’s Mexican-American duo, about theinsight he’s gotten from the neighboring nations’ star players and fans on what has […]
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Ruelas makes Santos debut
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Two months after he returned from Scotland, where he trained with Celtic, U.S. under-20 national team forward Adrian Ruelas became the 11th American to play in Mexico’s Primera Division this season when he came on late in Santos’ 3-2 loss to Club America. Ruelas, 19, had scored sixgoals in four games for Santos’ […]
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Monterrey joins Cruz Azul in semifinals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Monterrey joined Cruz Azul as the two Mexican representatives in the Concacaf Champions League semifinals thanks to itssecond 1-0 win over Toluca on Wednesday. Argentine midfielder Neri Cardozo clinched the series sweep with the lone goal on an assist by Aldo De Nigris in the 88th minute in Monterrey.
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Acuna and Buddle get second goals
[AMERICANS ABROAD] California-born Isaac Acuna, 21, scored in his second straight game for Mexican First Division clubQueretaro in its 1-1 tie with Cruz Azul. Edson Buddle scored his second goal for German second division club FC Ingolstadt in its 4-1 win at Karlsruhe, whichstarted Luis Robles in goal. Acuna, who was born in Imperial, joined […]
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FC Dallas signs highly rated keeper
[MLS] FC Dallas signed its sixth homegrown player, 16-year-old keeper Richard Sanchez. He is the third FCD youth signingwith ties to the Mexican national team program. The California-born Sanchez was recently named the top goalie at a youth tournament in Chile. Sanchez played for Texas FC and FC Dallas with astint in between at Spanish […]
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TeleFutura garners high ratings for Mexico game
[TELEVISION] If you weren’t a soccer fan, you’d have probably never heard of Spanish-language network TeleFutura, but it hit the jackpot — on a February sweepsnight no less — with its broadcast of the Mexico vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina friendly last Wednesday night. TeleFutura, part of the Univision family of networks, ranked as the No. 2 network,behind […]