[MLS SUPERDRAFT] Ecuadoran Victor Estupinan (Chivas USA) and Uruguayan PaoloCardozo (Los Angeles Galaxy), two foreigners with no previous connection to U.S. soccer, were taken in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft, part of the league’s concerted initiative to makeSouth American talent available to its clubs. According to MLS Commissioner Don Garber, credit goes to […]
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Noyola switches allegiances
[MEXICO] Saying the U.S. national team program had no place for a player with her talents, All-American midfielder TeresaNoyola, considered one of the country’s most skillful young players, has become the second Stanford star to join the Mexican women’s national team. While Noyola, a junior,previously represented the USA at the 2010 Under-20 Women’s World Cup […]
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Ex-Fire star Conde scores in Atlas debut
[MEXICO] Former Chicago Fire defender Wilman Conde scored in his debut for Mexican club Atlas in its 5-0 win overMorelia on the opening day of the Torneo Clausura. The other MLS player to move to Mexico this winter and play on Saturday was Venezuelan GiancarloMaldonado, who started for Atlante, which fell at Atlas, 2-1. Maldonado […]
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Yanks on the move in Mexico
[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 […]