[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 […]
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Mexico's Torneo Apertura ends for Torres, Gomez and Castillo
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Mexico’s Torneo Apertura is over for the three Americans in action in the playoffs. Jose FranciscoTorres started and Herculez Gomez came off the bench in Pachuca’s 3-3 tie with Monterrey on Sunday, while EdgarCastillo played the first half for San Luis in its 4-1 loss to Club America. Goals by Americans abroad came […]
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Torres and Castillo start in playoffs
[AMERICANS ABROAD] U.S. internationals Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca) and EdgarCastillo (San Luis) started for their teams in home ties in the first leg of Mexico’s Torneo Apertura quarterfinals. Mexico (TorneoApertura) Quarterfinals, First Leg Pachuca 1 Monterrey 1 Jose Francisco Torres-Pachuca (90 minutes) Herculez Gomez-Pachuca (sub: 30 minutes)
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U.S. under-18 boys national team roster
[YOUTH] U.S. U-18 boys national team coach Mike Matkovich picked 36 players for a training camp Nov. 20-28 at The Home Depot Center. The roster includes Real Salt Lake rookie Luis Gil and Victor Pineda, who signed a homegrown player contract with theChicago Fire earlier this year. It also includes two players from Mexican club […]
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Pachuca, San Luis in Mexican playoffs
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Pachuca, with three Americans in its ranks, has reached the Mexican Apertura 2010 playoffs and faces Monterrey in the quarterfinals. SanLuis, with American Edgar Castillo, meets Club America. For the quarterfinal schedule and more on the U.S. boys. … Pachuca, which last won a league title in 2007 andreached the semis last season, […]
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Women's soccer gets wakeup call
[MY VIEW] One loss in 36 games is certainly no reason to panic, but the USA’s 2-1 loss to Mexico Friday in Women’s World Cup qualifying is a wake-up call. Moretroubling than the result was the manner of the U.S. performance. Unless there’s an overhaul in the women’s development program, the USA runs the risk […]
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Mexico shocks USA in greatest women's upset ever
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] Winless in 25 previous games — 24 losses and one tie — and outscored by a 106-9 margin, Mexico recorded the greatest upset inthe history of women’s soccer when it beat the United States, 2-1, Friday night in the Concacaf Women’s World Cup qualifying tournament in Cancun. Californian VeronicaPerez‘s goal completed […]
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USA heavily favored against Mexico
[WOMEN’S WORLD CUP QUALIFYING] USA-Mexico with a World Cup berth in play. Sound familiar? USA-Mexico is one of the world’s great men’s rivalries. On the women’sside, the series has been a tad one-sided: 24 U.S. wins and one tie. The USA will face the Tri femenil for the fifth time in Women’s World Cup qualifying […]