[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Indicative of the growing number of young American players who have turned pro, U.S. under-20 national team coach Thomas Rongen is taking a team comprised entirely of professional players — including a half a dozen new faces — to a four-team international tournament Sept. 1-13 in Arequipa, Peru. The roster includes: — […]
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Chivas USA promotes teen de la Fuente
[MLS] Bryan de la Fuente, an 18-year-old midfielder, became the latest player from Chivas USA’s youth system to move tothe senior team when the MLS club announced that he was signed as a homegrown player. De la Fuente, who recently played on the U.S. under-20 national team that won the Milk Cup inNorthern Ireland, has […]
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No luck for Crew in Mexico
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] It’s happened before and Tuesday night it has happened again: a valiant performance by an MLS team in Mexico merits respectyet doesn’t earn points. A bizarrely disallowed goal added another dose of Mexican misfortune to this match. The Columbus Crew held out against Santos Laguna until the third minuteof stoppage time, but […]
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Mista and Saric drive TFC past Cruz Azul
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] With two of Toronto FC’s foreign forwards sidelined by injuries, another pair of imports scored the goals by which theCanadian MLS entry beat Mexican club Cruz Azul, 2-1, to open group play in the Concacaf Champions League Tuesday at BMO Field. Martin Saric (anative of Argentina) headed home in the opening minutes […]
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Rivarola quits struggling Pachuca
[MEXICO] Argentine coach Guillermo Rivarola has quit as coach of struggling Mexican club Pachuca, one of only twoforeign top-level clubs with three Americans on its first team. Rivarola’s exit follows heavy losses to Santos (3-0) and Cruz Azul (4-1) in league play. Pachuca had opened the 2010Apertura season with a 3-0 win over Club America […]
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Concacaf women headed to Cancun and Playa del Carmen
[DATEBOOK] The USA was grouped with Costa Rica, Haiti and Guatemala — three teams that it has never lost to — in Concacaf qualifying for the 2011Women’s World Cup to take place Oct. 28-Nov. 8 in the Mexican resort towns of Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Host Mexico, Canada, Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana will […]
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Silva rescues Spain at Azteca
[INTERNATIONAL FRIENDLIES] David Silva‘s goal in the 90th minute gave 2010 World Cup champion Spain a 1-1 tie againstMexico at Mexico City’s Azteca Stadium on Wednesday. Javier Hernandez had put the Tri ahead in the 12th minute. Here are results of other keyfriendlies … Ukraine 1 Netherlands 1 Oleksandr Aliev scores for Euro ’12 co-hosts […]
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Top 10 U.S. soccer crowds (2010)
[MAKING A LIST] The crowd of 77,223 at the New Meadowlands Stadium for Tuesday’s USA-Brazil game was the fourth largest soccer crowd of the year in the USA. Thetop 10 crowds consist of five Mexico games, two U.S. games and three involving MLS teams. For the top 10 U.S. soccer crowds so far this year […]
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Five Red Bulls get call-ups
[MAKING A LIST] Thierry Henry has quit the French national team, but five other New York Red Bull players are off oninternational duty, including Rafael Marquez, who returned to Mexico for the Tri’s match against World Cup champion Spain. For all the MLS players called up toforeign national teams on the first international fixture date […]
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Chicharito proves a 'natural scorer' for Man United
Defending Premier League and FA Cup champion Chelsea came out second-best against the team tipped to be its main rival this season as Manchester United posted a 3-1 win in the Community Shieldmatch Sunday at Wembley Stadium. Mexican international Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, who joined Man United after the World Cup lit up the match as […]