[MLS] The New York Red Bulls’ signing of Mexican national team captain Rafael Marquez will certainly be a boost to theRed Bulls and other MLS clubs at the gate, but what will his impact be on the field? MLS has aggressively pursued Mexican national team players since its launch in 1996, but no Tri player […]
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New stars on display
A full slate of eight games is on tap for this weekend as recently acquired players get the feel of new teammates and a new league. Here are a few plot lines to follow … HOUSTON-NEW YORK. As if the floundering Houston Dynamo didn’t have enough to worry about, news comes from Red Bull head […]
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What They're Saying
“We hope to be able to have good news with Rafa, sometime in the near future, hopefully we will be able to present him to the public. (There is) no news yet, but if we can bring in Marquez, thecaptain of the Mexican national team, a guy who had a great World Cup, a longtime […]
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Ruelas sends USA into final with two goals
[MILK CUP] Adrian Ruelas of Mexican club Santos Laguna scored two goals and led the USA to a 3-2 win over Denmark thatsent it into Friday’s final of the Milk Cup’s Elite section (under-20 national teams). Ruelas pulled the Americans even at 1-1 in the first half and scored the winner with one minute toplay […]
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Ferguson bargain hunt snagged Hernandez
Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson will have his new signing, Mexican youngster JavierHernandez, available to face the MLS All-Stars Wednesday in Houston. Ferguson says by signing Hernandez before the World Cup, the club saved millions of pounds.The transfer fee paid to Guadalajara hasn’t been disclosed but is said to be 7 million pounds (about […]
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Jonathan Bornstein: 'My style suits Mexican soccer well'
[INTERVIEW] Attack-minded U.S. 2010 World Cup defender Jonathan Bornstein was born and raised in Southern California and remained in the areafor college (Cal Poly Pomona and UCLA) and pro ball (Chivas USA). The 25-year-old explains why he’s joining Mexico’s Tigres UANL following the 2010 MLS season and how his youth experience helped shapehis career. SOCCER […]
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Donovan: 'It gets easier to win in Mexico …'
[VIDEO] Landon Donovan appears in its second Ganagol commercial, the sequel to his popular commercial touting theMexican lottery on Mexican television. The sequel doesn’t match the original in which Donovan appears at the border disguised in a pancho, sombrero and fake moustache, but he does get “ElPadrino” at the crowded Mexican bar riled up with […]
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MLS signee Salgado scores winner for U-20s
[MILK CUP] Omar Salgado, the giant 16-year-old striker out of El Paso, Texas, signed by MLS when he left Mexican club Guadalajara’s youth program tojoin the U.S. under-20 national team, scored the winning goal in the U-20s’ 1-0 win over China to open play Monday at the Milk Cup in Northern Ireland. Salgado, 6-foot-4, was […]
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Top 10 U.S. soccer crowds (2010)
[MAKING A LIST] Despite the absence of star players because of post-World Cup vacations, European teams like Manchester United continue to draw big crowds fortheir friendly matches in the United States. But they are nothing like what Mexico drew for pre-World Cup friendlies (all but one without its European-based stars). For a look at the […]
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Mexico is where the action is
[MY VIEW] The most intriguing matchup on the opening weekend of play in Mexico’s Torneo Apertura is Saturday’s game between Pachuca and Club America. It’sindicative of the importance the Mexican league is to the U.S. national team that as many as four Americans — three for Pachuca and one for America — could be in […]