Scottish club Celtic got goals from Georgios Samaras and Patrick McCourt to defeat the Seattle Sounders FC, 2-1,Sunday before a crowd of 45,631 at Qwest Field. The Greek Samaras’ goal from the penalty spot followed the ejection of Seattle goalkeeper Terry Boss. InSunday’s only MLS game, Los Angeles beat D.C. United, 2-1, on goals by […]
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Unsettled Castillo lands at Chicago as DP
[MLS] The Chicago Fire has signed Mexican international Nery Castillo as a Designated Player on loan from Ukrainian clubShakhtar Donetsk. Castillo has played 21 games for Mexico but was not part of its 2010 World Cup team. Castillo, 26, was born in Mexico to a Uruguayan soccer player andraised in Uruguay. He moved to Greek […]
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Puebla too good for new-look Chivas USA
[SUPERLIGA] Two newcomers made their debuts, and stalwart Paulo Nagamura was also on hand, yet still Chivas USA fell to Puebla, 2-1, in theirSuperLiga Group A opener Thursday at Home Depot Center. Andres Olivera and Alvaro Gonzalez scored for Puebla, which commanded midfield for much of thematch yet tired late and conceded a goal to […]
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SuperLiga spices up MLS calendar
[SUPERLIGA] In the fourth season of SuperLiga, which annually matches up the some of the best from MLS and the Mexican League, the marketing concept of bundlingwill be tested. Fans wishing to see Manchester United’s training session at Toyota Park on Wednesday prior to a Group B match between Chicago and Morelia can only do […]
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Man. United set to open tour
[SUMMER OF SOCCER] The annual influx of foreign clubs begins in earnest this week with some of Europe’s biggest names arriving for summer friendlies. ManchesterUnited (minus Wayne Rooney and its other World Cup stars) opens its four-game tour Friday against Celtic in Toronto. United is one of five English clubs inaction this week. For a […]
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Pachuca features trio of Americans
[SUPERLIGA] U.S. World Cup teammates Francisco Torres and Herculez Gomez will bejoined by a third American, Marco Antonio Vidal, on Mexican club Pachuca, which opens play in the fourth edition of the SuperLiga on Thursday at the HoustonDynamo. Gomez, who tied for the Mexican league scoring title with 10 goals last spring, and Vidal joined […]
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Aguirre quits after another early exit
[MEXICO] Calling Mexico’s World Cup campaign a failure, Coach Javier Aguirre quit on Wednesday. For the fifth straightWorld Cup — the second time with Aguirre in charge — the Tri lost in the round of 16. It marked the fifth straight time that Mexico has been eliminated in the second round of the WorldCup. “I’m […]
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Eight Mexican-based players called up
[U.S. UNDER-20 MEN] Eight players based at pro clubs in Mexico were called up by Thomas Rongen for the U.S. under-20 national team camp thatruns through Monday in San Jose. Such is the diversity of players available for selection that 11 are based abroad. Besides the eight in Mexico — three at Monterrey and one […]
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'Selfish' Tevez knew he was offside on goal
Argentine Carlos Tevez says it was selfish of him not to own up to the fact that he was offside for his opening goal in Argentina’s 3-1 win over Mexico onSunday. He says he thought Italian referee Roberto Rosetti had signaled correctly that he was offside when he headed on Lionel Messi‘s shot. The Manchester […]
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Mexico-Argentina broadcast smashes records
[TELEVISION WATCH] Sunday afternoon’s broadcast of the Mexico-Argentina match was the most-watched program ever on Spanish-language television. Almost 9.4million viewers watched the game on Univision. Coverage of the game was the No. 1 program of the week in any language in such key markets as Los Angeles, Miami, Houston and Dallas amongtotal viewers 2+, adults […]