[AMERICANS ABROAD] Clint Dempsey scored his seventh English Premier League goal of the season and ninth overall inFulham’s 3-2 win over West Ham United on Sunday. The seven EPL goals match his season-high set in 2008-09. His nine goals are the most by a U.S. national team player in Europe this season. For all theU.S. […]
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Aguirre cuts Mexico squad down to 26 players
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Mexico national team coach Javier Aguirre cut his World Cup candidates down to 26 players. He hasuntil June 1 to name 23 for the finals. The Mexico squad included 10 European-based players and 16 who have been training full-time since last month in Mexico City. Thenotable absentee is forward Nery Castillo, who […]
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Dates set for Mexico vs. MLS club tourney
[SUPERLIGA] Could there be SuperLiga soccer at Boston’s famed Fenway Park this summer? Along with six dates in July set aside for group play, threevenues were announced on Wednesday, with a fourth left unspecified. Toyota Park (Bridgeview, Ill.), Robertson Stadium (Houston) and Home Depot Center (Carson, Calif.) will be utilized, along with“Venue TBD – Boston/Foxborough, […]
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Gringo Torres' Pachuca headed to Club World Cup
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] American Jose Francisco Torres won the Concacaf Champions League title when he started forPachuca in its 1-0 win over Cruz Azul in Wednesday’s final. Edgar Benitez scored two minutes into stoppage time to even the series at 2-2 and give Pachuca itsthird continental crown in four years thanks to its away goal […]
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Yanks top charts in Mexico
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Hercules Gomez, suspended for the final game of Puebla’s season, shared scoring title in Mexico’sTorneo Bicentenario with Mexican Javier Hernandez (Guadalajara) and Peruvian Johan Fano (Atlante). But Gomez wasn’t theonly American to win a scoring title in Mexico … Former U.S. under-20 striker Sammy Ochoa, who plays for Estudiantes Tecos, shared the scoringtitle […]
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Torres' Pachuca escapes Mexico City with narrow loss
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Cruz Azul scored twice in the first 23 minutes, but American Jose Francisco Torres‘ Pachucarecovered and reduced the final score in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions League final in Mexico City to 2-1. Emanuel Villa gave Cruz Azulthe lead in the 19th minute and an own goal by Carlos Rodriguez […]
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Gomez: 'Odds stacked against me'
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Unless he’s selected to represent the USA at the World Cup, Herculez Gomez‘s season is over — andquite a season it’s been. Before being red-carded late in Puebla’s 4-1 win over Cruz Azul on Sunday, the American striker scored twice to give him 10 goals and a tie for first place among […]
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Donovan: 'I want to be Messi just for one day'
[MLS] Los Angeles Galaxy star Landon Donovan talks about all things Mexican — including just how close he came tojoining Club America — as well as other topics in this MLS Insider interview. Watch the video here … He reveals his favorite desserts and his favorite FIFA Soccer 10 teams. “I want to be Messi […]
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Irish set to face Mexican teams in twinbill
[DATEBOOK] The Notre Dame men’s and women’s teams will close out their spring seasons on Friday night with a doubleheader against a pair of Mexicanteams. The Fighting Irish women will kick off the exhibition twinbill at 5 p.m. when they square off with the Mexican national team, while the men will take on the Mexican […]
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Gomez strikes again — twice
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored twice in the first half Sunday in Puebla’s 4-1 win over Cruz Azul and movedinto a tie for first place on the Mexican First Division scoring charts with 10 goals for the season. Unfortunately, Gomez was red-carded late in the game and will miss Puebla’s seasonfinale. Gomez has scored 10 […]