[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, Mexico’s 21-year-old sensation from Guadalajara, scored in the 69thminute to give Mexico a 2-1 win over North Korea Wednesday in Torreon and improve his tally to four goals in three World Cup warmups this year. Former Chicago Fire star Cuauhtemoc Blanco scored the game’s first goal on a 20-yard […]
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Eriksson eyes Ivory Coast World Cup job
Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson, who flopped as Mexico’s national team coach, could be headed back to the World Cup for the third straight time. Eriksson, who coached England in 2002 and 2006, wants the Ivory Coast World Cup job turned down by Guus Hiddink following the ouster of Bosnian Vahid Halilhodzic.
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Struggling Pachuca ends skid
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Having lost three straight Mexican league games — two by 3-0 scores at home — struggling Pachuca needed all the breaks it couldget to survive its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinal series with Comunaciones. The Guatemala City club had two players sent off two minutes apart in the second half, and Pachuca went […]
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U.S. girls lead Tri into Concacaf U-17 semifinals
[MEXICO] Six U.S. youth club stars — three from Southern California and three from North Texas — started for Mexico when it beat Canada, 1-0, to advance toThursday’s semifinals at the Concacaf Under-17 Women’s Championship in Costa Rica. The win set up a date with Costa Rica, while Canada must face the USA in the […]
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Rongen names U-20 squad for Dallas Cup
[U.S. UNDER-20 NATIONAL TEAM] Philadelphia Union midfielder Amobi Okugo and Houston Dynamo midfielder Francisco Navas are among the 20 players Coach Thomas Rongen called up for the U.S. under-20 national team (players 19 andunder in 2010) for the expanded Super Group at the 2010 Dallas Cup. Former U.S. U-17 Victor Garza, Orozco’s teammate at Tigres, […]
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Gomez scores in fifth straight game
[AMERICANS ABROAD] Herculez Gomez scored in his fifth straight game to give Puebla a 1-1 tie with Monterrey Sunday inMexico’s Torneo Bicentenario. Monterrey went ahead two minutes into the second half on Javier Rincon‘s own goal, but Gomez earned La Franja a pointwhen he scored on a header off Sergio Rosas‘ cross. Puebla-Monterrey Highlights:
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What They're Saying
“I’m already kicking a ball, I’m nearly ready. I still want to play, really. I am happy to be alive and to have recovered and that very soon we’ll be back on the field.” — Paraguayanstar Salvador Cabanas, speaking publicly for the first time since he was shot in the head in the bathroom of […]
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Cruz Azul earns lone Mexican win on road
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] Cruz Azul was the only one of four Mexican teams playing on the road to win first leg of its Concacaf Champions League quarterfinalseries, beating Panama’s Arabe Unido, 1-0, on Cristian Riveros‘ header in the 70th minute. Cruz Azul, which was playing without Mexican nationalteam midfielder Gerardo Torrado, was the 2009 Concacaf […]
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Marathon pulls upset
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] If any team is going to break Mexico’s stranglehold in the Concacaf Champions League, it could be Marathon of Honduras. It openedthe knockout phase of the regional club championship with a 2-0 win over UNAM Wednesday thanks to a pair of penalty kicks. Walter Martinez andCarlos Mejia scored to the delight of […]
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Lenhart rescues Crew two late goals
[CONCACAF CHAMPIONS LEAGUE] The Columbus Crew came back from a two-goal deficit at the half to earn a 2-2 tie with Mexico’s Toluca in the first leg of theirConcacaf Champions League quarterfinal series. Steven Lenhart had both goals for the Crew, which was missing Guillermo Barros Schelotto