German immigrant Will Roy reflects on his historic goal 50 years for the USA in Mexico City in this nicely crafted 4-minute mini-doc from U.S. Soccer. Further reading:Fifty Years On: Willy Roy reflects on historic first USMNT goal at Estadio Azteca: Former Striker held several record’s during USMNT early year By Michael Lewis (USSoccer.com)
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What They're Saying: Mauricio Kuri
“The security at the stadium is a private responsibility, but despite that, I recognize that law enforcement was insufficient and did not act with sufficient speed.” — Mauricio Kuri, the governor of the Mexican state of Queretaro, on the fan riot — called “The darkest day for Mexican soccer” by Mexican newspaper El Universal — […]
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Monday morning: What we're reading (and listening to)
1. Mexicans call for answers after gruesome riot during Atlas vs. Querétaro soccer match By Kevin Baxter (Los Angeles Times)2. Manchester United have 99 problems, but Cristiano Ronaldo is only one By Martin Samuel (Mail Online)3. Fresno-area soccer coach calls El Dorado Hills student’s heckling ‘blatantly racist’ By Nick Pecoraro and Joe Davidson (Sacramento Bee)
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Watch: A Frenchman's golazo in Mexico
The 36-year-old Frenchman André-Pierre Gignac struck with a scissors kick from Tigres’ teammate Nico López‘s cross, which FC Juarez’s goalkeeper Hugo González futility attempted to block at the edge of the penalty area.
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Roberto Abramowitz on USA-Mexico, El Tri fandom, and how MLS can catch up to Liga MX
In the late 1950s, Roberto Abramowitz’s dad, Edward, was starting out as a jeweler in New York City and pursuing opportunities abroad. “As my mother tells me recently — because I did not know this — it was either South Africa, Israel or Mexico,” Roberto says. “My mother, who wasn’t getting along very well with my […]
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Watch: A great diving header own goal from Mexico (called back)
FC Juarez’s Gustavo Velázquez hit his own net impressively with a well-timed diving header from a UNAM Pumas cross, but the refs called it back and the game remained scoreless until Washington Corozo settled it for Pumas five minutes into stoppage time for a 1-0 UNAM win.
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A Goal in a Thousand
One-zero. 1-0. Not my favorite scoreline. If a soccer game’s going to be decided by a single goal, I’d rather see the score at 3-2, or 4-3. One goal in 90 minutes is simply not enough. The leap-out-of-your seat moments just aren’t there. That’s my feeling, and a pretty strong one it is. Lively goalmouth […]
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Watch: Henry Martin's last-minute winner for Mexico
Only El Tri pulled off a win on Octagonal opening day, thanks to the 28-year-old Henry Martin‘s swift, one-touch 17-yard strike in the 89th minute, earning Mexico a 2-1 victory over Jamaica in Azteca Stadium. Alexis Vega opened the scoring in the 50th minute and Shamar Nicholson equalized for Jamaica in the 65th.
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Why I sympathize with soccer's dual nationals
Everything counts, yet nothing really matters except what the heart wants. I used to dream in Spanish. I was born in the United States, but my parents moved our family to Argentina when I was 3 after my father received a job offer from a university in that country. I played soccer almost every day […]
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Olympics (men's soccer): Mexico takes the bronze medal
Mexico, which fell to Brazil on PKs in the semifinals, beat host Japan, 3-1, to take the bronze medal. The victory marks Mexico’s second Olympic soccer medal, having claimed gold in 2012 with a win over Brazil in the final in London. By the time Kaoru Mitoma scored for Japan in the 78th minute, El […]