When Goalkeeper Ball-Juggling Goes Bad

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkHbnFi2vY[/youtube] Agustin Orion tried to get fancy last night. And it did not go well. The San Lorenzo keeper can probably do hundreds of keepy-uppies in his garden at home, but in the Copa Libertadores ...

America gets a good result in Azteca.

Salvador Cabañas is the man! With 2 goals and cohesive defense and team play, America takes a 2-0 advantage in the 1st leg of their series with Santos of Brazil. This can be considered semi-verification that their passing Flamengo was not a fluke. ...

Copa Libertadores Down to Quarterfinals

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4mfSsqRaUA[/youtube] Incredible action in the Copa Libertadores last sixteen second legs this week. Newly crowned Rio de Janeiro state champs Flamengo had a 4-2 first leg lead and were expecting an easy win ...

Maracanazo! What a night for America

All hope was lost. Ruben Omar Romano was fired after the loss in Azteca to Flamengo. The new Coach, Antonio Luna, said that it would be a dream/fantasy to think they would pass against Flamengo in the 2nd leg in Brazil. No one believed America co ...

America has new Interim Coach

Juan Antonio Luna takes over as Interim Coach for the dismal Club America. The interesting quote coming from Luna is that he believes that America would be dreaming to think that they could beat Flamengo in Brazil. Atleast he is in touch with real ...

America goes down, Romano steps aside.

For real this time. After a disgraceful Mexican League stint as Head Coach, all his hopes hung on the Copa Libertadores. Now America loses 4-2 to Flamengo in Azteca, without an impressive attendance. It just keeps getting worse and the only thing ...

Players To Watch In The Next Round.

I figured it would be best to start from the top of the fixture list I published late last week. Corporación Deportiva Atlético Nacional vs. Fluminense Football Club (Estadio Atanasio Girardot, Medellin, Colombia) Atlético Nacional have, ...

FPC Roundup: Ambassadors fry Red Devils while La Equidad flies high

After fixture 11th, The Insurance sellers continue to dominate the top of the standings after their 2-1 home win to Boyacá Chicó where Roberto Polo contributed with a marvelous strike to Equidad's cause. The checkereds were overplayed and could not ...

Another America Loss, now a resignation

That is right. America lost to Veracruz 4-0 this past weekend and Coach Ruben Omar Romano has turned in his resignation starting in June. So starting in June he is going to let America start a new process and restructure. Romano, who has 18 games wit ...

A fight, A fight = A punishment

When a fight breaks out during a game, its always fun to watch and you expect cards to fly. In the America vs. Cruz Azul game we now know the results of the red cards that were given out. 6 GAME Suspensions. WOW! A bit severe, I would think. So who wi

Kikin Suspended

Now this really sucks. Kikin Fonseca was suspended for three games after the fight with America's German Villa. The FMF determined that Kikin was the aggressor and Villa the victim. Villa was suspended one game. So my dear Kikin has to sit three ga

Weekend Action

This weekend is going to be interesting in the Mexican League. The last few weeks have offered so much drama over what coach is staying, coming or leaving. This week, the talk of the town was Luis Fernando Tena. Some say that he is in his last days wit

America Wins 3rd Clásico in a row, Will Meet Pachuca in Finals

Another grueling week for America, another obstacle overcome. After a goalless draw vs. Santos with mostly reserves on Wednesday, America defeated Chivas twice in 3 days. Two 1-0 wins were enough to clinch yet another finals birth for one of Mexico's mo

And then there was one...

Toluca and Necaxa both tanked there clausuras in an effort to concentrate on advancing in the Copa Libertadores. After last night's 1-0 Nacional victory over Los Electricistas, both Necaxa and Toluca have been unceremoniously bounced from the Libertadore

A Lull Before the Storm; Is Chivas Trying to Get the DP Slot Back?

Well not much has been happening so far. The days have passed by relatively quiet and the FO has been mum about any happenings. In fact talking with the FO, they made the mention that the "real" problem is the loss of Sasha Kljestan. I know, they are tryi

America Punches Their Ticket Tonight

Club America is in Peru, and barring any miracle 6 goal blowout, will qualify for the group stage of Copa Libertadores after their game with Sporting Cristal. Off the heals of a very impressive 5-0 victory last week in Toluca's Invierno (America is ban

Saritama lands with Eagles

With the Copa Libertadores in mind, America's Aguilas have signed Luis Fernando Saritama a four year deal. The Ecuadorian midfielder will play Copa Libertadores matches ONLY throughout the Clausura season, but should join the regular team for league match

Score One for the Goats

In a match between two of Mexico's post popular teams, Chivas de Guadalajara downed America 2-0 last night at Jalisco Stadium in the first leg of their semifinals clash. The 194th edition of the Mexican super clasico featured its fair share of goals, p

America Strikes Back

America bounced back from a three goal deficit to draw 3-3 at home against Atlas and advance to the semifinals. Atlas raced to the 3-0 lead in under 57 minutes, but a timely substitution by America coach Luis Fernando Tena, who brought on Cuauhtemoc B

Rest Assured...

Despite rumors claiming otherwise, controversial Mexican Cuauhtémoc Blanco is alive, well, and anxious to ring the neck of the editor who reported his "death" on a Mexican news website. According to the report, Blanco was killed in a car accident on

The Shadow

There's a shadow hanging over America's Eagles, and I'm not talking about this debacle. Ecuadorian defender Geovanny Espinoza seems set to suit up for Las Aguilas next season. "La Sombra" (the shadow, as he's affectionately called) burst onto the glob

Eagles Soar into "La Liguilla"

America punched their ticket to the "Liguilla" playoffs by downing the Monarchs of Morelia 2-1 at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City on Saturday. Both teams came out of the blocks in a hurry. America drew first blood in the seventh minute through Argen

Squandered Chances

Mexican powerhouse America drew 0-0 at home against Atlante on Sunday. Both teams squandered more chances to score in 90 minutes of play than the 40-year-old virgin at a dive bar. It was the second game in a row that America failed to put one in the

America the Beautiful

Eagles Fly High with Win Over UNAM

America soared to a 2-0 over crosstown rivals UNAM at Azteca Stadium Sunday, ending a six-year winless drought against the Pumas. Mexican badboy Cuauhtémoc Blanco scored his third goal of the season (the first two were penalty kicks) by capitalizing o