Articles tagged with "atlas"
Qualification to Liguilla: 1st leg is done!
By Albert | May 9th, 2008This past Wednesday and Thursday were the 1st leg of the qualification for Atlas, Necaxa, Pachuca and San Luis. The first match on Wednesday between Pachuca and San Luis was exciting and with 2 red cards it will have an impact for the return leg o ...
Requalification and Liguilla are set to begin
By Albert | May 5th, 2008Clausura 2007 regular season is at an end. Now the requalification begins between: (games start this Wednesday and Thursday then the 2nd leg over the weekend.) San Luis vs. Pachuca Necaxa vs. Atlas My pics are San Luis and Necaxa, only ...
Round of 16 Matches Are Set.
By Mauro | April 24th, 2008With the end of the group stage coming to a close, these are the round of 16 ties. You'll find that there are no teams representing the following countries: Peru, Chile, Bolivia and Paraguay. Fluminense - Atlético Nacional Sao Paulo - Nacion ...
Cope Libertadores Down to Sweet Sixteen
By Daryl | April 24th, 2008While we were distracted by the bizarre own goal and missed penalty kick that was the UEFA Champions League semifinals this week, South America's finest were busy deciding the final standings of the Copa Libertadores group stage. The video above ...
Copa Libertadores Down to Sweet Sixteen
By Daryl | April 24th, 2008While we were distracted by the bizarre own goal and missed penalty kick that was the UEFA Champions League semifinals this week, South America's finest were busy deciding the final standings of the Copa Libertadores group stage. The video above ...
Boca Quailifies, As Expected.
By Mauro | April 23rd, 2008To deny Boca... at home, against the weakest team in their group and with Riquelme on the pitch, is like denying gifts to children on Christmas morning. The stalemate will not last very long before a goal is scored. Last year, Boca found them ...
Atlas End Up On Top, Colo Colo Are Out.
By Mauro | April 23rd, 2008I knew one of these two teams were going to go home last night. I just figured it was more probable that the home team would make it happen in front of their fans, and it never entered my mind that a draw was a possibility. I figured Colo Colo wo ...
Don't Forget to Tune In.
By Mauro | April 22nd, 2008Don't forget that in a few minutes, defending champs Boca face UA Maracaibo at La Bombonera in Buenos Aires. Fox Sports Español will not air this match live, it will be tape delay at 7:30 pm PST. Follow the match online and live, here with this ...
Colo Colo Must Beat Atlas to Qualify.
By Mauro | April 22nd, 2008Club Social y Deportivo Colo Colo vs. FC Atlas AC (Estadio Monumental David Arellano, Santiago, Chile) LIVE on Fox Sports Español @ 5pm PST. In one of the tougher groups in this competition, Colo Colo have been on the outside looking in for a ...
Boca, With Rout, Can Qualify On Their Own.
By Mauro | April 22nd, 2008Club Atlético Boca Juniors vs. Unión Atlético Maracaibo (La Bombonera Alberto J. Armando, Buenos Aires, Argentina) Tape delay on Fox Sports Español @ 7:30pm PST. Follow the match online and live, here with this Gamecast. At exactly the sa ...
i-MACUE-late Win
By Alan | March 30th, 2008Luis "el Macue" Robles was able to end Atlas' 3-game draw streak with a swing of his right leg as Atlas beat Morelia 1-0 in their week 12 game at home. This is only Robles' third goal in the tournament, but when they're game winners, who's compla ...
Copa Libertadores: Atlas 1 - 1 UA Maracaibo
By Alan | March 26th, 2008Atlas ties in their latest Copa Libertadores game, and in doing so complicates things for the three teams who are within 4 points of each other battling for two spots into the next round. Both goals were scored through penalty, Atlas from a handba ...
Copa Libertadores, update from last night's matches...
By Mauro | March 26th, 2008San Lorenzo vs. Bamin Real Potosi (Buenos Aires, Argentina) Last night, San Lorenzo hosted Bamin Real Potosi and won on a dodgy penalty call. In my opinion, there was contact on the foul, but it's negligible as to whether or not it gets a call f ...
Matches This Week - 03/24-08 - Full TV Coverage
By Mauro | March 24th, 2008MATCHES THIS WEEK Fox Sports Español and the footy Gods have graced us with un-interrupted coverage of all nine Copa Libertadores matches this week. This week features a few good matches and at least one stinker. Here's my guide to the week's match ...
Preview: Atlas vs. UA Maracaibo
By Alan | March 24th, 2008Tomorrow Atlas will play in Venezuela against UA Maracaibo in their Copa Libertadores game. Atlas is currently tied with Colo Colo with 6 points in group 3, but the advantage goes to Atlas who has a greater goal differential (+3). Coach Brindisi has a
Update: Karma Sucks
By Alan | March 22nd, 2008After managing to steal a point from Pumas last week after trailing 2-0 at the half, Atlas got a taste of their own medicine this week as Tecos managed to score the equalizing goal in the 90th minute in the opening game of week 11 in the Mexican league.
Preview: Atlas vs. Tecos
By Alan | March 20th, 2008With the game against Tecos approaching, it's time for players on both teams to start making promises. For Atlas, it was Bruno Marioni and Diego Colotto who have led the passive aggressive trash talking. Forward Bruno Marioni commented that although t
Achucarro to Miss Libertadores Game
By Alan | March 20th, 2008Forward Jorge Daniel Achucarro will miss Atlas' next Copa Libertadores game on the 25th against UA Maracaibo. Achucarro who has scored 4 goals in 9 games this season for Atlas will play with the Paraguayan National team on the 26th when Paraguay faces So
Welcome Home, Now Get on the Bench
By Alan | March 19th, 2008Coach Brindisi announced that returning national team players, Jose Hernandez and Hugo Ayala will get no special treatment for having played for the national team in the pre-Olympic qualifiers. Brindisi said he has made it clear from day one that a spot o
FC Atlas, A Team in Perspective
By Alan | March 18th, 2008FC Atlas was founded in 1916 by a group of friends who learned to play football in European universities. Although the team has only won the Mexican Championship once, in 1951 (that just means they're due for another, right?), they have produced many grea
Mid-week action: A mixed bag of results
By Chris | May 4th, 2007We'll start out with the domestic league, as the playoffs got underway on Wednesday with the two play-in ties playing their first legs. In Torreón, Santos was shocked at home by San Luis on a 57th minute goal by former Mexican international Braulio Lu
Pachuca, Atlas win
By John | February 5th, 2007Pachuca got a 2nd half stoppage winner (is there a better way to win?) from Luis Angel Landin to knock off the defending champion chivas Saturday night. Landin's goal proved to be the watershed in a tense game that didn't really live up to expectation of
America Strikes Back
By Darius | November 27th, 2006America 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
Bad Boys
By Darius | October 25th, 2006The FMF's Disciplinary Comission has slapped Monterrey's José Joel González with a three-game suspension for rough play last weekend. Gonzalez was sent off in the ninth minute in a rough-and-tumble affair against Atlas for a knee-snapping tackle from
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