Articles tagged with "mexico"
Daily Dose 4.14.08
By Laurie | April 14th, 2008Some news to read as you slurp down 35 dozen oysters*: Why Cristiano Ronaldo is not the next Beckham. Or: Did Cristiano Ronaldo really turn down a Brylcreem endorsement? (There has to be a punchline here somewhere.) (Republic of Mancunia) ...
Weekend Watch:
By Laurie | April 11th, 2008A small sampling of the games available this weekend for your viewing pleasure. Saturday US Women's NT vs. Canada Both teams have qualified for the Olympics, so this final game is for bragging rights and the ability to say they're the wome ...
Chicago Fire v. NY Red Bulls - Your Call . . .
By Dave Martinez | April 11th, 2008Hey Guys. Never since the days of Oakley, Starks, Jordan and Pippen has there been so much hatred between the franchises of our beloved cities. New York v. Chicago is back. And I am here to exploit that! Here are a couple of polls, open t ...
Red Bulls 1 - 0 Carolina Railhawks
By Dave Martinez | March 28th, 2008Always nice to go into a season with a win. I just watched the replay. For you guys. So I hope you appreciate it. ;) First off, Claudio Reyna was the man of the match, hands down. And he did it within a strange line up . . . check this ou ...
Libertadores: America dissapoints once again
By Albert | March 27th, 2008America loses to San Martin of Peru, in Peru lastnight. The Aguilas are still in 2nd place but only by goal differential of 1. The group has tightened. River Plate leads with 9 points, America and San Martin with 6 and Catolica with only 3. The lo ...
Don't Pass Back to This Goalkeeper, Ever
By Daryl | March 27th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyBIZP1wSoE[/youtube] Defenders on Mexican team Puebla FC learned a valuable lesson over the weekend: Don't pass back to keeper José Guadalupe Martínez, ever. Joaquín Velázquez tried it in the 4th min ...
U-23 Olympic Qualifying
By nicholas | March 17th, 2008So the Olympic Qualifiers continue in Carson, California today. With Group A all but finished with the United States and Honduras qualifying on Saturday. Now all that is left are the games scheduled for Sunday, Canada v Guatemala followed by Mexico v Hait
Lider Marmol Follow Up
By Dave Martinez | March 14th, 2008From soccerbyives: "It's a surprising situation for me to be in because I've never been in a situation like this before," Marmol said. "On one hand it's good and on the other hand it's not. It's good to have two teams want you but at the same time I wa
I Knew Someone Would Come Through With the Donovan Tinkle Tapes!
By Laurie | February 8th, 2008Who loves you guys? Me, of course! (Well, me and Andrea Canales, who found the video. I'm glad she did, because I never would have picked the right search strings myself. "Desecrates"? Giggle.) But anyhoo. You asked for it, you got it. Her
1 man, 3 matches
By Bruno Romani | September 13th, 2007Three matches to follow in my return to the blog. 1)In China, the Brazilian girls played a bad first-half against New Zeland, but conducted by Marta, the second-half was turned another massacre of this team. 5-0 and a decent debut the national team in
Brazil Announces the Squad to Take on US and Mexico
By Bruno Romani | August 24th, 2007Dunga announced on Thursday the squad that will be facing the US and Mexico in September. Yes, again we will have Doni, Maicon, Fernando, Vágner Love and Afonso (!!!!). Can anyone tell me where are Rogerio Ceni, Cicinho, Ricardo Oliveira and Luis Fabi
AROUND THE LEAGUE (Superliga Edition)
By Dave Martinez | July 26th, 2007In the absence of any new Red Bull news (and since my pregame will be up shortly), here is the AROUND THE LEAGUE report, SuperLiga Edition: SUPERLIGA - LANDON DONOVAN I have a brilliant idea. Let me know what you think. We should take Lando
Club America - What Do You Know?!?!?!
By Andy | July 14th, 2007Chelsea take on Mexico's Club America in the Disney Friendship Cup at the Stanford Stadium, San Jose, California in the early hours of Sunday morning (2am UK time to be precise) or 6pm local time. But what do you know about Club America? Club Ameri
Anfield Banter: More Heinze, Hicks' tease, Hammill loaned, Moyes whines, Smicer goes home, & G'day God
By Brian | July 12th, 2007* Though not one game nor one goal nor even one tourney a player makes (including Freddy Adu, you muppets), but if you're Gabriel Heinze, you certainly picked the right time to shine. Even if I take away his spectacular goal last night, I'd still have
The Countdown for the Departure of Dunga Has Started!
By Bruno Romani | June 28th, 2007There’s no way around it. In Brazil, football and the economy never do well at the same time. If they do happen, there’s no politics. So today I start a countdown to the departure of Dunga. Game 1 Brazil debuted at the Copa America. Did I ju
Thoughts on Blanco
By Tom | June 26th, 2007By the start of next week, Cuahtemoc Blanco will be a member of the Chicago Fire. He won't play for us until after Copa America, but as I spent the weekend watching Blanco live - the Fire sensibly having an off-week from MLS during the Gold Cup's finale i
CONCACAF GOLD CUP: Hamburg beats Stuttgart to Title
By Jan | June 24th, 2007It's the off-season and I have to spread out my more relevant posts wisely so that I can bridge the time gap until the Bundesliga starts rolling again. That's why this post is slightly off-topic but I found a way to bend it like it has anything to do ...
Paraguay nets late winner
By John | June 6th, 2007They say Mexico does not lose at the Azteca. Paraguay did not get the memo. Oscar Cardozo put a brilliant finishing touch on Paraguay's only threatening play in the 2nd half to defeat Mexico 1-0 last night. It was Mexico's first loss at the Azteca sinc
Mexico easily dispatches Iran, next faces Paraguay
By John | June 4th, 2007Friendlies rarely offer up any drama. But that was not the case Saturday night in San Luis Potosi. The drama wasn't about the rematch between group D rivals in last year's world cup. Nor was it about Cuauhtemoc's absence due to some business in Chicago.
Chivas USA Shirts Taking over Mexico
By David | June 1st, 2007You heard it right. While partying with the Legion last Saturday, I was talking with one of the guys there and he said the last time he went to Guadalajara there were Chivas USA shirts everywhere. When he began to ask around, he found that most places sol
Hugo makes his roster official for Gold Cup
By John | May 30th, 2007Hugo Sanchez turned in his list for the Gold Cup last week, but none of us were privy to the names until this evening when CONCACAF released the lisy of rosters on its official Gold Cup site. Hugo had called a pool of 28 players, from which he would deci
Nery looks good in Green
By John | May 22nd, 2007Mexican born, Uruguayan reared, and current Greek League dynamo, Nery Castillo reported to Mexican National Team duty yesterday, much to the amazement of most, except the one that matters most: Hugo Sanchez. He never doubted that Nery would keep his
America Wins 3rd Clásico in a row, Will Meet Pachuca in Finals
By John | May 21st, 2007Another 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
When will Blanco arrive? Will he save Dave Sarachan from having his head placed on a stick - a scientific study.
By Tom | May 21st, 2007This weekend, Mexico coach Hugo Sanchez announced his 'preliminary' squads for the Gold Cup and Copa America tournaments. Blanco is, unsurprisingly, in the squad. Everyone seems to be expecting him to play in the Gold Cup. Indeed, it all works out rath
Recap: México - Paraguay friendly
By Chris | March 27th, 2007Sunday saw more history being written in Monterrey as México defeated Paraguay 2-1 in a friendly match. Within 10 seconds of entering the game, El Tri's all-time leading scorer Jared Borgetti scored off a header to put México ahead in the 78th minute
Write for the Mexico Offside
By Bob | March 17th, 2007Do you love Mexican League Football? Do you enjoy writing? Do you like to voice your opinion? We’re looking for someone to captain the Mexico Offside blog. Here’s your chance to share your passion with a global audience. If you are interested, please
Injuries: Noonan (natch) and Parkhurst (damn!)
By Sabin | March 14th, 2007In addition to the Revs making mincemeat of 3rd division teams, some other news came out of -- or prior to -- Mexico today: Pat Noonan and Michael Parkhurst stayed home in Boston to tend to some injuries. Today's Boston Globe puts a decidedly positive
Border War Tonight
By John | February 7th, 2007Looking around the world, it is hard to find a international derby that matches the intensity of the US-Mexico rivalry. George Allen, the venerable Washington Redskins coach, always said that a rivalry isn't a rivalry until the other team starts winning.
Mexico Arrives in Phoenix
By John | February 6th, 2007The amateur journalist in me cannot resist the symbolism of the latest incarnation of the Mexican National Team playing in Phoenix, as they rise from the ashes of the Ricardo La Volpe era. I have nothing against La Volpe, he was a good tactician, and def
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
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