Bradley doppelganger: In a welcome contrast to his predecessor, Jurgen Klinsmann wore his heart on his sleeve during his USMNT coaching debut Wednesday against Mexico (AP Photo).

I have returned (sort of) and so has the USMNT (sort of, too) after Wednesday's 1-1 draw with Mexico in Philadelphia.

Estamos en fecha FIFA y todas las selecciones del mundo se encuentran reunidas para jugar partidos oficiales o partidos amistosos como es el caso del encuentro de México vs Brasil, que se efectuará el próximo martes 11 de octubre.
Dicho partido al ser amistoso no resta importancia sino todo lo contrario ha creado cierta expectación a nivel internacional quienes pondrán las miradas la noche del martes, debido a la cantidad de estrellas que se verán las caras en el estadio Territorio Santos Modelo de Torreón y Mano Menezes.

Lista la convocatoria con los jugadores oficiales para el partido contra Bosnia, el primer partido del ¨Chepo¨ De la Torre como entrenador de la selección mexicana de fútbol. En lo que parecia seria una selección mas que renovada se convirtió en un ejercicio mas, volvió a llamar a jugadores de experiencia como Torrado y a jóvenes promesas europeas que se tardan en despegar como Giovani Dos Santos o Pablo Barrera, en la portería dos sorpresa.

Este martes es fecha FIFA y casi todas las selecciones del mundo se concentraran para jugar partidos oficiales o partidos amistosos, tal es el caso de este partido que es sin duda uno de los mas atractivos, México recibiendo al que sera la selección anfitriona del mundial 2014 la selección Brasileña, la mas ganadora en la historia de los mundiales.

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By ADAM SERRANO

Mexico head coach José Manuel de la Torre has released his roster for this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup, and there are a couple of notable exclusions.

While the squad is highlighted by Manchester United forward Javier Hernandez, key players Jonathan Dos Santos and Carlos Vela have been left off for the El Tri side that will look to repeat as champions of CONCACAF.

MEXICO
1 Guillermo Ochoa 07/13/85 GK2 Francisco Javier Rodriguez 10/20/81 DF3 Carlos Salcido 04/02/80 DF4 Rafael Marquez 02/13/79 DF5 Ricardo Osorio 03/30/80 DF6 Gerardo Torrado 04/30/79 MD7 Pablo Barrera 06/21/87 AT8 Israel Castro 12/20/80 MD9 Aldo de Nigris 07/22/83 AT10 Giovanni Dos Santos 05/11/89 MD11 Angel Reyna 09/19/84 MD12 Alfredo Talavera 09/18/82 GK13 Jesus Zavala 07/21/87 MD14 Javier Hernandez 06/01/88 AT15 Hector Moreno 01/17/88 DF16 Efrain Juarez 02/22/88 DF17 Antonio Naelson 05/23/76 MD18 Andres Guardado 09/28/86 MD19 Edgar Duenas 03/05/83 DF20 Jorge Torres Nilo 01/16/88 DF21 Christian Bermudez 04/26/87 MD22 Elias Hernandez 04/29/88 MD23 Jonathan Orozco 05/12/86 GKMexico Jose Manuel de la Torre
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By Jon Levy The following is the second in a four part series comparing the 2011 Gold Cup rosters of the two "giants of CONCACAF." Defenders The Yanks: Carlos Bocanegra (St. Etienne), Jonathan Bornstein (Tigres), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Clarence Goodson (Brondby), Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa), Oguchi Onyewu (Twente), Tim Ream (Red Bulls), Jonathan Spector [.

La selección mexicana derrotó a la de Honduras 2-0 el miércoles por la noche en la semifinal de la Copa de Oro de la Concacaf ante más de 70 mil espectadores en el estadio Reliant de Houston, Texas.
Tras 90 minutos sin goles de ninguno de los equipos, pero en un partido tenso y reñido, el primer gol lo anotó Aldo de Nigris en el minuto 3 del tiempo extra, cuando Pablo Barrera hizo un tiro de esquina y de Nigris la colocó con la cabeza por encima del portero hondureño.

GOLD CUP: Primer for US-Mexico finale - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

In 24 hours we'll know how the latest edition of CONCACAF's best rivalry went down as another US-Mexico Gold Cup finale is upon us. With previews and analysis filling the internet there's a number of issues and storylines being written about.

BY ADAM SERRANO

To say that the 2011 Gold Cup has been a turbluent ride for the Mexican National Team may be something of an understatement.

Five players including three starters left the team after testing positive for the substance Clembuterol. All the while, forward Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez has helped lead Mexico to victory time and time again while "El Tri" played to legions of loyal fans in their traveling tour across the United States.

It's hot here in Pasadena, one of those soccer games where an air-conditioned press box and free water makes for a welcome respite.

A huge round of boos from the predominantly pro-Mexico crowd as the U.S. came out to warm up a few minutes ago, followed by a huge roar as the Mexicans emerged from the tunnel a few moments later.

Former Liverpool frontman set for Fulham debut - Fulham FC - Sport - Fulham Chronicle Yes, indeed... there is Premier League action! Well, of a sort. Fulham take on "Faroe Islands part-timers" NSI Runavik tonight in a Europa League qualifier. Let's hear it for the Fair Play rules! This is Martin Jol's first match in charge of Fulham and he'll be missing Carlos Salcido and Clint Dempsey who

There was an interesting comment on Twitter today from Tor-Kristian Karlsen, a football scout. Karlsen noted that while Premiership clubs do have an overview for the world's footballers, most are, I quote:

Tor-Kristian Karlsen
karlsentk Tor-Kristian Karlsen
many people (justifiably) puzzled that few premier league clubs were seriously in for arturo vidal (no idea if arsenal interest was genuine)

personally i think the reason is lack of contacts and connections.

The Mexican Federation announced the 20-player roster for the match on Aug. 10 against Mexico, and if there was any thought that they would be taking an easy approach after the Gold Cup, think again. Minus the injured Javier Hernandez, the Mexicans have all the players who started in their victory in the Gold Cup final, including goalscorers Pablo Barrera, Andres Guardado and Giovani dos Santos.

STARTERS
Lets all take a moment today to think about San Jose's Steven Lenhart and his family who are going through some very hard times since the death of his father a few months ago. We wish them all solitude.
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Houston made it official announcing the signing of a loan deal for 29 year old Honduran forward Carlo Costly from Atlas in Mexico.

La Federación Mexicana de Fútbol ha presentado la lista de convocados por el Chepo de La Torre para el partido amistoso que disputará contra la Selección de Estados Unidos en el debut de Klinsman como tecnico de las barras y estrellas.
En esta nueva lista mexicana destaca la ausencia de Javier "Chicharito" Hernández, quién permanece en reposo médico tras la conmoción sufrida en un entrenamiento con el Manchester United.

Who impressed you the most last season? Who disappointed?

Dave:
David Stockdale. After all the talk of Schwarzer leaving it was a mighty relief to find that we'd got a readymade replacement already in the ranks.

Per the official:

The Club can confirm that defender Carlos Salcido has joined Mexican Primera División team Tigres de la UANL on a season long loan.

When Salcido went the full 90 minutes in last week's USA-Mexico friendly, I knew he was a goner. He never featured in any of the Europa League squads, nor in last weekend's EPL opener.

Volvemos como cada temporada ya con las plantillas armadas, con el costo de los clubes, sus edades y sus planteles.
Para este Apertura 2011 los clubes con un promedio de costo mas alto son:Monterrey, Pachuca, Cruz Azul y Guadalajara
Los planteles con un costo mas bajo son:Atlante, Tijuana, Puebla y Querétaro
Los planteles mas jóvenes son:Atlas, Tigres, Pumas y Chivas
Mientras que los de mayor edad son:Tecos, Puebla, Chiapas y San Luis
Los costos promedio por equipo son
El Pachuca, Santos y Toluca, equipos triunfadores en los últimos años, no calificaron la temporada pasada, y en la actual tampoco estan en los primeros lugares, y tienen altos costos de inversión, en especial el Pachuca quien este año infló su nómina considerablemente queriéndo regresar a los primeros planos.

Liverpool full-back Paul Konchesky looks set to move to Championship side Nottingham Forest on loan after a proposed move to his old club Fulham fell through.
Konchesky had looked set to move back to west London, but they were unable to offload Carlos Salcido who has failed to settle in England since his summer move from PSV Eindhoven, which could see the left back move to Forest for the rest of the season, according to The Times.

Via Mediotiempo
CONVOCATORIA DEL 'CHEPO' JUGADOR POSICIÓN EQUIPO Jesús Corona Portero Cruz Azul Alfredo Talavera Portero Toluca Paul Aguilar Defensa Pachuca Iván Estrada Defensa Santos Francisco Javier Rodríguez Defensa PSV Edgar Dueñas Defensa Toluca Jonny Magallón Defensa Chivas Héctor Moreno Defensa AZ Alkmaar Jorge Torres Nilo Defensa Tigres Carlos Salcido Defensa Fulham Gerardo Torrado Medio Cruz Azul Israel Castro Medio Pumas Jesús Zavala Medio Monterrey Luis Pérez Medio Monterrey Antonio Naelson Sinha Medio Toluca Javier Hernández Delantero Manchester United Giovani Dos Santos Delantero Racing de Santander Edgar Pacheco Delantero Atlas Pablo Barrera Delantero West Ham Néstor Calderón Delantero Toluca José María Cárdenas Delantero Santos Aldo de Nigris Delantero Monterrey D.

You like the title of this? I took a little respite from the match reports this weekend, but in catching up on Fulham's draw with neighbor Chelsea, I thought I'd remark that this had 4 or 5 of the most entertaining stoppage-time minutes I've seen this season.

The most notable development in this match was Carlo Ancelotti's response to the Drogba/Torres/Anelka quandary.

Go north, try hard, lose. The annual Goodison defeat is out of the way and we are now free to concentrate on more plausible opponents, such as Blackpool and Bolton Wanderers.

Fulham were poor in the first half. We couldn't keep the ball, we didn't do especially well getting it off Everton.

These points all count, you know. Wolves are a poor side by reputation and by league position, but they are also strangely dangerous, and will have certainly seen today as a great chance to take three points. That they didn't was a result of Fulham's spirited and occasionally excellent display, and especially Andy Johnson's late equaliser.

Liverpool may be about to be knocked off their perch by Manchester United, but they showed at Craven Cottage they might just mount a serious challenge for a 19th league title of their own next season by destroying Fulham.
The Reds made it 13 goals in their last three games and Maxi Rodriguez completed his second hat-trick over the same period, with Dirk Kuyt making it 12 goals in his last 13 matches for club and country and Luis Suarez wrapping up the rout.

Liverpool ruthlessly sweep aside Fulham at Craven Cottage and moved above Spurs into fifth place and the final Europa League spot. The style that Liverpool showed was a message to the rest of the Premier League that Liverpool will be aiming to regain their mantle as most successful English side next season.

Liverpool ruthlessly sweep aside Fulham at Craven Cottage and moved above Spurs into fifth place and the final Europa League spot. The style that Liverpool showed was a message to the rest of the Premier League that Liverpool will be aiming to regain their mantle as most successful English side next season.

- Maxi Rodriguez

It was 2:30 in the afternoon and I was crying.

Mind you, not like the dignified "Crying Indian" who sheds a single tear, or the stereotypical strong-men of old westerns who cleared their throats and sniffled with a quiet poise.

Fulham is searching for a replacement for Mexico international full-back Carlos Salcido as he sets his sights on a return home at the end of the season.
The former Chivas Guadalajara man has reportedly promised his family that a return to his native country will come to fruition this summer, just a year after joining Fulham from Dutch giants PSV Eindhoven for a fee of around £1.

Manchester United sensation Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez was today named to Mexico's provisional Gold Cup roster. Hernandez has had a phenomenal start to his career in the Premier League, and he could be linking up with fellow Premier League players Carlos Vela and Carlos Salcido in this summer's tournament.

Paul Konchesky's move from Liverpool back to Fulham is being blocked by new boss Martin Jol.
Konchesky left Craven Cottage last summer but the London club had set up a deal in principle for him to end his Mersey misery.
But Jol has told the board he is keen to look elsewhere for a new left-sided defender to replace homesick Mexican Carlos Salcido.

By JONATHAN VERA

PASADENA, Calif -- The Mexican National Team may be without two of its starters Saturday night in the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final against the United States. Andres Guardado and Carlos Salcido have taken their share of knocks in the tournament and though they remain optimistic about playing in the highly-anticipated final, their availability is still a question mark.

The goal of the year. If there was one reason, just one reason to watch the Gold Cup final between Mexico vs USA, it would have to be Giovani Dos Santos's other world goal. Unbelievable skill from the Racing Santander midfielder who kept the ball on a rope drawing out half the US defense and Tim Howard off his line and then in an exhibition of delectable control chips the ball perfectly towards the far post and over a leaping Eric Lichaj.

26.05.2011 - Con goles de Pablo Barrera (´28 y ´49), Andrés Guardado (´36) y Giovani dos Santos (´76), México venció (4-2) a Estados Unidos (Michael Bradley ´8 y Landon Donovan ´23) en el Rose Bowl Stadium y se consagró bicampeón de la Copa de Oro, cuando no "Gigante de la CONCACAF", obteniendo el pase directo a la Copa Confederaciones 2013.

Looking back at the 2011 Gold Cup - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Mexico is king of CONCACAF for another two years and there's no second guessing this time. After beating a US "B" team in the 2009 final, El Tri demolished the best the US had to offer in an entertaining 4-2 final Saturday.

Clint Dempsey will be getting somewhat of a breather this summer after all.

Fulham begins its UEFA Europa League campaign Thursday, but Dempsey will not be included in the squad for the club's first-round qualifier first leg with Faroe Islands club NSI Runavik (2:30 p.m.

Photo by ISIphotos.com

Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez won't be participating in the United States' friendly with Mexico next week, but his trio of offensive teammates that did most of the damage in Mexico's Gold Cup final victory most certainly will.

Giovani Dos Santos, Andres Guardado and Pablo Barrera will all represent El Tri in Philadelphia next week, along with New York Red Bulls centerback Rafa Marquez and four of the five players who were suspended from the Gold Cup for testing positive for banned substance clenbuterol.

It's been a summer marred by disappointment for U.S. Soccer. Most notably there was the CONCACAF Gold Cup Final collapse against Mexico by the U.S. Men's National Team and the loss to Japan in the Women's World Cup Final by the U.S. Women's National Team.

But while those two defeats may have garnered the most attention, the youth national teams on the men's side were also falling well short of expectations.

En una noticia que ha sorprendido a mas de 1, se ha dado a conocer que el jugador mexicano Carlos Salcido deja al Fulham del futbol ingles para enrolarse con los Tigres de la UANL, segun informan esto es por medio de un prestamo con opcion a compra, segun informan lo unico que falta es que el jugador y la directiva de Tigres lleguen a un acuerdo en lo economico y que el jugador pase los exámenes médicos correspondientes.

Carlos Salcido started and played 82 minutes in Tigres de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León's (aka Tigres) 1-0 win over San Luis in Mexico's Apertura 2011.

David Stockdale started and made 5 saves in Ipswich Town's 5-2 loss to Southampton last Tuesday.