Bob_Marley_dribbling_ball
Originally uploaded by The Smoking Section Este sabado México recibira a los ¨reggae Boys¨, y su maximo exponente fue Bob Marley a quien ademas de la buena musica y los cigarros verdes tambien le gustaba el futbol soccer, jugaba con todo y turbante en la cabeza, por lo del rastafari. Click to continue reading...

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For the first time since the European Championships gripped us with its drama and great soccer, there will be TONS of international soccer to watch as World Cup qualifying kicks off around the world.

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Palencia
Originally uploaded by eduardo.capdeville Palencia regreso de una lesión y ante la falla de un penal todo se le podia venir abajo al jugador mexicano, pero el gol regreso para hacerse su amigo y ayudarlo a vencer a su rival, vaya noche la de Palencia.

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The groups for this year's Champions League is finally complete. This is what we have: Sixteen clubs representing ten countries All four Mexican qualifiers The same number of representatives from MLS (2) as the USL (2) Two clubs from the Caribbean One Costa Rican side Of the countries given more than one slot, only Mexico, Panama, and Honduras have all their representatives in the group stage. Click to continue reading...

  After scoring a  hat trick against the New England Revolution in CONCACAF Champions League action, Joe Public striker Gregory Richardson told Goal.com he would like to play in Major League Soccer. Richardson indicated that Columbus has expressed interest in his services. Richardson who is Guyanese had scored last week in the first leg of the [. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the group stage was actually conducted at the same time as the qualifying round, but for reasons known only to CONCACAF, the groups were announced yesterday. Here they are - the details will get filled in as the qualifying round progresses.Group ADC UnitedSaprissaCruz AzulMarathónGroup BHouston DynamoL. Click to continue reading...

The draw for the group stage was actually conducted at the same time as the qualifying round, but for reasons known only to CONCACAF, the groups were announced yesterday. Here they are - the details will get filled in as the qualifying round progresses.Group ADC UnitedSaprissaCruz AzulMarathónGroup BHouston DynamoL. Click to continue reading...

Nada sorprendente resultó la goleada que le propinó el equipo cruzazulino a un muy débil equipo de Belice la noche de hoy en Guatemala. La Máquina ya le había propinado seis goles en el Estadio Azul la semana pasada, y en esta ocasión Vignieri y Orozco se van con dos goles cada uno; Villaluz y Sabah [. Click to continue reading...

Nada sorprendente resultó la goleada que le propinó el equipo cruzazulino a un muy débil equipo de Belice la noche de hoy en Guatemala. La Máquina ya le había propinado seis goles en el Estadio Azul la semana pasada, y en esta ocasión Vignieri y Orozco se van con dos goles cada uno; Villaluz y Sabah [. Click to continue reading...

Two MLS clubs entered the CONCACAF Champions League preliminary rounds expecting to advance to the group stages. But after a home and away series both New England and Chivas USA were outed worse than anyone could have imagined. New England lost on aggregate to Trinidad side Joe Public 6-1. OUCH. Chivas lost on aggregate to Panamanian side [. Click to continue reading...

Longtime FC Dallas GK Matt Jordan kept a clean sheet as USL-1 side Montreal Impact advanced in the Champions League Even after DC United beats the Charleston Battery in tonight's US Open Cup Final, USL will have achieved something tangible that MLS failed at attempting, and failed badly at: to advance a team out of the [. Click to continue reading...

Below are the collated results for the Preliminary Round of the 2008-09 CONCACAF Champions League. Ties are a two-match, home-and-away series, higher aggregate score wins, and away goals count. If aggregate and away goals are level, a 30-minute extra time period is played with penalties if necessary. Click to continue reading...

The curse of living in the western US...I get home and matches are in progress. Nevertheless, let's go.Scores and commentary after the jump. I decided to put the most recent updates at the top. New England 0-4 Joe Public (Joe Public win 6-1 on aggregate)Real Estelí - Montreal Impact (Montreal Impact lead 1-0 on aggregate)Chivas USA 0-0 Tauro FC 11' (Tauro FC lead 2-0 on aggregate)1932: Dominguez was shown a yellow card for his tackle in the box, but he should have been shown a red card for being the last man and denying a goal-scoring opportunity. Click to continue reading...

A couple more preliminary matches in the CONCACAF Champions League tonight, both involving MLS squads. New England Revolution and Chivas USA play host to Joe Public and Tauro FC, respectively. Tonight, they will either move on to the group stages of the competition or fade off into the sunset. The Revs have the better shot at advancing after [. Click to continue reading...

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The U.S. men's national team is set for a historic trip to Cuba this weekend when it travels to Havana for a World Cup qualifier against the Cubans.

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You can call Deportivo La Coruna Team CONCACAF.

Led by Canadian captain Julian De Guzman (above, left) and featuring Mexican winger Andres Guardado and striker Omar Bravo, Deportivo boasts a wealth of talent from the CONCACAF region. That group helped Deportivo pull off one of the upsets of the weekend, a 2-1 victory against Real Madrid.

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This weekend's CONCACAF World Cup qualifier between Mexico and Jamaica that was scheduled for Saturday in Kingston has been moved to Mexico City after Hurricane Gustav struck the Jamaican capital. The decision was agreed upon by the Jamaican and Mexican federations as well as CONCACAF and FIFA. The game will now be played at the Azteca [. Click to continue reading...

Over the weekend I devoted some time to developing a formula for calculating club and domestic league coefficients for CONCACAF. I did it to amuse myself (okay, I'm amused by some very odd things!) and to address what I haven't seen previously in the CONCACAF community. One application of these coefficients is the ranking of clubs and leagues within the region; another is allocation of slots for future editions of the CONCACAF Champions League. Click to continue reading...

HAPPY LABOR DAY!

Hopefully you're enjoying some quality beer and barbecue.

Like the Get Stuck In shirts?

Well nab one on sale for today only. We've knocked the prices down by a couple of dollars to the least amount we could sell them for.

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A quick update now on last week's World Cup 2010 qualifiers in the North and Central American (CONCACAF) section. It's the third round of four and the twelve remaining teams are split into three groups of four, the winners and runners-up going through to the final round.

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The first round of preliminaries are nearly over, one match is left to be played today (Pumas v Harbor View). You can thank the oncoming Hurricane for the delay. But let's recap the first round of games. Deportivo Jalapa (Guatemala) 1 - 0 San Fransisco (Panama) Joe Republic (Trinidad and Tobago) 2 - 1 New England Revolution [. Click to continue reading...

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Plenty of moving and shaking going on in the transfer market today, though sadly there are no completed deals to report on the Americans in the mix just yet.

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Just two matches left to wrap up the first leg of the preliminary round. Well, just one, actually. The Harbour View-UNAM match has been postponed due to Tropical Storm Gustav and rescheduled for Friday night. Guatemala's Jalapa and Panama's San Francisco are playing right now, and Jalapa have a 1-0 lead in the second half. Click to continue reading...

Sir Bob has released his 20-man roster for next week's World Cup qualifier in Cuba (Sept. 6) and for the home match in Bridgeview, Ill., against Trinidad and Tobago (Sept. 10). GOALKEEPERS: Tim Howard, Brad Guzan. DEFENDERS: Carlos Bocanegra, Oguchi Onyewu, Heath Pearce, Frankie Hejduk, Danny Califf, Steve Cherundolo*, Michael Orozco, Marvell Wynne. Click to continue reading...

El técnico sueco de la selección mexicana, Sven-Göran Eriksson, dió a conocer hoy la lista de convocados de cara al duro enfrentamiento que México tendrá en Jamaica la próxima semana. Continuidad es la palabra que define esta convocatoria, esperemos que poco a poco se vayan empapando los jugadores de lo que el técnico nacional quiere para [. Click to continue reading...