By FRANCO PANIZO

Mexico seemed ready to settle for a draw with Venezuela, but two late goals coming in a span of a minute lifted El Tri to a 3-1 victory over the South Americans.

Fielding a squad largely comprised of players competing for a spot on the Olympic qualifying team, the Mexicans won on Wednesday night courtesy of goals from Rafael Marquez Lugo and Oribe Peralta in the 88th and 89th minutes, respectively.

México inició con el pie derecho el año 2012. La Selección Tricolor venció 3-1 a Venezuela en duelo de preparación jugado en el Reliant Stadium de Houston, Texas.
Goles: Edgar Greco 51' para los venezolanos; Carlos Salcido 68', Rafael Márquez Lugo 88' y Oribe Peralta 89', para los mexicanos.

La Selección Mexicana femenil consiguió su pase a Semifinales del Preolímpico que se juega en Vancouver, Canadá, tras golear a República Dominicana 7-0.
Con un Hat-Trick de Anisa Guajardo, el Tri sumó su segunda victoria en el Grupo B donde le resta un encuentro frente a Estados Unidos que definiría quién es el equipo que pasa en primer lugar.

La Selección Femenil Preolímpica puede soñar con más argumentos la obtención del boleto a Londres 2012 gracias a la aplastante victoria que obtuvo en su debut del torneo clasificatorio para los Juegos británicos.
Con un gran aporte de Maribel Domínguez, el Tri vapuleó 5-0 a Guatemala, y se quedó corto dado el dominio que tuvo prácticamente de inicio a fin.

Adu's brief reemergence to the international scene during the Gold Cup was one of the most intriguing stories of 2011. (Photo: Chris Aduama/aduama.com)

If 2011 was a roller coaster year of the U.S. Men's National Team, it was a ride that featured more plunges than peaks. A disappointing second place finish in the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup was followed by the sacking of head coach Bob Bradley after a five-year tenure that included a run to the 2009 Confederations Cup Final and a trip to the 2011 World Cup Round of 16.

By FRANCO PANIZO

LAKEWOOD RANCH, Fla. -- Most of the players called into the U.S. Under-23 men's national team camp that ply their trade in a league other than MLS have yet to break into their team's rotation.

That's not the case for Joe Corona.

At 21, Corona is a regular in Club Tijuana's gameday rosters.

Carlos Tevez appears to be inching closer to resolution on his future.

The much-maligned Manchester City striker has a major suitor in AC Milan, which has reportedly extended an offer to take the player on loan for the rest of the season before purchasing his contract during the summer.

En el mundial 2010
la selección estaba llena de pelones
aun así no salieron campeones

Primero vamos por partes
el capitan es Rafael Marquez

Alguno se creia artista
en realidad,era el Bofo Bautista
Por eso la flaca en esta ocasión
se lo llevo por estar pelón

Aguirre te habías tardado
en meter Andres Guardado
A Javier le dijo esperame tantito
el mejor de todos es Chicharito

jóvenes viajaron a la copa
casi los dejaron sin ropa
todo por ir Argentina
y a unas chicas en la tina

Después llego Fernando Tena
que solo fue a dar pena

la calaca se los quiere llevar
a todos por su mal andar
pero entonces llego un loro
y México se llevo el oro

La catrina se pudo triste
el tri le conto un chiste

La FMF grito en la torre
y contrato al Chepo De la Torre
por esta los voy a dejar pasar
porque el tri empezara a Ganar

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA JUNE 27: The Mexico team line up for a group photo prior to the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa Round of Sixteen match between Argentina and Mexico at Soccer City Stadium on June 27, 2010 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The 2011 Pan American Games (or Pan Am Games) are taking place in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14th to the 30th. The tournament will feature approximately 6,000 athletes from 42 North, Central and South America and Caribbean nations participating in 36 sports including soccer. The 2011 Pan Am games men's and women's soccer tournaments will [.

The 2011 Pan American Games (or Pan Am Games) are taking place in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14th to the 30th. The tournament will feature approximately 6,000 athletes from 42 North, Central and South America and Caribbean nations participating in 36 sports including soccer. The 2011 Pan Am games men's and women's soccer tournaments will [.

Remember when you read that Joe Corona was all set to play for Mexico and pass on the chance to play for his actual country of birth, the United States?

Well, scratch that one. It seems the LA-born Corona is ready to follow in the footsteps of Jose Torres and Edgar Castillo and bypass Mexico to play for the United States.

Mexico vs Brazil 2011 Highlights 1-2 Video Goals Score Luiz Ronaldinho Marcelo is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Mexico vs Brazil 2011 Highlights 1-2 Video Goals Score Luiz Ronaldinho Marcelo is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Mexico vs Brazil 2011 ( El Tri vs Brasil 2011) Score and result:- Mexico vs Brazil 1-2 ( David Luiz Own goal/ Ronaldinho, Marcelo) Estadio Corona, Torreon, Mexico- 11 October, 2011 Ten [.

Bem-vindo a Bootcamp Monday! We're almost reaching the end of this month's edition as Brasil prepares to face Mexico in a friendly tomorrow. We know there are many Mexican Futbolita readers, so if you'd like to say "OIII!" to Mano's men, they're putting up at Hotel Camino Real, where a churro or two would be most welcome if you'd like to slip past those buff security guys (just kidding).

• Dynamo forward Cam Weaver undergoes surgery [Houston Dynamo]
• Timbers game will prove daunting for Dynamo [FS Houston]
• Excitement grows as Dynamo stadium begins to take shape [Houston Dynamo]
• Dynamo's Cameron gives time and effort for charity [Houston Chronicle]
• MLS meets UFC [Houston Dynamo]
• Houston Dynamo Makes a Goal Again with the 2nd Annual Dine with the Dynamo Dinner [Style Magazine]

In Other News:

• Houston ranks 24th as sports city by Sporting News [Houston Chronicle]
• MLS East Notes: White a 'pleasant surprise,' Mondragon training and more [Soccer by Ives]
• Omar Gonzalez still open to playing for El Tri [ESPN Insider]
• Klinsmann discusses Gonzalez, John and defends USMNT roster selection process [Soccer by Ives]

Omar Gonzalez says he's open to suiting up for El Tri. This makes me sad. Not because he'd go the other way (he has dual citizenship) but because Klinsmann's hesitancy to call up the big man is what's driven him to contemplate such madness.
Or maybe it's not madness, just gamesmanship.

By Andrew Villegas Paging Sports Illustrated's Grant Wahl, I have the topic and title for your next book: The Márquez Experiment. In a lot of ways, the Rafa Márquez experiment in NY was a more important experiment than the David Beckham experiment was for MLS. Márquez was supposed to bring in Mexicans — a huge [.

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* Who will Jurgen Klismann's new-look USMNT face on the Tuesday, October 11th open international date?

What is it about playing soccer in New York that makes good players want to go on vacation? What is it about the most visible MLS franchise that makes heralded, respected athletes put their reputations at risk by shifting into early retirement mode while still collecting a hefty paycheck? And being so damn obvious about it?

MLSsoccer.com reports that former US national team coach Bob Bradley could be headed to the land of America's biggest soccer rival.
According to multiple reports out of Mexico, Bradley is set to take over Mexican Primera División side Santos Laguna. He was seen arriving at the Torreón airport on Sunday evening, reportedly to begin negotiations with the club.

El tricolor nacional se fue de gira a Europa a jugar dos partidos amistosos aprovechando la fecha FIFA, en el primer partido empato con Polonia y este domingo derroto al equipo de Chile en la ciudad de Barcelona en el estadio español.
14 juegos de Chepo De La Torre al frente de la selección mexicana y sigue invicto.

VARSOVIA, Polonia, Sep. 02, 2011.- La Selección mexicana no tuvo los arrestos suficientes para conseguir la victoria ante Polonia, y a falta de futbol ofensivo se tuvo que conformar con un empate de 1-1, en la Pepsi Arena.
Y es que el conjunto mexicano tuvo a un hombre más alrededor de veinte minutos tras la expulsión de Obraniak, pero la delantera del Tri no pudo explotar ni con Giovani, De Nigris, Barrera y una y otra vez se toparon con la muralla polaca.

The USA traveled to Amsterdam in March of 2010, a few months before the Netherlands made the final of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The Netherlands are No. 1 according to the latest FIFA rankings, becoming only the seventh nation in history to reach the top of the FIFA table.

El regreso que nadie en Colombia quería se dio. La Selección Mexicana de Futbol Sub 20 volvió a la ciudad de Pereira luego de eliminar en los Cuartos de Final a la escuadra colombiana.
El Tricolor ya se encuentra instalado en esta ciudad del Eje Cafetalero de Colombia para encarar el próximo miércoles las Semifinales de la Copa Mundial Sub 20 de la FIFA ante la Selección de Brasil; el Scratch du Oro viene de eliminar a España.

By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen welcome back to the Happy Hour. Wednesday's match with Mexicowent just about as scripted, at least in this writer's view. The USMNT veterans were unfamiliar with their new assignments under Klinsy and El Tri took advantage, exploiting the resulting gaps in defense. The addition of former USMNT outcasts like JFT [.

By Puck Ladies and Gentlemen welcome back to the Happy Hour. Wednesday's match with Mexicowent just about as scripted, at least in this writer's view. The USMNT veterans were unfamiliar with their new assignments under Klinsy and El Tri took advantage, exploiting the resulting gaps in defense. The addition of former USMNT outcasts like JFT [.

By Neil Blackmon

Calls for "Cleetus 2.0" just got louder.

For sixty minutes, the United States plodded along like a side still lost in the wilderness, no matter what name was spelled out in the press guide next to "Manager."

There was little in the way of attack, save an early cross just past a leaping Edson Buddle's head and a late arriving Jermaine Jones' outsretched right leg.

The United States and Mexico battled to a 1-1 draw in an international soccer friendly in Philadelphia, PA on Wednesday night. New USA boss Jurgen Klinsmann and his Mexican counterpart Jose Manuel de la Torre fielded squads that consisted of mixes of regulars and fringe players in a rematch of June's 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup Final.

Brek Shea, from Prost Amerika Soccer

No one should have been looking for redemption in Wednesday night's friendly with Mexico. The next chapter in US Soccer's metamorphosis was opened instead, as Jurgen Klinsmann's squad fought back from an early hole and drew Mexico at 1.

Still fresh in many minds was the four-goal collapse against El Tri in Los Angeles a few short weeks ago.

It's been a little over six weeks since the U.S. men's national team fell to Mexico in the Gold Cup final, but things won't be exactly the same when the two teams square off tonight in a friendly at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, PA (9pm ET, ESPN2).

The United States' will kick off a new chapter in its history as the game marks the U.

Jurgen Klinsmann's debut tonight overshadows the Mexican rivalry. (Photo from MLSSoccer.com)

It is a dawn of a new day for the US Men's National Team. Jurgen Klinsmann's first game as the US coach is a big one, against arch-rival Mexico. There is no way of getting around it, this one will be anything but friendly.

By FRANCO PANIZO

Mexican national teams have won two international tournaments this summer, and El Tri's U-20 squad got one step closer to potentially making it three.

Mexico advanced to the quarterfinals of the U-20 World Cup after defeaing Cameroon in a penalty shootout following a 1-1 draw.

By Jon Levy USA–Mexico: TYAC Preview There is no such thing as a "friendly" soccer match when the USA and Mexico meet, so you won't see that term appear a second time in this preview. The Yanks and El Tri will meet in an exhibition match on Wednesday night; a match sure to be filled [...]

By Jon Levy USA–Mexico: TYAC Preview There is no such thing as a "friendly" soccer match when the USA and Mexico meet, so you won't see that term appear a second time in this preview. The Yanks and El Tri will meet in an exhibition match on Wednesday night; a match sure to be filled [...]

By Jon Levy USA–Mexico: TYAC Preview There is no such thing as a "friendly" soccer match when the USA and Mexico meet, so you won't see that term appear a second time in this preview. The Yanks and El Tri will meet in an exhibition match on Wednesday night; a match sure to be filled [...]

By Jon Levy USA–Mexico: TYAC Preview There is no such thing as a "friendly" soccer match when the USA and Mexico meet, so you won't see that term appear a second time in this preview. The Yanks and El Tri will meet in an exhibition match on Wednesday night; a match sure to be filled [...]

Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz

Location: Lincoln Financial Field

Game time: Wednesday, 9:00pm ET

TV: ESPN2

Following the recent appointment of Jurgen Klinsmann as the coach of the US Mens National Team, the focus of US Soccer has turned to Philadelphia, where the Nats will play host to Mexico on Wednesday night in an effort to kick off Klinsmann's US career by turning over a three match losing streak against their arch-rivals.

Here's everything you need to know to get fully prepared for tonight's USA-Mexico match.
A sample...

• Landon Donovan has five goals in 13 appearances against Mexico.
• Jose Torres, who holds both U.S. and Mexican passports and chose to represent the United States, has yet to face Mexico at the international level.

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When Timmy Chandler was replaced on the U.S. Soccer roster ahead of Wednesday's friendly against Mexico because of fitness issues, it disappointed plenty who wanted to see Chandler have the chance to go up against El Tri's speedy wingers, an asset that the United States did not have during this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup final.