Blanco to the rescue againNow that the Hex has drawn to a close, we know the three teams that are moving on to South Africa,
and which one still has some work to do. CONCACAF always gets a bad rap, from within and without,
in regard to its level of play. Regardless, this has been the most competitive hex since its
inception in 1998: 5 teams were still alive with 2 matches to go.
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Dos Santos and Blanco have been instrumental in Mexico's resurgenceSven Goran Ericksson left Mexico in worse shape than he found it after a 3-1 defeat to Honduras
earlier this year. The coach that Chivas owner, Jorge Vergara, brought in amidst a flurry of
fanfare didn't even get a ride to the airport on his way out of town, albeit with a hefty little
buyout in his bank account.
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Soccerblog 17 August @ 12:00 AM EST
A short documentary on the dire straits the Magpies faced less than two years ago. How times
have changed.
Today, the are flush with ME money and have Sven Goran Ericksson on board. They just signed
Kasper Schmeichel from Man City on a record signing (in the range of £1m) and there are rumours
that Sol Campbell and Patrick Vieira are targets.
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Soccerblog 13 August @ 11:12 PM EST
Jermain Defoe came to England's rescue by scoring both goals after Rio Ferdinand and Gareth
Barry gifted goals to Netherlands. His effort was much appreciated by the manager.
"He is one of the best English forwards," said Capello.
"He is very fast, he is always in front of the goal and technically he is very good.
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Soccerblog 09 August @ 10:28 PM EST
Sven Goran Ericksson on the sidelines saw the oldest club in the world get a flying start to
their season. Notts County took apart Bradford City, 5-0, a club that finished 10 places ahead of
them last season. We shall monitor the club's progress as it tries to climb out of League 2.
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Turns out, Phil Scolari is going to Uzbekistan to coach Bunyodkor. A 60-year-old former coach of
Brazil, Portugal and Chelsea is following up with this job?
Really?
Oh and Sven Goran Ericksson -- who has recently managed England and Mexico -- could be headed to
Turkey to take over at Trabzonspor.
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Believe it or not, but USA-Costa Rica is the
only qualifier going on in the entire world on
Wednesday. The rest of the action picks up on Saturday.
Let's start closest to home in Concacaf and then move furthest away to Asia:
El Salvador-Mexico (Telemundo, 9 p.m. Click to continue reading...
It's amazing what a couple of bahama mamas can do for frayed relationships. Femexfut and Conmebol
have kissed and made up. Mexico will continue to participate in the Copa Sudamericana, the Copa
Libertadores, and, along with Japan , will participate in the 2011 Copa America . As we had
mentioned earlier, both need each other one for economic reasons and the other for competitive
ones.
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¿Será de buen augurio empezar contra Estados Unidos? Pues bueno, ya quedó listo el
calendario de la ronda final del Hexagonal de la zona norteamericana, centroamericana y
caribeña. Están en juego 3 puestos y medio rumbo a Sudáfrica 2010. Entre los
duelos que nos esperan, sobresale el primero entre Estados Unidos que será en tierras
estadounidenses [.
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¿Será de buen augurio empezar contra Estados Unidos? Pues bueno, ya quedó listo el
calendario de la ronda final del Hexagonal de la zona norteamericana, centroamericana y
caribeña. Están en juego 3 puestos y medio rumbo a Sudáfrica 2010. Entre los
duelos que nos esperan, sobresale el primero entre Estados Unidos que será en tierras
estadounidenses [.
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No entendía porque Guillermo "Guille" Franco no era convocado por Ericksson para la
selección mexicana. Pero después de leer estas declaraciones que hizo el día
de ayer por la tarde lo entiendo, veamos: "Luego de que no fui llamado a los dos últimos
juegos, me aguité un poquito y esta tercera vez dije que no me [.
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No entendía porque Guillermo "Guille" Franco no era convocado por Ericksson para la
selección mexicana. Pero después de leer estas declaraciones que hizo el día
de ayer por la tarde lo entiendo, veamos: "Luego de que no fui llamado a los dos últimos
juegos, me aguité un poquito y esta tercera vez dije que no me [.
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Justino Compean, nuestro flamante Presidente de la FEMEXFUT, estuvo hoy en la sede de la FIFA en
Zúrich. El motivo de su reunión fue porque tendremos el Mundial Sub 17 en el año
2011, así que estuvo con Blatter en las reuniones de trabajo para ir preparando la Copa, tanto
de marketing, finanzas y hasta de [.
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Justino Compean, nuestro flamante Presidente de la FEMEXFUT, estuvo hoy en la sede de la FIFA en
Zúrich. El motivo de su reunión fue porque tendremos el Mundial Sub 17 en el año
2011, así que estuvo con Blatter en las reuniones de trabajo para ir preparando la Copa, tanto
de marketing, finanzas y hasta de [.
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