Joe Corona appears destined for a big 2012 as he continues to contribute for Club Tijuana while becoming a bigger part of the U.S. national team set-up. All of that is on the heels of what was just recognized as a pretty sharp 2011.

The 21-year-old Corona won the Golden Ball as Mexico's top rookie, beating out finalists Alfonso Luna (Atlante), Armando Zamorano (Jaguares) and Hector Herrera (Pachuca) to take home the award.

At long last, the scores and scorers from the sixteenth round of the Torneo Apertura are here. Sorry for the delay. Primera División Torneo Apertura 2011, sixteenth round Club Atlético Tigre (C. Luna 15; D. Castaño 66; D. Morales 77) ... Continue reading →

In the final game of the year for Sporting KC, the Swope Park Rangers finished out the reserve league season today at Swope Park against FC Dallas. The Rangers fell 5-3 to Dallas as Ruben Luna scored 4 goals to help Dallas to the win. Luna opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Jeferson equalized for the reserves in the 37th from the penalty spot after Soony Saad was fouled in the box.

Antonio Gallardo al minuto 6 colocaba la primer piedra de lo que sería la derrota del América en casa, el clásico nacional ante un Estadio Azteca donde habían mas Chivas que Águilas, que sirvió para que los de Jalisco se apoderaran del liderato de la competencia y por si fuera poco, eliminar a las Águilas de la posibilidad de ingresar a la liguilla, todo esto sucedió en un solo partido.

The Sporting KC reserves, the Swope Park Rangers, fell to FC Dallas in reserve team action today 2-1 down in Dallas. From reports KC had a good run of play today controlling large portions of the game, but couldn't capitalize on the chances. Dallas grabbed two goals in the first 16 minutes through Ruben Luna and Bobby Warshaw.

N.º Posición Jugador
1 POR Enrique Palos Tigres
2 DEF Israel Jiménez Tigres
3 DEF Juninho Tigres
4 DEF Hugo Ayala Tigres
5 DEF Eder Borelli Tigres
6 DEF Jorge Torres Nilo Tigres
8 MED Jonathan Bornstein Tigres
9 DEL Héctor Mancilla Tigres
10 MED Danilinho Tigres
11 MED Damián Álvarez Tigres
14 DEF Fernando Navarro Tigres
15 MED Manuel Viniegra Tigres
16 MED Lucas Lobos Tigres C 17 MED David Toledo Tigres
18 MED Francisco Acuña Tigres
19 DEL Alan Pulido Tigres
20 DEL Emmanuel Cerda Tigres
DEF Antonio Zacarías Tigres
22 MED Edgar Pacheco Tigres
23 MED Lampros Kontogiannis Tigres
24 DEF José Rivas Tigres
13 POR Jorge Díaz de León Tigres
25 MED Abraham Stringel Tigres
28 MED Alberto Acosta Tigres
29 MED Jesús Dueñas Tigres
21 POR Aarón Fernández Tigres
33 DEF Pablo Ocegueda Tigres
44 MED Emmanuel Segura Tigres
51 DEL Alfonso Tamay Tigres
43 MED Josué Aguilar Tigres
— POR Héctor Estrada Tigres
— MED Daniel Navarro Tigres
100 DEL Moisés Orozco Tigres
48 DEL Uvaldo Luna Tigres
46 DEL Víctor Garza Tigres
45 MED Jonathan Espericueta Tigres
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N.º Posición Jugador
1 POR Antonio Pérez Atlante
4 DEF Luis Venegas Atlante
5 DEF Oscar Recio Atlante
6 MED Juan Cuevas Atlante
7 MED Osvaldo Martínez Atlante
8 MED Alex Diego Atlante
9 DEL Giancarlo Maldonado Atlante
10 DEL Ever Guzmán Atlante
11 DEL Mario Ortiz Atlante
15 MED Arturo Muñoz Atlante
16 DEL Sonny Guadarrama Atlante
17 MED José Daniel Guerrero Atlante C 18 DEL Christian Bermúdez Atlante
19 DEF Diego Ordaz Atlante
20 MED Andrés Carevic Atlante
21 DEF Luis Velázquez Atlante
22 MED Eduardo Arce Atlante
23 DEF Gerardo Castillo Atlante
24 MED Pedro Beltrán Atlante
25 DEL Edson Jaramillo Atlante
26 DEL Francisco Fonseca Atlante
27 DEF Hugo Emiliano Rodríguez Atlante
28 DEL Jerónimo Amione Atlante
29 DEL Luis Ángel Landín Atlante
30 POR Moisés Muñoz Atlante
31 MED Jorge Hernández Atlante
32 MED Pablo Gutiérrez Atlante
33 POR Allan van Rankin Atlante
38 MED Fernando Herrera Atlante
42 MED Fausto Alemán Atlante
50 MED Clemente Ovalle Atlante
- MED Oscar Rojas Atlante
- MED Oscar Vera Atlante
- POR Alejandro Arredondo Atlante
- MED Alfonso Luna Atlante
- MED Matías Córdoba Atlante
- MED Nicolás Torres Atlante
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FRISCO, Texas - It was not a pleasant homecoming for Texas native Kenny Cooper.

In Cooper's return to Pizza Hut Park, his new team the Portland Timbers were overwhelmed by FC Dallas, 4-0, on Saturday behind goals from Zach Loyd, George John, Brek Shea and Ruben Luna.

Portland won the first ever match-up between the two sides, 3-2, two months ago at JELD-WEN Field, but they could not rekindle their magic as Dallas outnumbered them in nearly every offensive category.

FC Dallas Homegrown Players Ruben Luna and Bryan Leyva each scored in the second half to lead FCD over Real Salt Lake in the Reserve League opener for both teams on Tuesday.

Luna converted a penalty kick seven minutes into the second half, and Leyva converted a volley from distance 11 minutes later to double FC Dallas' lead.

Seattle takes on the first of two MLS Cup finalists this preseason. Follow the official live blog here.

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FC Dallas Starters: Kevin Hartman, Jair Benitez, Alexis Pradie, Jackson, Zach Loyd, Daniel Hernandez, Brek Shea, Eric Alexander, David Ferreira, Marvin Chavez, Ruben Luna

That's pretty much an FCD Starting Roster versus mostly backup Sounders.

Ruben Luna continues to impress in preseason play. (photo via FC Dallas)

As Major League Soccer grows, so does their academies. We've seen some solid early returns out of the various academies so far with the likes of D.C. United's Andy Najar, New York's Juan Agudelo, and even guys like FC Dallas's Ruben Luna.

FC Dallas signed 16-year-old goalkeeper Richard Sanchez as a homegrown player on Friday, giving the team a league-record six homegrowns on its first-team roster.

Sanchez, a goalkeeper for Mexico's Under-17 national team, joins Bryan Levya, Ruben Luna, Moises Hernandes, Victor Ulloa and Jon Top as homegrown signings for the MLS Cup runners-up.

Victor Ulloa, Moises Hernandez and Ruben Luna after they signed with FC Dallas. (photo via FC Dallas)

Maybe it is because I'm blinded by the fact that I live in Dallas and I know about the youth soccer development that is going on here but it seems others outside of town are starting to take notice.