It's not every week that a team from Mexico's first division makes an appearance in the Triangle so ahead of Sunday's match against Monterrey, the local hispanic media are turning up the volume on their coverage of the RailHawks. Here's a clip from Univision featuring some spanish-speaking RailHawks players in a short promo for weekend happenings in the Triangle:
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  Arsenal and Mexico forward Carlos Vela is already keen to start for Arsene Wenger's side, when the Gunners take on League 2 side Barnet tomorrow afternoon at Underhill in the traditional pre-season opener. Arsenal manager Arséne Wenger has included him in the squad, which is a mixture of first team and Reserve players. Click to continue reading...

My latest effort for SI.com is on Mexican soccer players' and coaches' levels of respect towards MLS and SuperLiga. I was able to get quite a few people's thoughts on both, from Mexican players and Argentine players as well as a veteran coach and a young coach and they all had overwhelmingly positive things to say about MLS. Click to continue reading...

Who caught Captain American playing in the 2002 World Cup eighth-final against Mexico?

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The USA beat Mexico 2-0. Captain America Claudio Reyna had a great game against Mexico. Check out the embeded football video: it's that 2-0 victory in the 2002 World Cup over Mexico. Click to continue reading...

By 1970's Gooner The current manager of Mexico's national team is now a certain Sven Goran Eriksson. He replaced not so long ago a great Mexican legend, Hugo Sanchez, who having failed to guide the national team to the finals of the Olympic tournament (which is about to start in early August) got the sack. Click to continue reading...