With the World Cup qualifiers approaching, it's time to take a look at how Alejandro Sabella's boys and those he's not called up did in the weekend just gone for their clubs. Alejandro Faurlín impressed in defeat in ... Continue reading →

Because I've had a somewhat disjointed week of deadlines not being what they normally are, Argentines Abroad is going up ridiculously late this week. All the same, I did receive the normal dispatches from France, Mexico, Portugal and Spain, so here ... Continue reading →

The Seattle Sounders need a point to win the group. Monterrey basically needs a point to advance. Both sides will put effort forward, but while the American side has been strong if you read the preview over at MLSSoccer.com you know that Monterrey hasn't been great lately. In this edition of three questions we'll dive a little deeper into the reasons behind their struggles with FMFStateOfMind editor Eben.

So Dynamo beat Monterrey tonight 3-0 in what was an all-too-predictable slugfest. Here are three links to game stories that detail the carnage:

Houston Chronicle: Friendly turns ugly as Dynamo rout Monterrey 3-0 (This was has a nifty photo gallery on it with images from Chron photog Smiley Pool.

This isn't going to be a very complete Argentines Abroad post, because I've been very busy so far this week, and of course Spain and Italy both have yet to get underway properly, but two of our regular contributors from last ... Continue reading →

Well, that was pretty awesome, wasn't it? When you go to Mexico and beat a team as good as Monterrey, who happens to be using a lot of their starters, there's really no point in worrying too much about how it actually happened. The Seattle Sounders are 2-0-0 in CONCACAF Champions League group stage play and are suddenly looking pretty good.

By DAVID MOSSE

The highly anticipated clash between Chivas de Guadalajara and Pumas UNAM on Saturday failed to live up to the billing, ending in a disappointing scoreless draw. It was the marquee matchup in the fourth round of Mexico's Apertura Championship, with the two teams sporting perfect records entering the match.

N.º Posición Jugador
1 POR Jonathan Orozco Rayados
2 DEF Severo Meza Rayados
3 DEF Darvin Chávez Rayados
4 DEF Ricardo Osorio Rayados
6 DEF Héctor Morales Rayados
8 MED Luis Pérez Rayados C 9 DEL Aldo de Nigris Rayados
10 DEL Humberto Suazo Rayados
11 DEL Sergio Santana Rayados
13 DEL Abraham Carreño Rayados
15 DEF José María Basanta Rayados
16 MED Luis Rodríguez Rayados
17 MED Jesús Zavala Rayados
18 MED Neri Cardozo Rayados
19 MED César Delgado Rayados
20 MED Walter Ayoví Rayados
21 DEF Hiram Mier Rayados
22 DEF William Paredes Rayados
23 POR Juan de Dios Ibarra Rayados
24 DEF Sergio Pérez Rayados
30 POR Mauricio Aguirre Rayados
33 MED Marvin Piñón Rayados
73 MED Marcelo Gracia Rayados
82 DEF Jorge Caballero Rayados
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Long-term HEGS readers will remember that in 2007, 2008 and 2009 I ran an award to find the Best Argentine Abroad according to my readers. This year, in an attempt to widen the voting, the award (which in 2009 was the ... Continue reading →

By AVI CREDITOR

Sergio Santana's goal in the 57th minute was the difference, as Monterrey held serve at home and defeated Cruz Azul, 2-1, in the first leg of their CONCACAF Champions League semifinal Wednesday night.

Monterrey's Neri Cardozo opened the scoring in the ninth minute, but Cruz Azul's Adrian Cortes answered off a free kick just minutes into the second half to give his side a crucial away goal.

A pesar de que la mejoría que ha tenido el Monterrey en el mes de febrero es notoria (7 puntos de 9, 6 goles a favor y 1 en contra, invicto en lo que va del mes), aún no se puede decir que el equipo ya esté en un nivel óptimo; esto se observa, sobre todo, en ciertos jugadores.

He's not in Argentina's squad to face Portugal on Wednesday, of course, but Carlos Tevez celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a first half hat trick against West Brom for Manchester City, and on the very same day the world's ... Continue reading →

El partido de ayer, no sólo arrojó un resultado que nos vuelven a dar tres puntos, y que nos ayuda a escalar posiciones en el grupo, sino que fue el regreso de los destellos que el Campeón puede tener.

Monterrey dominó gran parte del encuentro, Pachuca nunca encontró la forma para poder entrarle a unos rayados que se mostraron mejor parados en la cancha.

El partido de ayer, no sólo arrojó un resultado que nos vuelven a dar tres puntos, y que nos ayuda a escalar posiciones en el grupo, sino que fue el regreso de los destellos que el Campeón puede tener.

Monterrey dominó gran parte del encuentro, Pachuca nunca encontró la forma para poder entrarle a unos rayados que se mostraron mejor parados en la cancha.

Ad the impaler Monterrey midfielder Neri Cardozo had a painful coming together with an advertising hoarding during his side's defeat to Pumas. The Argentinian attempted to hurdle the pitchside hoardings, only to catch his trailing leg. Knocked off balance, he flies towards another set of hoardings and lands painfully on the sharp corner.