No fue necesario esperar a que la semana se hiciera madura, el día después de su segunda derrota al hilo (y tercera en cuatro juegos dirigidos) José Luis Salgado dio un paso al costado.
Tan breve y discreto como su paso por el timón del equipo de la UAG, José Luis Salgado compareció junto a Carlos Briones para dar a conocer que por decisión personal dejaba la dirección técnica.

ALL BOYSAltas: Martín Morel (Universitario - Perú)Bajas: Patricio Pérez (Boca Unidos)
ARGENTINOS JUNIORSAltas: Gabriel Peñalba (Lorient, Francia)
Bajas: Santiago Salcedo (Lanús), Juan Mercier (Al Wasl, E.Arabes Unidos), Roberto Brum (Banfield)
ARSENALAltas:Bajas: Mauro Óbolo (Vélez)

ATLÉTICO RAFAELAAltas: César Carignano (Universidad Católica, Chile), Lucas Bovaglio (Tecos, México)Bajas: Matías Zbrun (DTUniversitario, Ecuador), Jherson Córdoba (Nacional, Colombia), Luis Lagrutta (Boca Unidos)
BANFIELDAltas: Jorge Da Silva (DT), Roberto Brum (Arg.

El Boca Juniors goleó hoy en 'La Bombonera' al Banfield por 3-0 y a falta de dos jornadas ganó el torneo Apertura 2011 de la Primera División, que supone su vigésimo cuarto título de campeón del fútbol de Argentina.
Darío Cvitanich, en los minutos 10 y 44, y Diego Rivero, en el 46, anotaron los goles del equipo que dirige Julio César Falcioni en un partido de la decimoséptima fecha que fue presenciado por más de 50.

La Volpe visita a un Ciclón urgido, cuya valla defendió en los 70 y con la que mantiene lazos. El faso, el tropiezo y el deseo de volver...
Con la polémica no en el banco o en los micrófonos, sino en los guantes, cuando el símbolo que encarnan los bigotes iban y venían (o se juntaban con la barba), Ricardo La Volpe era el arquero de San Lorenzo.

There were four matches in the 2011 Torneo Apertura on Sunday, and for a change none of them ended in draws. Arsenal de Sarandí got an away win over Banfield, 1-0, in Ricardo La Volpe's first match in charge of ... Continue reading →

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By JOHN BOSCHINI

Jorge Luis Pinto is returning to CONCACAF.

The Costa Rican Federation has announced the hiring of Pinto as coach of the national team.

The Colombian native has reportedly reached verbal terms with Costa Rica and will replace Ricardo La Volpe, who stepped down last month.

Costa Rica's national team is in the midst of a rebuilding process. After last month's defeat to Ecuador, Los Ticos fired their head coach Ricardo La Volpe. His replacement (for the time being) is interim head coach Ronald Gonzalez.
Gonzalez earned more than 60 caps for Costa Rica and featured at the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

Well, that was quite out of the blue. A few days ago, reports started fluttering through about how Arsenal representative Richard Law had travelled to Costa Rica to thrash out a deal for nineteen year-old striker Joel Campbell with Deportivo Saprissa. And just earlier today, Gunnerblog revealed that Saprissa's President, Juan Carlos Rojas, has told a radio station of an ‘agreement in principle' between the two clubs and a virtually completed transfer pending only on personal terms.

Well, that was quite out of the blue. A few days ago, reports started fluttering through about how Arsenal representative Richard Law had travelled to Costa Rica to thrash out a deal for nineteen year-old striker Joel Campbell with Deportivo Saprissa. And just earlier today, Gunnerblog revealed that Saprissa's President, Juan Carlos Rojas, has told a radio station of an ‘agreement in principle' between the two clubs and a virtually completed transfer pending only on personal terms.

Por Gastón del Torto / @g_deltorto
Cuartos contra Alemania en el Mundial 2006, final frente a Brasil en la Copa América 2004 y hoy en la misma competencia, pero dos instancias previas, ante Uruguay. Velozmente, tres series de penales en las que Argentina perdió después de haber jugado un partido bueno y mereciendo ganarlo.

Por Gastón del Torto / @g_deltorto
Hay que festejar pero no desesperarse
"No jugó contra nadie" y "no es un rival para tener en cuenta" serán seguramente las frases de cabecera de algún sector del público mañana. Ahora la pregunta es ¿Bolivia sí lo era? Si se conseguía la victoria ¿Hubiera sido valorada?

By FRANCO PANIZO

Peru's finishing may have been subpar, but that didn't stop Sergio Markarian's men from grabbing three points and a share of first place in Group C.

Jose Paolo Guerrero scored the lone goal in a 1-0 win over Mexico on Friday night, a result that tied the Peruvians with Chile for first place in the group with four points apiece.

Si cercavano spettacolo ed emozioni in questa Coppa America 2011, fino a questo momento un pò bruttina e avara di soddisfazioni per i palati fini, e finalmente sono arrivate. Peraltro poi, dalla partita che poteva risultate, almeno sulla carta, tra quelle meno interessanti del torneo, ovvero Bolivia-Costa Rica, le due squadre più deboli del Girone [.

Colombia's finishing may have been poor, but that didn't stop it from winning its Copa America opener against Costa Rica on Saturday.

With Argentina and Bolivia tying in the tournament opener, Colombia took sole possession of first place in Group A with a 1-0 triumph over a 10-man Costa Rica side.

GOLD CUP: Mexico continue dominance winning group A - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

It was suppose to be the toughest test of the Gold Cup for the Mexican national team. It was suppose to be the true barometer for figuring out if El Tri is "for real." A 4-1 win over Costa Rica should put any concerns to rest.

CHICAGO, Ill. - The test of fire for Costa Rica and its head coach, Ricardo La Volpe, has finally arrived.

Los Ticos need just a draw in their third and final match of Group A to secure a spot in the quarterfinal round of the Gold Cup. However, they must do so against a potent Mexico squad coming off of two straight 5-0 victories against El Salvador and Cuba.

ARLINGTON, Texas - With the first 90 minutes of Gold Cup play in the books, Costa Rica showed they came to the CONCACAF tournament ready to offer their best soccer. Los Ticos brushed Cuba aside with ease, beating them 5-0 on Sunday night at Cowboys Stadium.

Still, Ricardo La Volpe's players are conscious that they haven't achieved anything yet.

The 2011 Gold Cup gets underway on June 5th in Dallas with Mexico taking on El Salvador and Costa Rica taking on Cuba. The majority of people have already penciled in the USA and Mexico in the final however this will be the most talented Gold Cup in history, so an upset is very much a possibility.

While the Gold Cup has traditionally been a battle between Mexico and the United States the coming edition has the best chance to yield a different finalist in quite some time. Honduras, Costa Rica, Canada and Jamaica are all legitimate threats in the tournament and are capable of beating either favorite in a knockout stage game.

- Maxi Rodriguez

It was 2:30 in the afternoon and I was crying.

Mind you, not like the dignified "Crying Indian" who sheds a single tear, or the stereotypical strong-men of old westerns who cleared their throats and sniffled with a quiet poise.

La foto habla por sí misma. Un entrenador caro como Ricardo La Volpe, acostumbrado a ganar fortunas en el generoso fútbol mexicano, aterrizó en la selección de Costa Rica. Le pagan unos 50,000 dólares al mes (algunos dicen 60,000). ¿Cómo hacen? Basta ver lo que hay detrás de La Volpe... Sponsors.