A doubleheader of CONCACAF v CONMEBOL friendlies to check out this evening:

USA vs Ecuador at Red Bull Arena 7pmET ESPN2, Univision, ESPN3.com

Mexico vs Brazil in Torreon 9:30pmET ESPN2, Univision, ESPN3.com

El jugador numero 12 es por todos sabido que es la afición, y la mexicana es de las mas fieles y aguantadoras que existen en el mundo, cada fin de semana lo comprobamos, con aficiones como las de Tijuana,Monterrey,Torreon y muchas mas.

Aqui tienen las estadísticas del torneo Apertura hasta el momento:
Tabla General:
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Tom Marshall in his blog FMF State of Mind highlights the possible repercussions of the drug cartel related violence that erupted outside the Estadio Corona in Torreon which brought a match between home team Santos Laguna and Monarcas Morelia to a standstill this weekend.

The shootout between the drug cartels and police authorities led to the players and officials fleeing the field and as the gunfire intensified part of the crowd invaded the pitch heading towards the exits.

El futbol es un balsamo en nuestro país , poco a poco en lo deportivo a pesar de malas decisiones directivas, de mafias y de muchas otras cosas los jovenes nos muestran una mirada diferente hacia nuestro presente y un futuro brillante, pero la situación del país no es la misma es algo diferente.

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al minuto 40 del partido entre Santos y Monarcas el partido fue suspendido debido a detonaciones de arma de fuego en los alrededores del TSM de santos laguna, los aficionados que en esos momentos se encontraban disfrutando del partido de futbol tuvieron que bajar a la cancha para ponerse en resguardo de cualquier situacion que pudiera darse.

By DAVID MOSSE

The last time Mexico reached this final of the Under-17 World Cup back in 2005, another South American country stood in its way, but Giovani dos Santos and Co. made short work of Brazil, notching a comprehensive 3-0 victory. Uruguay is the opponent this time around after Fabian Coito's side stunned the Brazilians to advance to the final of the competition for the first time.

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The U.S. U-17 MNT spent its morning at Estadio Corregidora watching the final match of the group stage - a game that was suspended last night between Australia and Denmark.
Denmark needed a win to advance to the Round of 16, and it looked like they had one locked up, but an 89th minute strike from Rochester Sorenson tied the game and sent the Aussies to the knock out round.

The U.S. got off to a dream start at the 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup with a 3-0 win against the Czech Republic. Alejandro Guido got the Americans on the board in just the fifth minute with a 25-yard blast, and Stevie Rodriguez and Alfred Koroma added second-half scores to make it a 3-0 final.

O primeiro jogo do Mundial Sub-17, foi realizado no dia 18/06/2011, na cidade de Morelia-MEX, no Estádio Morelos, jogaram as seleções do México (28º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Coréia do Norte (115º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Torreon 17/03/2010 MEX2:1 (0:0)PRK
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Stephan Studer-SUI
O primeiro assistente, foi: Sandro Pozzi-SUI
O segundo assistente, foi: Raffael Zeder-SUI
O quarto árbitro, foi: Tony Chapron-FRA
Aos 3 minutos do primeiro tempo, saiu o primeiro gol do Mundial Sub-17, do jogador Chol Ryong Choe, número 3 da Coréia do Norte, jogador do Chobyong-PRK.

Today is the "official" begining of the U-17 World Cup, which means all of the FIFA officials and all four Group D teams have arrived in Torreon.
Even though the U.S. team has been here for a few days now, we had our official "Arrival Meeting" with FIFA. It began with a presentation by a referee instructor, who talked to the players and coaches about some of the things that referees will be looking for in Mexico.

Today, on the way to our closed-door scrimmage, the U-17s took a quick tour of Estadio Corona. The home of Santos Laguna, the stadium will play host to the first two U.S. games at the U-17 World Cup, and all four teams will utilize their training facilities throughout their time in Torreon.
We'll have much more on the local club and Estadio Corona throughout the week.

It was a light session for the U-17s today in Torreon after a late night of traveling. The boys went out and loosened up their legs for just more than hour this evening, in an effort to make it back in time to watch the MNT take on Panama in the Gold Cup.
Here are some photos of the first training session for the World Cup team on a hot afternoon/evening:

You're looking at the gorgeous Miss Universe 2010, Mexico's Ximena Navarrete, proudly holding up her host country's paper slip in last night's U-17 FIFA World Cup Draw which kicks off on June 18. The host country has been drawn with The Netherlands, Korea DPR and Congo and will play the opening match in three weeks!

Herculez Gomez scored again for Pachuca but it was not enough to overcome Tigres while Edgar Castillo received a rare start in Puebla's humiliating loss in Torreon to Santos.

It's map time again, brought to us by Bill Turianski of Bill's Sports Maps.

This time it's Mexican football's first tier, the Primera División, and it's a map of all 18 teams competing in the 2010-11 season. The map includes profiles of each team - stadium photos, team uniforms and emblems, and a quick snapshot of details like foundation date and titles won.