Cuauhtemoc Blanco, that is. Back with El Tri.

Back where he belongs? At least right now, yes.

Blanco was one of 12 players called into the Mexican national team ahead of next week's World Cup qualifier against Honduras. The other 11 play in Europe.

Nery Castillo was not one of them, though, because Sven said Nery might be changing clubs soon. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by prismatico Despues de dos listas previas, polemica por los naturalizados, el Cuau , Arellano y mas, El sueco ha dado una lista suigeneris, y ademas ha llamado a los europeos.

El Guille Franco no tiene nada que hacer en esta lista y eso hasta los jugadores del mundial pasado lo saben, pero el sueco quiere dar el beneficio de la duda a todos, a todos. Click to continue reading...

A little MLS-colored birdy has just informed me that The Hunchback of Bridgeview™ has been named to Sven Goran-Eriksson's Mexico squad that will face fellow MLS bad-ass Amado Guevara's Honduras squad on August 20th. This is great for Blanco since following his 2006 World Cup absence his place with El Tri has been a little less that certain. 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...

Matias Vuoso spoke to reporters after the match. He's a Spanish speaker so read on if you want to hear his palabras.

Vuoso kept it brief. He basically said that Chivas had one chance and put it away while Santos had many but couldn't do anything with them.

Here's his audio. Click to continue reading...

Green and white versus red and white! Let's go to it. The stadium isn't full by far, but the crowd is lively.
Chivas USA: Dan Kennedy, Jim Curtin, Carey Tallye, Shavar Thomas, Jonathan Bornstein, Francisco Mendoza, Sacha Kljestan, Paulo Nagamura, Kraig Chiles, Roberto Nurse, Atiba Harris
Santos: Oswaldo Sanchez, Jorge Estrada, Rafael Figueroa, Osmar Mares, Fernando Ortiz, Edgar Castillo, Johnnie Garcia, Fernando Arce, Francisco Torres, Vicente Vuoso, Christian Benitez
Kickoff! Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by lakomun Así es el jugador Matias Vuoso ya es campeón con el Santos, y como es la afición mexicana tan noble que de algo tan feo hagan algo curioso y divertido.

¿De que hablo? del festejo del jugador argentino, tan feo como el calor de 44 grados pero tan divertido como tomarse una bebida refrescante en ese clima. Click to continue reading...

It's been another important weekend for Argentines abroad. In Italy there were vital performances from Esteban Cambiasso and Ezequiel Lavezzi; in France, two goals from Fernando Cavenaghi helped Bordeaux to keep dreaming of a title, and Mauro Zárate got another for Birmingham to rescue a point. There were also Argentine goals in Mexico and the [. Click to continue reading...