Brazil 0-2 Mexico

02:55 PM, Thursday, 28 June 2007

The first real upset of the tournament. Uruguay-Peru was kind of an upset, but Uruguay are known for their shocking inconsistency. This was big! Nery Castillo continued his good form from the Gold Cup to give Mexico the lead, and then Ramon Morales doubled it. Brazil had been the... Posted by SM · Comments (2) Topics: CONMEBOL,Copa America 2007,Brazil,Mexico,brazil,CONMEBOL,COPA AMERICA 2007,méxico,Nery Castillo,Ramon Morales,Venezuela 2007

CHAMPIONS !!!

05:07 AM, Tuesday, 26 June 2007

Here we go again ! The United States national men's team wins the CONCACAF Gold Cup competition...again, beating Mexico 2-1, sunday. Sixty thousand people at Soldier Field, in Chicago, will remember this event and the Alfred Hitchkock's type of suspense scenario. With Mexico scoring first,... Posted by GuillaumeOle · Comments (14) Topics: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Mexico,Donovan,Gold Cup,méxico,USA

USA 2-1 Mexico: United States Win The Gold Cup

04:38 PM, Monday, 25 June 2007

The USA brushed Mexico aside to win the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup, 2-1. For once the Mexicans were out of excuses, as the US deservedly won the match, even coming back from a goal down. Previous USA-Mexico games had been accompanied by rigorous bouts of "we were the better team" from the... Posted by SM · Comments (16) Topics: CONCACAF,CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Mexico,2007,Andres Guardado,Benny Feilhaber,CONCACAF,Gold Cup,landon donovan,méxico,US Soccer,USA

USA Edge Through to the Final, but not without Controversy

06:00 AM, Saturday, 23 June 2007

The USA beat Canada 2-1 last night in the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-final to reach yet another final. However the game ended very controversially, when an equaliser in the last seconds of injury time from Canada was ruled out for no good reason. The "scorer", Denmark-based Atiba... Posted by SM · Comments (5) Topics: CONCACAF,CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Canada,Mexico,Canada,CONCACAF,Gold Cup,méxico,soccer,US Soccer,USA

Gold Cup : Go USA !

05:46 AM, Saturday, 23 June 2007

Sunday's Gold Cup Final in Chicago is promissing: the US national men's team will try to hold their title versus Mexico. Both teams defeated Canada and French Guadaloupe in the semi finals yesterday. The American victory (2-1) was highlighted by Landon Donovan's 33rd goal of his national... Posted by GuillaumeOle · Comments (3) Topics: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Canada,Mexico,Bradley,Canada,Donova,Gold Cup,Keller,méxico,USA

Gold Cup: semifinals

12:02 AM, Tuesday, 19 June 2007

USA vs Canada and Mexico vs Guadaloupe. Both games will be in Chigado June 21. USA keeps the best record of the tournament, with 8 goals pro and only one against after 4 wins. Everybody expects a final between Mexico and USA and it is really hard to think about anything different than... Posted by mautex · Comments (3) Topics: CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Mexico,Concacaf Gold Cup,Gold Cup,semifinal

On the way to Venezuela

12:56 AM, Thursday, 14 June 2007

While the other National Teams are just in light training sections, USA is playing a tournament, the Gold Cup, and will get in great shape to face their group with Argentina in the next Copa America Venezuela, starting in 15 days. The team made three excelent games so far, wining all of... Posted by mautex · Comments (5) Topics: Copa America 2007,Brazil,CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Mexico,brazil,Concacaf Gold Cup,copa america,Gold Cup,USA,USSoccer

Mexico, now without excuses

08:33 AM, Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Mexico has lived these last few years divided between those how support the national team and those who don´t. The discussions created when La Volpe was named the team´s trainer for the world cup qualify and then for the finals, reached some of the country´s main characters. After a... Posted by emiyan · Comments (70) Topics: Copa America 2007,CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,Mexico,Hugo Sanchez

Blanco: kisses and bye bye

02:20 AM, Tuesday, 12 June 2007

Mexico are probably having their worst start ever in a Gold Cup. After a difficult win over Cuba, el Tri lost 1 x 2 to Honduras. Worst than that. Mexico lost the fair play when Blanco, after a mock kiss, decided to elbow the oppenent in the stomach. The official saw it and the... Posted by mautex · Comments (4) Topics: CONCACAF,Copa America 2007,CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,Mexico,Blanco,Concacaf Gold Cup,Gold Cup,Honduras,méxico

CONCACAF Gold Cup - Roundup of the First round

05:23 AM, Saturday, 09 June 2007

Well, the first set of group matches at the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup are complete. Admittedly it's not the most prestigious or exciting tournament in the world, but it is important to the development of the game in an area where football is growing at a very rapid rate. Opening day... Posted by SM · Comments (0) Topics: CONCACAF,CONCACAF Gold Cup 2008,U.S. Soccer Federation,Canada,Mexico,Costa Rica,Canada,Clint Dempsey,CONCACAF,Costa Rica,Cuba,El Salvador,Gold Cup,Guadeloupe,Guatemala,Honduras,Jared Borgetti,méxico,mls,Nery Castillo. Amado Guevara,Panama,Trinidad & Tobago,US Soccer,USA