Attention all U.S. national team fans, if you have seen Clint Dempsey please contact SBI. He has gone missing since returning to Fulham. At least missing on the field.

Dempsey has found a seemingly permanent place on the bench at Fulham, making him one of several key American players to ride the pine last weekend without getting a single minute of action.

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Mexico is reasserting itself as the dominant CONCACAF power. Wednesday's 2-1 win over Canada in Chiapas saw Mexico once again mix the old and the new as far as player selection. With Blanco having now retired and Jared Borgetti seemingly frozen out of Sven Goran Eriksson's setup, veteran leadership will pass to Pavel Pardo and [. Click to continue reading...

You can call Deportivo La Coruna Team CONCACAF.

Led by Canadian captain Julian De Guzman (above, left) and featuring Mexican winger Andres Guardado and striker Omar Bravo, Deportivo boasts a wealth of talent from the CONCACAF region. That group helped Deportivo pull off one of the upsets of the weekend, a 2-1 victory against Real Madrid.

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Bayern Munich coach Juergen Klinsmann can invest in a few new Buddha statues for the team's locker room after hammering Hertha Berlin 4-1 for the Bavarians' first win of the season. After two lackluster draws, the victory puts Bayern within two points of league leaders Schalke 04.
Luca Toni scored for the first time this season early in the match, and defender Philipp Lahm curled home a pretty shot for Bayern's second goal. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by prismatico Otra lista mas, por fin fuera el Guille Franco. Torrado insatisfecho por no jugar.

Sven Goran ya sintio el rugir del azteca y al parecer no quiere salir de ahi, ya que esperan los partidos contra Jamaica y Canada regresen la sede al coloso de Santa Ursula. Click to continue reading...

It is that time of year again. Time to find out how players from the CONCACAF region are doing in professional leagues across Europe. With more and more CONCACAF players heading to top leagues, the competition in the region is only getting tougher, and it is getting even more important to keep track of how potential U.

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Image via Wikipedia Sufrido, muy sufrido el triunfo de la selección mexicana, después del primer tiempo parecía que el "aztecazo" empezaba a tomar forma, pero dos chispazos de Pavel Pardo fueron suficientes para sacar el resultado ante un estadio azteca a reventar. Y es que este partido dejo en claro 2 cosas, primero, que el azteca [. Click to continue reading...

Mexico needed a pair of late goals from Pavel Pardo to avoid defeat at their fabled Azteca Stadium on Thursday, while the USA earned a hard fought victory in Guatemala City. The U.S. match report is here. In the other match in the U.S. group Trinidad and Tobago got two goals from Keon Daniel as they [. Click to continue reading...

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Mexico was fortunate to escape with a 2-1 win at Azteca tonight over a Honduran side filled with quality. Honduras played some quality football and was unfortunate not to secure at minimum a point as Mexico despite being out thought and flustered much of the night used two Pavel Pardo goals in a three minute span late in the match to escape.

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Photo from Reuters Mexico was fortunate to escape with a 2-1 win at Azteca tonight over a Honduran side filled with quality. Honduras played some quality football and was unfortunate not to secure at minimum a point as Mexico despite being out thought and flustered much of the night used two Pavel Pardo goals in a [. Click to continue reading...

Pavel Pardo y Ricardo Osorio: El Stuttgart de Alemania venció 3 goles a 1 al Borussia Mönchenglabach que se estrena en la primera división de la Bundesliga. Stuttgart ni siquiera se tuvo que esforzar para llevarse los tres puntos, ya que el rival se los regaló practicamente en bandeja. El primer gol llegó al cuarto de [. Click to continue reading...

Pavel Pardo y Ricardo Osorio: El Stuttgart de Alemania venció 3 goles a 1 al Borussia Mönchenglabach que se estrena en la primera división de la Bundesliga. Stuttgart ni siquiera se tuvo que esforzar para llevarse los tres puntos, ya que el rival se los regaló practicamente en bandeja. El primer gol llegó al cuarto de [. Click to continue reading...

A year ago around this time it was tough to miss the animosity and tension from Mexican players prior to the match against the United States in Phoenix. There was plenty of talk of finally winning on American soil and some tangible hatred toward the U.S. team as then new coach Hugo Sanchez promised to restore Mexico to the status of the region's unquestioned powerhouse.

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