Hoy huvo acción de 2 equipos mexicanos en la Concachampions. Los Pumas de la UNAM le pusieron una goleada de 6 goles a 0 al San Francisco de Panamá dentro del Grupo B de la Liga de Campeones. Los Pumas han tenido una mala racha en la liga mexicana, pero en la Concachampions terminaron en primer lugar [. Click to continue reading...

Hoy huvo acción de 2 equipos mexicanos en la Concachampions. Los Pumas de la UNAM le pusieron una goleada de 6 goles a 0 al San Francisco de Panamá dentro del Grupo B de la Liga de Campeones. Los Pumas han tenido una mala racha en la liga mexicana, pero en la Concachampions terminaron en primer lugar [. Click to continue reading...

All right, let me make the standard disclaimer that I'm going by highlights and writeups, so I'm going to avoid doing any real "match analysis." Rather, I'll react to the result. And what a result for a bunch of kids with precious little experience! Of course, the 2-2 draw gives us just one point while the rest of the group sits on seven, so we're officially done unless we win both of our Click to continue reading...

Cue the music, it's time for Matchday Three of the CONCACAF Champions League!Today's matches (Arizona time, UTC -7):(Grp A) Saprissa - Marathón 1900(Grp B) UNAM - Houston 1900 1723: As you'd expect in a match of this magnitude, security is very tight. 1713: Seriously, Marathón are leading Group A and will be looking to close in on the second stage. Click to continue reading...

With all of this week's CONCACAF Champions League matches played, several teams established themselves as early front-runners to advance to the next round of the region's most important tournament.

In D.C. United's group, Marathon took the top spot with the 2-0 win against the Black-and-Red. Click to continue reading...

Here are the updated group standings, following last night's matches:

Group AMarathon (HON) 2-0-0, 6 pts.Cruz Azul (MEX) 1-0-1, 3 pts.Saprissa (CRC) 1-0-1, 3 pts.D.C. United 0-0-2, 0 pts.

In Group B, UNAM defeated Firpo to take the top spot. Group C saw Impact de Montreal and Atlante play to a scoreless tie and put themselves atop the group, while Olimpia topped Joe Public 3-1.

Click to continue reading...

Torrado
Originally uploaded by aguscuevas Gerardo Torrado jugador del Cruz Azul, equipo del fútbol mexicano, anoto hoy uno de los mejores goles de toda su carrera al hacer una gran jugada llena de claridad y clase en el toque final, todo un crack y eso que es medio de contención.

Los ticos hoy no sintieron lo duro si no lo tupido. Click to continue reading...

Originally uploaded by Flavio¡ No es una edecan, pero si nos modela y juega en canchas de fútbol, no se quejen, solo disfruten quien quisiera ser balón.

Hoy se juega la Concachampions Cruz Azul Saprissa.
Click to continue reading...

The CONCACAF Champions League continues tonight with three group stage matches. In United's group, Saprissa travels to Mexico to take on Cruz Azul. The Costa Rican giant currently sits atop Group A, while Cruz Azul lost their first game 0-2 against CD Marathon (Honduras). Galavision will air this game live at 10 p.

Click to continue reading...

Last night, the two other teams in United's CONCACAF Champions League Group A got their tournaments underway as Cruz Azul (Mexico) traveled to Honduras to take on CD Marathon. The home team came out with a 2-0 victory on the strength of goals from Carlos Mejia (34th minute) and Mario Beata (56th).

Click to continue reading...

So many headlines today -- time to get back in morning roundup mode:

COMING TODAY

- I'm talking later with Bruce Arena and Landon Donovan, so if you have a question, drop me a note. Du Nord notes the Galaxy have the worst record in MLS since Aug.

Click to continue reading...

D.C. United 0 : 2 Saprissa
Six Word Novel Recap

Pity those sent out to fail.

Media, Traditional and OtherwiseThe Washington Times, John Haydon: "Undermanned because of injuries and playing with only 10 men for 50 minutes, D.C. United fell 2-0 to Costa Rican champion Deportivo Saprissa at RFK Stadium on Tuesday night. Click to continue reading...

Pathetic. Yes, yes, there were injuries, some real, some worryingly drawn out, some perhaps emphasized in order to justify the team selection and thus cover the coaching staff's asses, but . . . this is a team built for international competitions, right? I suppose you could say that Tommy faced the conundrum of roster rotation and which competition to place the highest value on and made his Click to continue reading...

Following a horrendous display in the Preliminary Round, MLS clubs continue to be outclassed by their CONCACAF opponents in Champions League play, as D.C. United became the latest to suffer defeat, 2-0 at the hands of Deportivo Saprissa on Tuesday night.

Saprissa struck on each side of halftime, with Walter Centeno opening the scoring in the 32nd minute. Click to continue reading...

I will never be ashamed of being a D.C. United fan.

I have never been ashamed of a D.C. United team.

However, I am ashamed at this game. Not even at the players, and how they played it, but rather ashamed that it has come to this. With a home match that is crucial to United getting out of the group stage of the CONCACAF Champion's League, D.

Click to continue reading...

The CONCACAF Champions League group stage kicks off tonight with DC United hosting Deportivo Saprissa at RFK stadium and CD Marthon hosting Deportivo Cruz Azul. We will try to bring you that game live as well as others from Champions League including Deportivo Cruz Azul at CD Marathon. Click to continue reading...

Atlante and Saprissa could face off in the knock out stages of the Champions League When most US based football fans last watched Atlante play it was a disgraceful display of unsporting play and behavior in the Superliga semifinal match against New England. But the Cancun based club has been playing well in the Apertura tournament [. Click to continue reading...

This is a big game tonight. I hope to see all of you at the stadium, it seems like the team could use some positive energy from the best fans in MLS. Here's something to chew on until kickoff.

Coaches get a lot of criticism when they use what journalists have termed "Coach Speak.

Click to continue reading...

Cruz Azul, Pumas, Santos y Atlante serán los equipos mexicanos que participarán, a partir de mañana, en la Liga de Capeones de la CONCACAF.  Los partidos se jugarán así: Grupo A Martes 16 de Sept: DC United (EU) - Saprissa (CRC)  19:00 Hrs.     Miércoles 17 de Sept: Marathon (HON) - Cruz Azul (MEX) 21:00 Hrs. Click to continue reading...

Cruz Azul, Pumas, Santos y Atlante serán los equipos mexicanos que participarán, a partir de mañana, en la Liga de Capeones de la CONCACAF.  Los partidos se jugarán así: Grupo A Martes 16 de Sept: DC United (EU) - Saprissa (CRC)  19:00 Hrs.     Miércoles 17 de Sept: Marathon (HON) - Cruz Azul (MEX) 21:00 Hrs. Click to continue reading...

Clinging to the final MLS playoff spot with six games to go, DC United has received word that designated player Marcelo Gallardo will be out of action for at least two more weeks due to complications from sports hernia surgery. The former River Plate man has decided to return home to Argentina to begin rehabbing the injury, which was operated on back in mid-July. Click to continue reading...

Predictions: 1- Saprissa 2- Cruz Azul 3- DC United 4- Marathon Top two group finishers advance to quarterfinals This group is the preverbal group of death in a major competition. Featuring three teams that have one the forerunner of this competition, the now defunct CONCACAF Champions Cup this will be a tough group to forecast. Click to continue reading...

Most blogs have some sort of catch-all title for posts - often used on Mondays - that don't have any specific focus: 'Monday musings,' 'Quick hits,' 'Morning roundup,' 'Morning kickaround' etc. We don't have one of a title of that nature and I'm not sure I'm creative enough to come up with something different in this saturated market.

Click to continue reading...

D.C. United won the MLS-USL showdown over Charleston in the U.S. Open Cup last night on a goal of true professional quality -- Clyde Simms slipped a long pass through a dummy to Fred, who finished into the sliver of space that Dusty Hudock allowed. (Check the highlights in MLSNET's recap.

Click to continue reading...

The draw for the group stage was actually conducted at the same time as the qualifying round, but for reasons known only to CONCACAF, the groups were announced yesterday. Here they are - the details will get filled in as the qualifying round progresses.Group ADC UnitedSaprissaCruz AzulMarathónGroup BHouston DynamoL. Click to continue reading...

Today's goalscorer for USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders Osei Telesford against England in May/Reuters Photo

Can you believe that headline? After seeing MLS sides lose in all eight attempts to even get so much as a draw in a CONCACAF Champions Cup match on Costa Rican soil, tonight in the new CONCACAF Champions League USL-1 side Puerto Rico Islanders got a shock 1-1 draw at Alajuelense.

Click to continue reading...

The time has come for North America's answer to their European counterpart. The Champions League begins tonight. In this space I will rank and give a brief preview of the eight preliminary matchups. Several of the teams come from leagues that have played internationally very little over the past few years, so those teams will be unranked. Click to continue reading...

The rankings got a pretty big shakeup after Aguila of El Salvador destroyed Juventud Independiente 10-0. This win rocketed Aguila to the top of the rankings and reminded me that my computer formula still has a lot of flaws.

The game of the week was won by San Luis against Tigres 1-0. San Luis dropped one place (due to the miracle game mentioned above) and Tigres dropped 5 places to eighth. Click to continue reading...

Oswaldo Sanchez and Santos Laguna are among the favorites The CONCACAF Champions League begins Tuesday night with four of the six participating US and Canadian based teams in action. Here are my favorites for the tournament and what sides from the US & Canada have a realistic shot of advancing deep in the competition. Click to continue reading...

Sorry I couldn't post this sooner, I have been working and all of a sudden it was Friday night and I hadn't posted a weekend preview. There are a few good games going on in North America this weekend, the best of which takes place in Mexico. The number 2 and 3 teams in the rankings play tomorrow. San Luis (2), the best offensive team in Mexico, has 13 points from 5 games and Tigres (3), has only conceded one goal in three games. Click to continue reading...

From RevolutionSoccer.net:

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - The New England Revolution announced today that the club has signed Costa Rican defender Gabriel Badilla (bah-DEE-uh) to a Major League Soccer contract to play for the Revs pending U.S. P-1 Visa approval. He will occupy one of the team's seven available international roster spots.

Click to continue reading...

Every once in a while a game comes along that I really wished I had bet on, even just a dollar, something. One of those games took place Saturday when MLS best New England visited league worst San Jose and left with an embarrassing 0-4 loss. Perhaps we should have seen it coming, San Jose had been unbeaten in its last four games, including a 3-2 win last week over the Galaxy, while New England had gone on a two game losing streak. Click to continue reading...

The game of the week stays in MLS again, when Real Salt Lake (31) visits the Houston Dynamo (30) in a meeting of the top two teams in the Western Division. The teams have only met once, with a goalless draw in July.

The top ranked North American team, Deportivo Saprissa, is idle this weekend in Costa Rican action. Click to continue reading...

The rich get richer. That's they way it might appear if this deal comes to fruition. Reports out of Costa Rica and Colombia seem to indicate that the Costa Rica national team defender has played his last game for Deportivo Saprissa and is headed north to join the Revs.

We also received this in our inbox:

Our Revolution blog has uncovered stories in the Central American press which state that 23 year old Costa Rican defender Gabriel Badilla is close to signing a 2 year deal with MLS.

Click to continue reading...

Cruz Azul, the previous number 1, lost to San Luis on Tuesday 2-1; but even with a 2-0 victory over Tecos, Cruz Azul fell to fourth. Costa Rican side Saprissa destroyed recently promoted Ramonense 5-0, shooting the defending champions to the top of the rankings, becoming the first Costa Rican team to be first. Click to continue reading...