Topic: National Team
The great divide in the CONCACAF women’s game
By Jay O’Burgess To my own admission I am not a great follower of women’s soccer. So I definitely won’t sit here and spew facts on the matter but what little I know to date does qualify me to at … Continue reading
Tagged 2012 London Olympics, CONCACAF, Homare Sawa, Marta Leave a comment
Mexico gives ‘extra’ effort to win Cancun Cup
CANCUN — Mexico could not have made the final of the Beach Soccer Worldwide Cancun Cup any more dramatic. El Tri defeated its rival, the United States, 2-1, in extratime to win the competition at on Sunday. Mosco scored in … Continue reading
El Salvador’s Agustin MVP, top scorer at Cancun Cup
CANCUN — El Salvador might not have taken home the medals it had desired at the Beach Soccer Worldwide Cancun Cup, but one player took home top individual honors. Agustin was named the leading scorer on the strength of his … Continue reading
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Mexico survives shootout at Beach Soccer Cancun Cup
CANCUN, Mexico — Mexico squeaked past El Salvador in the first day of actionat the Beach Soccer Worldwide Cancun Cup 2012 at the Royal Sunset Hotel beach on Friday. The Mexicans won the shootout, 4-3, after playing to a 4-4 … Continue reading
Spain rallies past U.S. in Beach Soccer Cancun Cup
CANCUN, Mexico — Spain overcame a 2-1 deficit to score the final three goals of the match to record a 4-2 win over the United States in the Beach Soccer Worldwide Cancun Cup 2012 opening game at the Royal Sunset … Continue reading
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U.S. to host Brazil in Landover, Md. on May 30
For the second time in three years, the United States will host five-time World Cup champions Brazil. The two men’s national teams will tusstle at FedEXField in Landover, Md. on Wednesday, May 30 at 8 p.m. The match will be … Continue reading
T&T offices raided for 2006 World Cup bonuses
Trinidad police raided the offices of the Trinidad & Tobago Football Federation on Wednesday to seize assets after the organization had failed to pay a court settlement for bonuses from the 2006 World Cup. Several former T&T internationals reportedly accompanied … Continue reading
Costa Rica to host Mexico in two-match futsal series
As part of its preparations for the 2012 CONCACAF Futsal Championship, Costa Rica will host Mexico in a two-match friendly series. The opener will be held at the Palacio de los Deportes in Heredia on Feb. 29. The two sides … Continue reading
2004 interview: Surviving members of 1950 World Cup team talk about the game, movie and Freddy Adu
By Michael Lewis TropiGol.com Editor CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Some 54 years after pulling off one of the great sporting surprises of the ages, five members of the U.S. World Cup team that shocked England and world have found themselves right … Continue reading
Bahr on Keough: “He was as good a teammate as you would find on or off the field”
By Michael Lewis TropiGol.com Editor If there a long-time marriage or partnership in soccer, this was it: Harry and Walter, or Walter and Harry, depending on your vantage point. Through the years, Harry Keough and Walter Bahr inevitably would be … Continue reading
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