Tag Archives: Football

On the Mark: Why It’s Called ‘Soccer’ in the United States

By MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat

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On the Mark: Mexico’s U-20 Team Eliminated by Guatemala

By MARK LORENZANA The United States, Honduras, the Dominican Republic and Guatemala will be the four representatives at the 2023 Under-20 World Cup of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Concacaf) in Indonesia. Mexico’s U-20 team will be left off that list after it suffered a shocking defeat to underdog Guatemala on Thursday, June 30, at

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Liga MX Hit With 177 Million Peso Sanction

By KELIN DILLON A total of 17 teams from Liga MX, Mexico’s top football division, were hit with sanctions of 177.6 million pesos by the Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) for alleged monopolistic practices and putting a salary cap on the league’s women’s vision. The clubs sanctioned include América, Pachuca, Mazatlán, Guadalajara, Santos Laguna, Tigres, Toluca, Pumas, Monterrey, Necaxa, Atlante

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European Soccer Teams to Create ‘Super League’

By KELIN DILLON Twelve of Europe’s biggest soccer teams have announced their intention to leave their current organizations to create the new Super League, affecting several Mexican players playing abroad, including  Hector Herrera of Atletico Madrid and Marcelo Flores of Arsenal. The new group consists of six English clubs, including Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.

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Mexico News Roundup

By RICARDO CASTILLO AMLO: “I’m not an ornamental vase” There must have been more to the matter than met the naked eye. If not, why did Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) raise so much hell over it? On Sunday, April 26, the Mexican Business Association and the investment department of the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) announced that they

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