Mexico Match: World Cup berth assured for U.S.-Mexico winner
What suspense remains in the CONCACAF Region's World Cup qualifying tournament should be drastically reduced in the next week. The winner of Saturday's United States-Mexico match will claim one of the region's three spots in next year's World Cup finals in Germany, and Mexico (5-0-1) needs only a tie to get in. The Americans (5-1-0), second in the six-team group, are poised for their biggest match of the year and will have rare home-field...
Mexico Match: CUP QUALIFIER TO FOXBOROUGH
Foxboro Stadium will host a World Cup qualifying match for the first time when the United States meets Mexico April 20, a source said yesterday. The US-Mexico match will begin at 2:30 p.m. and will be televised on ABC, followed by the New England Revolution home opener against Tampa Bay.The games are expected to attract a crowd of more than 50,000, the largest attendance for a soccer match at Foxboro Stadium since the 1994 World Cup Foxboro was chosen over Giants Stadium and RFK Stadium....
Mexico Match: U.S. has Mexico's number of late
While fielding questions at the Cotton Bowl prior to Wednesday's U.S.-Mexico match, U.S. coach Bruce Arena made it clear that his MLS-based squad was not to be taken lightly. "The team we have on the field can beat Mexico," Arena said. Arena's statement became prophetic, as the United States defeated its CONCACAF rival 1-0 on a goal from Eddie Pope in the final minute of stoppage time after Mexican goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez left a...
Mexico Match: Spanish Today
Test your knowledge of idiomatic expressions used in Mexico. Match each phrase in bold with an expression that has a similar meaning. 1. Mis tios nos dan todo lo que queremos y mas. (My aunt and uncle give us everything we want and more.) 2. No hables sin pensar bien las cosas. (Don't talk without thinking things out. ) 3. Los chicos se fueron a Mexico sin prever nada. (The boys went to Mexico without having planned the...
Mexico Match: GOING,,
GOING,
GONE
MIA HAMM:
AFTER PUTTING WOMEN'S SOCCER ON
THE MAP, THE GAME'S BIGGEST STAR
SAID GOODBYE THIS WEEK
CARSON, Calif.The rain ended, the skies cleared and the stars came out -- three of them for the final time. At 12:50 a.m. Thursday, Mia Hamm stepped off the soccer field and into the history books. The U.S.-Mexico match had nine minutes to go when Heather O'Reilly, one of the stars of tomorrow, took over from Hamm."She's the future," a tearful Hamm said after it was all over.Wearing the name Garciaparra on her back in honor of her...