As part of new FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s mission of “getting football back to the heart of FIFA”, a team of FIFA Legends took on the Mexico All-Stars to celebrate both the 66th FIFA Congress in Mexico City and the 50th anniversary of the historic Azteca Stadium.
Mexico fans have kept a close eye on Jesus "Tecatito" Corona for some time now, as he is one of the most exciting young players to break out of Mexico in recent years. Tecatito is now approaching the end of his inaugural season in Portugal with Porto, and so we here at The18 decided to take a look at how he has done so far.
On Monday, May 2, Giovani Dos Santos was named in Mexico coach Juan Carlos Osorio’s 40-player preliminary squad. On Sunday, May 8, Dos Santos showed why with a dominant performance in the LA Galaxy’s 4-2 victory over the New England Revolution.
PSV Eindhoven have successfully defended their Eredivisie title after a dramatic final day in the Netherlands. Ajax were on top by goal difference and only needed a win against 17th placed De Graafschap to seal the title. It seemed a simple enough proposition, but Frank De Boer's side faltered dramatically and only managed to draw 1-1, leaving the door open for Eindhoven to clinch it.
France National Team and Tigres striker Andre-Pierre Gignac said recently Liga MX is better than MLS. As for quality, we're not totally sure that's accurate (it's certainly close), but Liga MX is certainly outpacing the MLS, and every other soccer league for that matter, in TV viewership in the USA.
From the Los Angeles Times:
The preliminary 40-man Mexico Copa America roster has been released, and most of the familiar names are on it. The problem now is whittling that number down to 23. Here's how we'd do it.
Here's the roster (Via MLSSoccer.com):
GK - Talavera, Alfredo (Toluca / Mexico)
GK - Corona, Jose de Jesus (Cruz Azul / Mexico)
GK - Ochoa, Guillermo (Malaga / Spain)
GK - Palacios, Miguel Alejandro (Pumas UNAM / Mexico)
When Andre-Pierre Gignac swapped Marseille for Tigres last summer, there were many who thought he was taking a step down. In an interview with France Football however, it was clear that Gignac doesn't think so.
Last week, Mexico National Team and Benfica striker Raul Jimenez kept Benfica in the Premeira Liga title race with a superb goal in the 73rd minute to beat Rio Ave.
This week, Jimenez sent Benfica into the final of the Taca la Liga (Portuguese League Cup) with a 71st minute.
Hector Herrera's play was the lone bright spot for Porto this Saturday in a 3-1 loss to Sporting CP.
Herrera, who sported the captain's armband, converted a penalty for Porto, who are now basically guaranteed third place in the Premeira Liga, 13 points behind Sporting CP and 10 points ahead of Braga.
Last week was quite a week fir soccer fans. Not only did we get to enjoy the first leg of the UEFA Champions League duel between Atletico Madrid and Bayern Munich, and the battle between Real Madrid and Manchester City, but we also had the chance to sit back and savor the epic conclusion to the CONCACAF Champions League. The two remaining teams were arguably the top Liga MX teams right now, with Tuca Ferretti’s Tigres taking on Club America in Mexico City in the second leg of the final.