The life of a backup goalkeeper is one of waiting. Waiting for a chance. Most coaches play their number one goalkeepers in the vast majority of matches, restricting backups to lower-level cup matches and a lot of sitting on the bench. For Memo Ochoa, those days are over, at least temporarily.
Two years later, the moment has come for Memo Ochoa. https://t.co/XbzsjRaGWy
As a central defender, Real Sociedad and Mexico National Team player Diego Reyes doesn't find himself in front of the other team's goal very often. That means when he does get into scoring position, he has to make his opportunities count.
Reyes was afforded one such opportunity Sunday in Real Sociedad's La Liga clash against Levante. He knew exactly what to do with it.
El Tri has unveiled the 2016 Mexico Home Jersey for the coming year. These will be worn during some very important World Cup qualifiers and the Copa America Centenatio this summer.
The theme this year, apparently, is green.
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Cuauhtemoc Blanco is one of the best players in the history of both Club America and the Mexico national team. Blanco, who retired last year to run for mayor in his adopted hometown of Cuernavaca, Mexico (he won), put on the yellow Club America jersey one last time, appearing before the Club America faithful in Estadio Azteca wearing the number 100.
You could tell how much this meant to Blanco, the fans and his teammates, who relentlessly tried to give Blanco the ball in scoring position and send El Temo off in style. It almost worked. Almost.
Bayer Leverkusen and Mexico striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez's departure from his previous club Manchester United was, um, acrimonious.
Current United manager Louis van Gaal clearly didn't want Hernandez in the squad and told him there was very little chance of him playing striker for United. Hernendez was sent to Germany, where he has lit the world on fire (23 goals so far this season in all competitions).
Los Angeles Galaxy forward Robbie Keane has seen enough over his four years of play in North America to declare MLS on par with Liga MX. A bullish Keane declared that Liga MX was stagnating in the face of MLS growth, a bold claim to make prior to Tuesday’s second leg fixture between the Galaxy and Santos Laguna of Liga MX.
2016 is a very important year for CONCACAF teams. The road to Russia 2018 is beginning and they will also compete in a very special edition of the Copa America, called the Copa America Centenario, which is a celebration for the tournament’s 100 years. Therefore, we decided to rank the Top 18 CONCACAF players that you must follow in the next months.
OK, first the bad news: Bayer Leverkusen lost 3-1 to Mainz 05 Sunday. The good news: that one goal happened to be scored by recently-returned-from-injury striker Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez.
Hernandez now has 23 goals in all competitions for Leverkusen, and 14 in the Bundesliga.
GOAL, Leverkusen! Chicharito gets one back for the visitors, but is it too little too late? https://t.co/90ahZ6Etpj
Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez hurt his butt a while back, but he's back in action and, two games into his comeback, he's already setting up goals.
Hernandez set up Karim Bellarabi's first goal (of two), and Bayer Leverkusen went on to beat Portuguese side Sporting CP 3-1 and advance to the Europa League round of 16.
Cuauhtemoc Blanco will don the yellow shirt of Club America one last time at Estadio Azteca. The club announced that Blanco will play 30-45 minutes of a real actual Liga MX match between America and Morelia on March 5.