Monday 8th December 2008 - Semis & Quarters

C.D. FAS Manager Nelson Ancheta had his prayers answered this weekend, as his team beat Isidro Metapán away in the Apertura 2008 Semi-Final first leg



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First Division Semi-Finals - First Legs
Isidro Metapán 1 - 3 C.D. FAS
Chalatenango 3 - 0 Águila

Second Division Quarter-Finals - Second Legs (first leg score in brackets - aggregate score in italics)
Marte Soyapango (0) 1 - 1 (3) Atlético Marte (1-4)
Municipal Limeño (1) 3 - 0 (1) Vendaval (4-1)
Santa Tecla F.C. (0) 4 - 0 (3) Asociación Deportiva Intipucá (4-3)
Titán (1) 3 - 1 (2) A.F.I. (4-3)

Second Division Semi Finals
Santa Tecla F.C. v Municipal Limeño (13th Dec & 21st Dec)
Titán v Atlético Marte (14th Dec & 20th Dec)

Sat 29th Nov - I Know It's Over

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Round 17:-
Alianza 1 - 1 Águila

Table:- bold teams qualified italic teams could qualify

1st Águila 34 pts (qualified)
2nd Metapán 28 pts (qualified)
3rd FAS 27 pts
4th Chalatenango 25 pts
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5th Vista Hermosa 24 pts
6th Atlético Balboa 20 pts
7th Luis Angel Firpo 19 pts
== Juventud Independiente 19 pts
9th Alianza 17 pts
10th Nejapa 11 pts

Final Round:.-

Águila v Chalatenago
FAS v Alianza
Balboa v Vista Hermosa
Juve v Metapán
Nejapa v Firpo

Second Division Quarter-Finals 1st Leg

ADI v Santa Tecla Intipu
Atlético Marte v Marte Soyapango Custcatlan
Vendaval v Municipal Limeño Apopa
AFI v Títan Ilobasco


CONCACAF Champions League:-
Houston Dynamo (USA) 1 - 0 Luis Angel Firpo (SLV) How do they get away with those pitch markings in an International Competition?

Quarter Final Clubs:-
Pumas (MEX)
Atlante (MEX)
Santos (MEX)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
Marathon (HON)
Islanders (PUR)
Impact (CAN)
Dynamo (USA)
draw for quarter-finals will be on 10th December 2008 - Next seasons Champions League will see the Pre-Lim First Legs on 28th July 2009

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Monday 24th November - League Round 17 & World Cup Quals Round 3 Game 6

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First Division Round 17
Isidro Metapán 2 - 3 Atlético Balboa
Chalatenango 3 - 1 Nejapa
L.Á. Firpo 0 - 1 Juventud Independiente
Vista Hermosa 1 - 0 C.D. FAS
Alianza 26th Nov Águila

First Division Table - top four go to semi-finals - all played 17 from 18 except * who have played 16 - teams in bold have qualified teams in italics still could

1st Águila 33 pts*
2nd Isidro Metapán 28 pts
3rd C.D. FAS 27 pts
4th Chalatenango 25 pts
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5th Vista Hermosa 24 pts
6th Allético Balboa 20 pts
7th L.Á. Firpo 19 pts
8th Juventud Independiente 19 pts
9th Alianza 16 pts*
10th Nejapa 10 pts

First Division Round 18 - The Final Round - all games Sunday 7th December 2008 at 3pm

Águila v Chalatenango
C.D. FAS v Alianza
Atlético Balboa v Vista Hermosa
Juventud Independiente v Isidro Metapán
Nejapa v L.Á. Firpo

CONCACAF World Cup 2010 Qualification Round 3 - Final Games

Group A
Trinidad & Tobago 3 - 0 Cuba
USA 2 - 0 Guatemala

Final Group A
15 pts - USA
11 pts - Trinidad & Tobago
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5 pts - Guatemala
3 pts - Cuba

Group B
Honduras 1 - 0 México
Jamaica 3 - 0 Canada

Final Group B
12 pts - Honduras
10 pts - México GF 9 GA 6 - GD +3
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10 pts - Jamaica GF 6 GA 6 - GD 0
2 pts - Canada

Group C
El Salvador 1 - 3 Costa Rica
Surinam 1 - 1 Haiti

Final Group C
18 pts - Costa Rica
10 pts - El Salvador
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3 pts - Surinam
2 pts - Haiti

CONCACAF World Cup 2010 Qualifying - Round 4 - The HEXANGONAL - the final round of qualifying - top four teams go to South Africa, and 4th placed team plays off against 5th placed from CONMEBOL

11th February 2009 - Game 1
El Salvador v Trinidad & Tobago
Costa Rica v Honduras
USA v México

28th March 2009 - Game 2
El Salvador v USA
México v Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago v Honduras

1st April 2009 - Game 3
Costa Rica v El Salvador
USA v Trinidad & Tobago
Honduras v México

3rd June 2009 - Game 5
Costa Rica v USA

6th June 2009 - Game 4
El Salvador v México
Trinidad & Tobago v Costa Rica
USA v Honduras

10th June 2009 - Game 5
Honduras v El Salvador
México v Trinidad & Tobago

12 August 2009 - Game 6
Trinidad & Tobago v El Salvador
Honduras v Costa Rica
México v USA

5th September 2009 - Game 7
USA v El Salvador
Costa Rica v México
Honduras v Trinidad & Tobago

9th September 2009 - Game 8
El Salvador v Costa Rica
Trinidad & Tobago v USA
México v Honduras

10th October 2009 - Game 9 - all games played at same time
México v El Salvador
Costa Rica v Trinidad & Tobago
Honduras v USA

14th October 2009 - Game 10 - all games played at same time
El Salvador v Honduras
Trinidad & Tobago v México
USA v Costa Rica

Gigantic - Let's Have a Ball

FAS and El Salvador Captain Alfredo Pacheco shortly after breaking a "fan"'s nose with a fist to the face.

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League Division One, Rounds 11, 12, 13 & 14 are covered in this podcast.
Check here to see all scores

Current Table:-
1st Aguila 30 pts
2nd Metapan 24 pts
3rd FAS 23pts
4th Vista Hermosa 21 pts
5th Chalatenango 18pts
6th Firpo 15 pts
== Alianza 15 pts
== Atlético Balboa 15 pts
9th Juventud Indpen. 14 pts
10th Nejapa 10pts

CONCACAF Champions League click on score for video highlights
Last round of group games:-
Group A
DC United 2 - 4 Marathon
Deportivo Saprissa 1 - 0 Cruz Azul
Marathon 2 - 0 Deportivo Saprissa
CD Marathon of Honduras and CD SC Cruz Azul of Mexico go through, Deportivo Saprissa of Costa Rica and DC United of USA get eliminated.

Group B
CD Luis Angel Firpo 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo
Pumas UNAM 6 - 0 San Francisco FC
Houston Dynamo v CD Luis Angel Firpo - 26th Nov
Pumas UNAM of Mexico go through and San Francisco FC of Panama are eliminated. In the final game the winner goes through, the loser is eliminated. In the case of a draw CD Luis Angel Firpo of El Salvador will go to quarter-finals and Houston Dynamo of USA will be eliminated.

Group C
CD Olimpia 4 - 0 Joe Public FC
Atlante FC 2 - 1 Impact de Montreal
Atlante FC of Mexico and Impact de Montreal of Canada go through to quarter-finals, CD Olimpia of Honduras and Joe Public of Trinidad & Tobago are eliminated.

Group D
Tauro FC 2 - 2 Puerto Rico Islanders
CSD Municipal 4 - 4 Club Santos Laguna
Club Santos Laguna of Mexico and Puerto Rico Islanders of Puerto Rico go through, Tauro FC of Panama and CSD Municipal of Guatemala are eliminated.

The Quarter-Finals:- 24-25-26 February & 3-4-5 March 2009
The Semi-Finals:- 17-18-19 March & 7-8-9 April 2009
The Final:- 21-22-23 April & 28-29-60 April 2009
The winners will represent the North & Central and Caribbean region (CONCACAF) in the FIFA Club World Cup in December 2009, in the United Arab Emirates.

The 2008 World Club Cup will be in Japan between 11th and 21st December 2008, CONCACAF represented by Pachuca of Mexico, and clear favourites this time are Manchester United (ENG) of UEFA. Full list of qualifying clubs.

Diego Vu

In general feelings about golf range from mild indifference to severe hatred but mention the 1985 Ryder Cup and my heart leaps, and I am stirred to my soul. Actually mention any sporting event from 1985 and this seems to occur. News of Kevin Bond’s new role at Spurs brings delicious pangs of a long-forgotten youth, punctuated all too often with the words “Bond, og”.

I fear that I am not the only one suffering from the “English malaise” of nostalgia. It does odd things to us, and leads us to do odd things to the past, not least the sporting past. Whist we in England prefer ours bitter-sweet it seems it translates to an optimistic desire for long lost glories. The heady force of nostalgia must have been wafting through the corridors of the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino recently. The appointment of Diego Maradona as national team coach surely, just surely, owes more to the heart than the head?

And yet the detractors seem to be suffering from this same nostalgia, almost relishing the prospect of an unreliable, unfit Maradona crashing spectacularly, bringing the outrageously gifted Argentinean squad down with him. But Maradona is not what he was. He was consistent and hardworking in making his show, La Noche del Diez, a success; surely he will work still harder for the striped shirt he loves.

Once more gripped by nostalgia I think back to other Great Players and how they have fared wearing the sheepskin. Most have tried, from Sir Stan to Ruud Gullit through Johan Cruyff, but few have taken on a national team, and generally only after successful club management, such as Hugo Sánchez. Fewer still have managed on all five continents as did Ferenc Puskás.

The Germans have seemed happy to place former great players at the helm – even without any managerial experience (indeed five of their eleven National Managers have been novices, with mixed results; Englishman Fred Pentland displayed a great awareness of world events by taking up the post in 1914, shortly to be interned as a POW). The AFA, I am sure, would like to cite der Kaiser. Twice did Beckenbauer the manager reach the World Cup final; twice against a Maradona-led Argentina. Can el Pibe match the German’s unique record of winning the World Cup as player and manager? Who can tell, but the symmetry would be greatly enjoyed by us nostalgics.

CONCACAF Champions League - Firpo Vivo - Pikolin Bags Twice - Friday 25th October 2008

Gianfranco Zola? Zlatan Ibrahimovic? Marco Antonio "Pikolin" "Sideshow Bob" Palacios proves there is quality in CONCACAF.

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International Friendly
RFK Stadium - El Salvador 2 - 0 Bolivia

CONCACAF Champions League - Group Stage - Game 5
Group A
Cruz Azul (MEX) 2 - 0 DC United (USA)
Marathon (HON) posponed Deportivo Saprissa (CRC)

Cruz Azul pld 5 - 10 pts
Saprissa pld 4 - 7 pts
Marathon pld 4 - 7 pts
DC United pld 5 - 1 pt - eliminated

29th Oct - DC United v Marathon
29th Oct - Saprissa v Cruz Azul
5th Nov - Marathon v Saprissa

Group B
Houston Dynamo (USA) 1 - 3 Pumas UNAM (MEX)
San Francisco FC (PAN) 2 - 3 Luis Angel Firpo (SLV)

Pumas UNAM pld 5 - 9 points - qualified
LA Firpo pld 4 - 7 points
Houston Dynamo pld 4 - 7 points
San Francisco pld 5 - 2 points - eliminated

28th Oct - LA Firpo v Houston
29th Oct - Pumas v San Francisco
26th Nov - Houston v LA Firpo

Group C
Impact de Montreal (CAN) 1 - 1 CD Olimpia (HON)
Joe Public FC (TRI) 0 - 2 Atlante FC (MEX)

Impact pld 5 - 11 pts - qualified
Atlante pld 5 - 8 pts - qualified
Olimpia pld 5 - 5 pts - eliminated
Joe Public pld 5 - 3 pts - eliminated

28th Oct - Olimpia v Joe Public
28th Oct - Atlante v Impact de Montreal

Group D
Santos Laguna (MEX) 3 - 0 Tauro FC (PAN)
Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR) 0 - 1 CSD Municipal (GUA)

Santos pld 5 - 9 pts - qualified
Islanders pld 5 - 7 pts
Tauro pld 5 - 7 pts
Municipal pld 5 - 5 pts

29th Oct - Tauro v Islanders
30th Oct - Municipal v Santos

El Salvador First Division - Round 11
Vista Hermosa v Isidro Metapán - Estadio Amílcar Moreno, San Fco. Gotera - Saturday noon
Águila v Atlético Balboa - Estadio Juan Fco. Barraza, San Miguel - Saturday noon
Alianza v LA Firpo - Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador - Sunday 2pm
Chalatenango v Juventud Independiente - Estadio Gregorio Martínez, Chalatenango - Sunday 3pm
C.D. FAS v Nejapa - Estadio Óscar Quiteño, Santa Ana -Sunday 3pm

Google Earth File - See where all the stadia are
Click here to download the file - it is a very quick download

1) Click on the above link, and save the file somwhere you will remember.
2) Open (or download and install) Google Earth
3) Choose, File.... Open ... and find the location where you saved the downloadable Google Earth file.
4) Enjoy a unique look at all 10 first division football grounds in El Salvador, plus a couple of extra ones.

Raining Fish - Monday 20th October 2008

Heavy rains throughout El Salvador led to the whole First Division program being suspended this weekend. The Amilcar Moreno in San Francisco Gotera was one of the most affected stadiums.

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CONCACAF World Cup Quals - Stage 3 - Round 5 (points in brackets, "Q" donates Qualified countries)

Group 1:-
Trinidad & Tobago 2 - 1 USA
Cuba 2 - 1 Guatemala
Final games:-
Trinidad & Tobago (8) v Cuba (3)
USA (Q) v Guatemala (5)

Group 2:-
Canada 2 - 2 Mexico
Jamaica 1 - 0 Honduras
Final games:-
Honduras (9) v Mexico (10)
Jamaica (7) v Canada (2)

Group 3:-
Costa Rica 2 - 0 Haiti
El Salvador 3 - 0 Suriname
Final games:-
El Salvador (Q) v Costa Rica (Q)
Suriname (1) v Haiti (2)

CONMEBOL World Cup Quals - Round 10
Bolivia 2 - 2 Uruguay
Paraguay 1 - 0 Peru
Chile 1 - 0 Argentina
Venezuela 3 - 1 Ecuador
Brazil 0 - 0 Colombia anthem

Music Quiz
Which famous British footballer is singing at the end of this week (and last week's) podcast? Please post your answer below!

FREE GIFT!!
You can still get it!! HERE IT IS

1) Click on the above link, and save the file somwhere you will remember.
2) Open (or download and install) Google Earth
3) Choose, File.... Open ... and find the location where you saved the downloadable FREE GIFT.
4) Enjoy a unique look at all 10 first division football grounds in El Salvador, plus a couple of extra ones.

International Fixtures - Monday 13th October 2008

Martin Bravo and Ismael Íñiguez team up to hold my daughter – later that day they linked up to produce an equaliser for Pumas against Luis Angel Firpo

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CONCACAF Champions League - 4th round of games (points in brackets)
Group A
Cruz Azul (7) 1 - 1 Marathon (7)
Deportivo Saprissa (7) 2 - 2 DC United (1)

Group B
LA Firpo (4) 1 - 1 Pumas (6) full report
Houston Dynamo (5) 2 - 1 San Francisco (2)

Group C
CD Olimpia (4) 1 - 1 Atlante (5)
Joe Public (3) 1 - 4 Impact de Montreal (10)

Group D
CSD Municipal (2) 2 - 2 Tauro FC (7)
Santos (6) 3 - 0 Islanders (7)

League Fixture:-
Águila 2 - 0 Nejapa

CONCACAF World Cup Qualifiers - Stage 3 - Matchday 4 (points in brackets)
Group 1
USA (12) 6 - 1 Cuba (0)
Guatemala (5) 0 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago (5)

Group 2
Jamaica (4) 1 - 0 Mexico (9)
Honduras (9) 3 - 1 Canada (1)

Group 3
Suriname (1) 1 - 4 Costa Rica (12)
Haiti (2) 0 - 0 El Salvador (7)

Scotlands Traditions:-
1974 - from 2 minutes on that video
1986 - Steve Nicol v Uruguay
1990 - Mo Johnston v Brazil
2000 - Christian Dailly v England
2008 - a new Scottish Hero is born - enjoy the bewilderment of the commentators

CONMEBOL World Cup Quals
Colombia 0 - 1 Paraguay
Ecuador 1 - 0 Chile
Venezuela 0 - 4 Brazil
Argentina 2 - 1 Uruguay
Bolivia 3 - 0 Peru

FREE GIFT!!
Finally it is here!! HERE IT IS

1) Click on the above link, and save the file somwhere you will remember.
2) Open (or download and install) Google Earth
3) Choose, File.... Open ... and find the location where you saved the downloadable FREE GIFT.
4) Enjoy a unique look at all 10 first division football grounds in El Salvador, plus a couple of extra ones.

Wednesday 8th October - On Your Knees In The Mud

Workers trying to clear the water from a deluged Barraza, San Miguel

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First Division, round 10
Vista Hermosa - suspended by rain - Juventud Independiente
Chalatenango 2 - 3 CD FAS
Alianza 2 - 3 Atlético Balboa
Isidro Metapán 2 - 2 LA Firpo
Águila - suspended by rain - Nejapa

CONCACAF Champions League:-
Tuesday 7th October:-
Cruz Azul 1 - 1 Marathon - Group A
Houston Dynamo 2 - 1 San Francisco FC - Group B

Wednesday 8th October:-
Joe Public FC v Impact de Montreal - Group C
Olimpia v Atlante - Group C
Municipal v Tauro FC - Group D
Santos Laguna v Puerto Rico Islanders - Group D

Thursday 9th October:-
Saprissa v DC United - Group A
Luis Angel Firpo v Pumas - Group B

CONCACAF World Cup Qaulifiers - Round 3 - Match 4 - all games Saturday - (current points in brackets)
Group 1:-
USA (9) v Cuba (0)
Guatemala (4) v Trinidad & Tobago (4)

Group 2:-
Jamaica (1) v Mexico (9)
Honduras (6) v Canada (1)

Group 3:-
Suriname (1) v Costa Rica (9)
Haiti (1) v El Salvador (6)

Remember, the top two from each group go to The HEX

SPECIAL FREE GIFT
Sorry, cant get it hosted, will sort it for next week!

Podcast SPECIAL - CONCAChampions League - mid point review with Gary Stempel Interview

Gary Stempel, manager of San Francisco and Panamá, speaks to this pod.

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CONCACAF Champions League - Group Stage - 3rd games:-

Group A
Deportivo Saprissa 2 - 1 CD Marathón
DC United 0 - 1 Cruz Azul

Table (all played 3)
Marathon (HON) 6pts, +3
Cruz Azul (MEX) 6pts, +3
Saprissa (CRC) 6pts, -1
DC United (USA) 0pts -5 (no goals scored)

Group B
Pumas UNAM 4 - 4 Houston Dynamo - full report
LA Firpo 1 - 0 San Francisco

Table (Pumas & San Francisco played 3, Firpo & Houston played 2)
Pumas (MEX) 5pts, +3
Firpo (SLV) 3pts, -2
Houston (USA) 2pts. 0
San Francisco (PAN) 2pts, -1

Group C
CD Olimpia 1 - 2 Impact de Montreal
Atlante FC 0 - 1 Joe Public FC

Table (all played 3)
Impact (CAN) 7pts, +3
Atlante (MEX) 4pts, 0
Olimpia (HON) 3pts, 0
Joe Public FC (TRI) 3pts, -3

Group D
CSD Municipal 2 - 2 Puerto Rico Islanders
Tauro FC 2 - 0 Club Santos Laguna

Table (all played 3)
Islanders (PUR) 7pts, +3
Tauro (PAN) 6pts, +3
Santos (MEX) 3pts, -3
Municipal (GUA) 1pt, -2

To see all results and videos so far, check these links.
Preliminary Round First Legs
Preliminary Round Second Legs

Group Stage Match 1
Group Stage Match 2
Group Stage Match 3

Wednesday 1st October 2008 - Scraping The Barrel

Eliseo "Cheyo" Quintanilla, currently without team, seems to have been given a life-line by Super-Leaders Águila, who look keen to snap him up, after his alleged discipline problems in Liga Deportivo Alajuelense.



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CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage, Second games:- (click on score for video highlights)
Group A:-
Cruz Azul (MEX) 4 - 0 Saprissa (CRC)
Marathon (HON) 2 - 0 DC United (USA)

Group B:-
San Francisco (PAN) 0 - 0 Houston Dynamo (USA)
Pumas (MEX) 3 - 0 Firpo (SLV) - full report

Group C:-
Joe Public (T&T) 1 - 3 Olimpia (HON)
Impact (CAN) 0 - 0 Atlante (MEX)

Group D:-
Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR) 3 - 1 Santos (MEX)
Tauro (PAN) 2 - 1 Municipal (GUA)

First Division 9th Jornada:- click on scores for video highlights
Chalatenango 1 - 0 Águila - 1,937
Vista Hermosa 2 - 1 Balboa - 950
Alianza 0 - 1 FAS - 2,554
Isidro Metapán 4 - 1 Juventud Independiente - 964
Firpo 2 - 0 Nejapa - 854

Table, 9 games of 18 played:-
1st Águila 20pts +20
2nd Isidro Metapán 16pts +8
3rd Vista Hermosa 13pts +2
== Chalatenango 13pts -1
5th FAS 12pts 0
6th Alianza 11pts -1
7th Firpo 10pts 0
8th Nejapa 9pts -7
== Juventud Independiente 9pts -13
10th Atlético Balboa 6pts -8

Table, by attendance this year:-
19,807 Águila
14,445 Alianza
11,516 Firpo
8,873 FAS
7,983 Vista Hermosa
7,103 Balboa
6,900 Chalatenango
6,083 Metapán
4,812 Nejapa
4,304 Juventud Independiente

NEXT WEEK:- EXCLUSIVE interview with Gary Stempel, Manager of San Francisco FC, Panamá

Monday 22nd September - The Wounds of The Victor

Leandro Franco leaves the pitch after being smacked in the face by Juan Mosquera, and is later comforted by his girlfriend. Mosquera says it was unintentional and Franco, facing three months out, has said he forgives him fully; "It happens in football - he also needs the support of his family."

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El Salvador First Divsion:-
Round 5 (postponed):-
Isidro Metapán 3 - 1 Chalatenango 17th September 2008

Round 8 (20th September 2008):-
Atlético Balboa 1 - 0 Isidro Metapán
Nejapa 3 - 1 Chalatenango
Juventud Independiente 0 - 0 L.A. Firpo
Águila 1 - 0 Alianza
C.D. FAS 1 - 0 Vista Hermosa

CONCACAF Champions League - Groups - Game 1 (click on score for videos)

Group A:-
D.C. United (USA) 0 - 2 Deportivo Saprissa (CRC) - Washington DC (I honestly do not understand that commentary - what are they saying?)
CD Marathon (HON) 2 - 0 Cruz Azul (MEX) - San Pedro Sula
Tuesday 23rd - Cruz Azul v Saprissa - DF
Wednesday 24th - Marathon v DC Utd - San Pedro Sula

Group B:-
San Francisco FC (PAN) 1 - 1 Pumas UNAM (MEX) - Panama - full report
Houston Dynamo (USA) v Luis Angel Firpo (SLV) - Houston - postponed until 26th November 2008
Tuesday 23rd - San Francisco v Houston - Panama
Wednesday 24th - Pumas v Firpo - DF

Group C:-
Impact de Montreal (CAN) 2 - 0 Joe Public FC (TRI) - Montreal
Atlante FC (MEX) 1 - 0 CD Olimpia - Cancun
Wednesday 24th - Joe Public v Olimpia - Macoya
Wednesday 24th - Impact v Atlante - Montreal

Group D:-
Puerto Rico Islanders 2 - 1 Tauro FC - Bayamon
Club Santos Laguna 3 - 2 CSD Municipal - Torreón
Tuesday 23rd - Islanders v Santos - Bayamon
Thursday 25th - Tauro v Municipal - Panama

La Galaxy v Real Salt Lake - MLS creeping into the blog, damn it... enjoy this amusing moment., when Fabian Espindola looks at his foot.... also enjoy the commentary ....

CHEYO LEAVES!! - he has some problems, I fancy .... who will take him?

Monday 15th September

Pablo Centrone (ARG) is sacked by Alianza following a frustrating home loss against Chalatenango. He has led them well, during the difficult period of the FIFA sanction, and leaves them lying second in the table.

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World Cup Qualfiers - Round 3, Game 3:-
Group 1:-
Guatemala 4 - 1 Cuba
USA 3 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago

Group 2:-
Mexico 2 - 1 Canada
Honduras 2 - 0 Jamaica

Group 3:-
Haiti 1 - 3 Costa Rica
Suriname 0 - 2 El Salvador

Current Group Standings here.

First Division Round 7:-
Vista Hermosa 1 - 1 Águila
Metapán 2 - 2 FAS
Firpo 0 - 0 Balboa
Nejapa 1 - 1 Juventud Inde.
Alianza 0 - 1 Chalatenango

CONCACAF Champions League Groups, first games:-
Group A:-
DC United v Deportivo Saprissa - Tuesday
Marathón v Cruz Azul - Wednesday

Group B:-
San Francisco v Pumas - Tuesday
Houston Dynamo v Firpo - postponed

Group C:-
Impact de Montreal v Joe Public FC - Wednesday
Atlante v CD Olímpia - Thursday

Group D:-
Puerto Rico Islanders v Tauro - Tuesday
Santos Laguna v CSD Municipal - Wednesday

Monday 8th September 2008 - CONCACAF World Cup Quals & Champions League

Job done - for now - A clearly satisfied Carlos De Los Cobos smiles to the packed Cuscatlan to acknowledge their delight in the World Cup Qualifer against Haiti.

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CONCACAF Champions League Prelimenary Round - Second Legs (first leg scores in brackets - overall score follows - click on links for videos)

San Francisco FC (Pan) 5 - 0 Deportivo Jalapa (GUA) - (0-1) 5-1
New England Revolution (USA) 0 - 4 Joe Public FC (TRI) - (1-2) 1-6 Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR) 2 - 1 LD Alajuelense (CRC) - (1-1) 3-2
Hankook Verdes (BLZ) 0 - 6 Cruz Azul (MEX) - (0-6) 0-12
Pumas UNAM (MEX) 3 - 0 Harbour View (JAM) - (n/a) 3-0 - full report
Chivas USA (USA) 1 - 1 Tauro FC (PAN) - (0-2) 1-3
Real Esteli FC (NCA) 0 - 0 Impact de Montreal - (0-1) 0-1
CD Marathón (HON) 2 - 1 Isidro Metapán (SLV) - (2-2) 4-3

The Groups look like this:-
Group A:- DC United (USA), Deportivo Saprissa (CRC), Cruz Azul (MEX) and CD Marathón (HON)
Group B:- Houston Dynamo (USA), CD Luis Angel Firpo (SLV), San Francisco (PAN) and Pumas UNAM (MEX)
Group C:- Atlante FC (MEX), CD Olimpia (HON), Joe Public FC (TRI) and Impact de Montreal (CAN)
Group D:- Santos Laguna (MEX), CSD Municipal (GUA) Puerto Rico Islanders (PUR) and Tauro FC (PAN)

CONCACAF World Cup Quals Round 3 - Game 2
Group 1:-
Trinidad & Tobago 1 - 1 Guatemala - nice goal from Keon Daniel
Cuba 0 - 1 USA - US citizens on Cuban soil with Govt approval, and another unconvincing US victory
Table:-
USA 6pts
T&T 4pts
Guatemala 1 pt
Cuba 0 pts
Wednesday games:-
6pm - USA v Trinidad & Tobago
8pm - Guatemala v Cuba

Group 2:-The Group Of Death
Saturday's games:-
Mexico 3 - 0 Jamaica - Being forced to change this to Fortress Azteca will not have helped Jamaica, it's a thing of beauty the Azteca, it truly is...
Canada 1 - 2 Honduras
Table:-
Mexico 6pts
Honduras 3pts
Canada 1pt
Jamaica 1pt
Wednesday games:-
7pm -Mexico v Canada
7.30pm - Honduras v Jamaica

Group 3:-
Saturday's games:-
El Salvador 5 - 0 Haiti
Costa Rica 7 - 0 Suriname - bring 'em on!!
Table:-
Costa Rica 6 points
El Salvador 3 pts
Haiti 1 pt
Suriname 1 pt
This really confirms the good fortune El Salvador had in the draw, they and Costa Rica clear favourites to go through
Wednesday games:-
1.30pm - Paramaribo - Suriname v El Salvador
4pm - Port-au-Prince - Costa Rica v Haiti

CONMEBOL World Cup Quals - Games 7 & 8
This weekend saw Round 7 of games:-
Argentina 1 - 1 Paraguay
Ecuador 3 - 1 Bolivia
Columbia 0 - 1 Uruguay
Peru 1 - 0 Venezuela
Chile 0 - 3 Brazil

Table (7 games played):-
Paraguay 14pts
Brazil 12pts
Argentina 12pts
Uruguay 11pts
Columbia 10pts
Chile 10pts
Ecuador 8pts
Venezuela 7pts
Peru 6pts
Bolivia 4pts

Midweek games - Round 8:-
Paraguay v Venezuela
Uruguay v Ecuador
Chile v Columbia
Brazil v Bolivia
Peru v Argentina


A fairly important moment. Jair Marrufo shows the red card to Pierre Brunny after just 12 minutes. His incredulity is as clear as it may be expected. The give away, however. Look how surprised Williams Reyes (on the ground) is to see the red card

Wednesday 3rd September 2008

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First Division:- click on games for highlights
FAS 2 -3 Firpo
Balboa 3 - 7 Juv Indep
Chalat 2 - 2 Vista Hermosa
Alianza 0 - 0 Nejapa
Águila 1 - 1 Metapán

CONCACAF Champions League Results

Peru First Division - Universidad San Martin beat Sport Boys 5-2 click here to see the goals, it is very important you watch to the end to see the last goal.

Champions League & Bouncing Back in the League - Friday 29th August

You know who.

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First Division - Round 5 - click on games for video highlights
LA Firpo 2 - 3 Águila
Juventud Independiente 2 - 1 CD FAS
Vista Hermosa 4 - 2 Alianza
Nejapa 2 - 1 Atlético Balboa
Isidro Metapán v Chalatenango - 17th Sept

CONCACAF Champions League 2008/2009 - Preliminary Round - First Legs - click on games for video highlights

Group A
DC United (USA)
Deportivo Saprissa (Costa Rica)
Cruz Azul (Mexico) 6 - 0 Hankook Verdes (Belize)
Isidro Metapán (El Salvador) 2 - 2 Marathón (Honduras)

Group B
Houston Dynamo (USA)
Luis Angel Firpo (El Salvador)
Harbour View (Jamaica) v Pumas UNAM (Mexico) - postponed
Deportivo Jalapa (Guatemala) 1 - 0 San Francisco FC (Panamá)

Group C
Atlante (Mexico)
Olimpia (Honduras)
Joe Public FC (Trinidad & Tobago) 2 - 1 New England Revolution (USA)
Impact de Montreal (Canada) 1 - 0 Real Esteli FC (Nicaragua)

Group D
Santos Laguna (Mexico)
Municipal (Guatemala)
Tauro FC (Panamá) 2 - 0 Chivas USA (USA)
LD Alajuelense (Costa Rica) 1 - 1 Puerto Rico Islanders (Puerto Rico)

Starter For Ten - Monday 25th August

Defender Luis Anaya raises a hand to ask a question of his manager Pablo Centrone (Arg) during his half-time pep talk. Alianza v Metapán, Estadio Cuscatlan, Saturday 23rd August

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First Division - Round 4 - click on games to see videos
Vista Hermosa 0 - 0 Nejapa
Chalatenango 2 - 1 LA Firpo
Alianza 1 - 1 Metapán
CD FAS 1 - 1 Atlético Balboa
Águila 10 - 0 Juventud Independiente

CONCACAF World Cup 2010 Qualifiers - Round 3 - Game 1 - Thursday 21st August 2008

Presidents Óscar Arias and Antonio Saca, of Costa Rica and El Salvador respectively, watched the game together in the Estadio Ricardo Saprissa, San Jose, Costa Rica.

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CONCACAF World Cup 2010 Qualifying - Round 3 - Game 1

Group A
Guatemala 0 - 1 USA
Cuba 1 - 3 Trinidad & Tobago

Group B
Canada 1 - 1 Jamaica
Mexico 2 - 1 Honduras

Group C
Costa Rica 1 - 0 El Salvador longer video
Haití 2 - 2 Surinam - worth watching to the end to hear the Haitian commentator.

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The Return - Friday 15th August

Four Brains, each the size of Kent - can you name these Sporting Genii? Click on image for a closer look, and post your answers below.

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World Cup Qualifer:-
Panama 1 - 0 El Salvador
El Salvador 3 - 1 Panama
more details on each of the Salvadorian goals:-
70 mins Cheyo Quintanilla
82 mins Cheyo Quintanilla (pen)
89 mins Luis Anaya
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Apertura 2008 1st Division:-
Round One:-
Juventud Independiente 0 - 3 Vista Hermosa
Atlético Balboa 1 - 2 Alianza
Nejapa 1 - 6 Águila
LA Firpo 0 -0 Isidro Metapán
CD FAS 2 - 2 Chalatenango

Round Two:-
Alianza 3 - 1 Juventud Independiente
Vista Hermosa 1 - 1 LA Firpo
Chalatenango 1 - 1 Atlético Balboa
Isidro Metapán 2 - 1 Nejapa
Águila 3 - 1 CD FAS

Round Three:-
Juventud Independiente 0 - 0 Chalatenango
Atlético Balboa 1 - 3 Águila
Nejapa 0 - 3 CD FAS
Isidro Metapán 3 - 0 Vista Hermosa

LA Firpo 1 - 2 Alianza

Table to date:-
1st Águila 9pts
== Alianza 9pts
3rd Metapán 7pts
4th Vista Hermosa 4pts
== CD FAS 4pts
6th Chalatenango 3pts
7th LA Firpo 2pts
8th Juventud Independiente 1pt
== Atlético Balboa 1pt
10th Nejapa 0pts

CONCACAF World Cup Quals Second Round - Monday 16th June

Atlético Balboa celebrate their promotion to the top flight with their fans in the Estadio Cuscatlan

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Panama 1 - 0 El Salvador
Videos:-
Goal
The best of El Savador

CONCACAF World Cup 2010 Qualifying - Second Round - First Legs (for videos click on scoreline):-

Towards Group 1:-
USA 8 - 0 Barbados
Guatemala 6 - 0 Saint Lucia
Trinidad & Tobago 1 - 2 Bermuda
Antigua & Barbuda 3 - 4 Cuba

Towards Group 2:-
Belize 0 - 2 Mexico
Jamaica 13 - 0 Bahamas (7-0 & 6-0)
Honduras 6 - 2 Puerto Rico (4-0 & 2-2)
St Vincent & Grenadines 0 - 3 Canada

Towards Group 3:-
Grenada 2 - 2 Costa Rica
Suriname 1 - 0 Guyana
Panama 1 - 0 El Salvador
Haiti 0 - 0 Dutch Antilles

CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying:-
Round 5:-
Uruguay 1 - 1 Venezuela
Peru 1 - 1 Columbia
Paraguay 2 - 0 Brazil
Argentina 1 - 1 Ecuador
Bolivia 0 - 2 Chile

Round 6:-
Uruguay 6 - 0 Peru
Bolivia 4 - 2 Paraguay
Ecuador 0 - 0 Columbia
Brazil 0 - 0 Argentina
Venezuela 2 - 3 Chile

There are 18 rounds, finishing in October 2009
Current table

Second Division Champions of Champions:-
Atletico Balboa 1 - 0 Juventud Independiente

Third Division Play-Off:-
Liberal IR 2 - 2 Águila San Isidro
Águila San Isidro 2 - 0 Liberal IR

CONCACAF Champions League:-
Preliminary Round Draw Video
Group Stage Draw Video

Preliminary Round Details
(Metapán v Honduras 2)

Group Stage Details
(If Metapán win - Group A with DC United, Saprissa & winner of Cruz Azul v Hankook Verdes)
(LA Firpo - Group B with Houston Dynamo and the winners of Guatemala 2 v San Francisco and Harbour View v Pumas)
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World Cup Qualifying Preview - Monday 9th June 2008

Juventud Independiente manager Jorge Ábrego is thrown into the air by his players moments after securing the Clausura 2008 title. He said "Today I have graduated as a Manager, in front of the fans and all those who do not believe in Salvadorian managers"

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Second Division Final:-
Atlético Balboa 0 - 2 Juventud Independiente

Second Division Stay Up / Go Up Play-off, First Leg:-
Liberal I.R. [2nd] 2 - 2 Águila San Isisdro [3rd]

El Salvador Squad v Panama:-

Goalkeepers:-
Juan José Gómez (Firpo)
Miguel Montes (Nejapa)

Defenders:-
Marvin González (FAS)
Manuel Salazar (Firpo)
Alex Escobar (Metapán)
Luis Anaya (Chalatenango)
Jonathan Barrios (Alianza)
Alfredo Pacheco (FAS)
Luis Hernández (Águila)
Ramón Flores (FAS)

Midfielders:-
Shawn Martin (Águila)
Óscar Jímenez (Alianza)
Ramón Sánchez (Chalatenango)
Eliseo Quintanilla (Liga Alajuelense, Costa Rica)
Salvador Coreas (Vista Hermosa)
Williams Torres Alegría (Águila)

Forwards:-
Cristian Castillo (Chalatenango)
Rudis Corrales (Águila)
Rodolfo Zelaya (Chalatenango)
José Martínez (Alianza)
Williams Reyes (Metapán) will be included if his Nationalisation Papers (DUI) come through in time.

CONCACAF World Cup 2010 Qualifying Round 2:-
Honduras 4 - 0 Puerto Rico
Fixtures:-
at CONCACAF.com
at Wikipedia.org
at Soccernet.com (live scores):- Saturday games and Sunday games

Copa Libertadores:-
Semi-Finals:-
America 1 - 1 LDUQ
LDUQ 0 - 0 America

Boca Jnrs 2 - 2 Fluminense
Fluminense 3 - 1 Boca Jnrs

Full Results

CONCACAF FUTSAL Championship:-
Some stuff, including videos, here

CONCACAF Champions League Draw:-
Will be on Wednesday 11th June check here for details once the draw has taken place.

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