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.

CAPTION COMPETITION:-
Please add your captions as comments below, along with any other comments, questions etc

The Grand Final - Monday 2nd June 2008

Would you want to win it?

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El Gran Final:-
Luis Angel Firpo 1 - 0 Club Deportivo Futbolistas Asociados Santanecos
Videos:-
Before kick-off
National Anthem - by Yokastakirei
FAS entering the stadium - by Yokastakirei
The Penalty - you decide
Celebrations in The Cuscatlan - and recieving the trophy from national President, Saca.
Celebrations in Usulután - The team went back after the game, and the celebrations went on long into the night

Second Division Semi Finals second legs:-
Atlético Marte 3 - 1 Atlético Balboa (6-6 agg, 3-5 penalties) (Turcios goal from first leg)
Santa Tecla 0 - 3 Juventud Independiente (1-3 agg)

International Friendlies:-
El Salvador (blue) 0 - 0 Guatemala (white)
from the stands of the RFK Stadium, Washington, USA
Panama 1 - 0 Guatemala
video of game, again from stands
Blas Pérez - and his four goals with Tigres:- vs Necaxa, vs Pumas, vs Atlante and the best vs Jaguares.

Third Division Triangular final game:-
Titán de Texistepeque 3 - 3 Águila San Isidro
Titán and Universidad de El Salvador are promoted to the second division.

Real Maryland FC:-
Dennis Alas - video
Ronald Cerritos - watch Cerritos set Landon Donovan up in 2001 with a "heel-ball"

Costa Rican League Final:-
Saprissa 1 - 0 Liga Alajuelense
Liga Alajuelense 0 - 1 Saprissa

Panamanian League Final:-
Tauro 1 - 3 San Francisco - The goals along with interviews, including Gary Stempel

Mexican League Final:-
Daniel Ludueña
Christian Benítez
Cruz Azul 1 - 2 Santos
Santos 1 - 1 Cruz Azul

Trinidad & Tobago 0 - 3 England:-
Why Was Beckham Captain? - third paragraph

CONCACAF Champions League Qualification:-
Official
Wikipedia.org

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