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.