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Atletico Nacional of Colombia scored a late goal to forge a 3-3 draw with Club America of Mexico in the fourth round leg of the South American Cup.
Eduardo Hurtado tied Wednesday night’s game for the Colombian side in the 90th minute after Club America went ahead five minutes earlier.
One of Atletico Nacional’s goals came when Claudio Rojas put the ball in his own goal early in the game. Victor Aristizabal rounded out the scoring for the Colombians.
Claudio Lopez, Christian Gimenez and Kleber Boas accounted for Club America’s goals. The draw at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum extended the team’s undefeated streak to 28 games, including league play and friendly matches.
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Up-and-coming Polish club takes on Mexico's America
The second of three international exhibitions at Soldier Field in an 11-day span comes up tonight when Mexico's Club America takes on Groclin Dyskobolia of Poland. It's a popular matchup for two of Chicago's biggest ethnic communities.
Club America has made regular trips to the lakefront venue, but not Groclin, an up-and-coming team in the Polish league. Formed in 1922 as the Dyskobolia Sport Club, it moved into the first division in 1997 and assumed its present name in 2000. The last two seasons have been the best in Groclin's history.
After finishing second in
Auckland Up Against Mexico
The Auckland City football club will meet Mexicos Club America in the first round of the FIFA Club World Cup in Japan in December.
Auckland, who won the Oceania Nations Cup, will have to get past the Concacaf champions to meet European champions Barcelona in the semi-finals.
Barcelona have been seeded into the semifinals along with the yet to be determined South American champions.
If Auckland City is beaten by Club America they will play the loser of the quarterfinal between the yet to be determined Asian and African champions.
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Colombia Eliminates Mexico
Colombia reached the CONCACAF Gold Cup semifinals with a surprising 2-1 win over defending champion Mexico, thanks to Abel Aguilar's 74th-minute fluke goal Sunday at Reliant Stadium in Houston.
Aguilar's goal came 10 minutes after a resilient, yet often disorganized, Mexican team had tied the score in a back-and-forth match.
However, it was the way Aguilar scored that caused Mexico blushes.
Catching Moises Munoz well off his line, Aguilar sent a 40-yard chip from the right wing over the backpedaling goalkeeper, who could only flail his arms at the ball as it soared over him into the net.
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Colombia stun Mexico
Colombia reached the CONCACAF Gold Cup semi-finals with a surprise 2-1 win over holders Mexico thanks to Abel Aguilar's 74th-minute strike on Sunday. Aguilar's goal came 10 minutes after a resilient, yet often disorganised, Mexican team equalised in an absorbing match.
However, it was the way Deportivo Cali midfielder Aguilar scored that caused Mexico's blushes. Catching Moises Munoz well off his line, Aguilar sent a 35-metre chip over the backpedalling goalkeeper who could only flail his arms at the ball as it soared over him.
Colombia will meet the Panama for a place in the final of the
Mexico striker Borgetti to join Bolton
Mexico's joint all-time record goalscorer Jared Borgetti is on the point of signing for English Premier League club Bolton Wanderers, his present club Pachuca said.
The player known as the Desert Fox, who scored his 35th goal for Mexico in last Sunday's 4-0 win over Guatemala at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in the United States, will become the first Mexican player to join an English club if the move goes through.
"The club has accepted the offer from Bolton for the transfer of the forward," said a statement on Pachuca's official website.
The club said the move
Tequila's Le Club: Acapulco
Victor Gonzalez sells cheap medicine and health care to Mexico's poor, and it has made him very rich.
In just eight years, his chain of Farmacias Similares, or Similar Pharmacies, has grown from a single store in Mexico City to 3,239 across Mexico and is spreading throughout Central America as well as Argentina, Ecuador and Chile. A pharmacy opened in the Peruvian capital of Lima on July 29, and Colombia is next.
His catchy advertising _ a cartoon doctor and an army of scantily clad models _ has made the 58-year-old Gonzalez a household name. His slogan is "The Same, Only Cheaper."
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Orphanage in Mexico gets Lions' share of gifts
Christmas celebrations came early for an orphanage in Tecate, Mexico, when more than a dozen members of the Montebello Lions Club arrived bearing gifts, food and money.
In its first Orphanage Christmas Party on Dec. 10, the club showered toys, games, clothes, books and several computers on the 29 children at San Juan Bosco Orphanage.
A past president of the Montebello club, Valente Herrera, owns a tile and flooring factory in Tecate. After witnessing the scarce resources at the orphanage, Valente decided to ask the club to unofficially "adopt" the facility earlier this year, said
WANDERERS GO DOWN MEXICO WAY
Bolton are close to signing Mexico striker Jared Borgetti.
The 31-year-old arrived in the UK on Friday and as well as negotiating with the club he is also undergoing a medical at the Reebok Stadium.
Should the deal be completed he would be the first Mexican to play in the English top flight.
A report on the club's official website www.bwfc.co.uk read: "The club are hopeful that a deal can be done with Mexico's leading goalscorer over the next 48 hours."
Bolton are believed to be willing to pay his current club Pachuca just short of £1million for his services.
Museo Nacional de la Estampa (Museum of Engraving)
Displays include those from pre-Hispanic times, when clay seals were used for designs on fabrics, ceramics, and other surfaces. But the most famous works here are probably those of José Guadalupe Posada, Mexico's famous printmaker, who poked fun at death and politicians through his skeleton figure drawings.
