Korea Beats Football Legends Mexico 1-0
The South Korean football team finished up its overseas training on a high note with a victory over FIFA sixth-ranked Mexico. Lee Dong-gook was in luck 15 minutes into the friendly at Los Angeles’ Memorial Coliseum, netting the winning goal in the 1-0 game. Korea dominated for most of the match, but out of the multiple scoring opportunities allowed by the Mexican defense, Korea was only able to convert one.
This victory comes four years and eight months after Korea’s last win over the formidable Mexicans, a 2-1 triumph at the Confederations Cup in Ulsan. Their match record tallies altogether four wins, two draws and five losses. Over its entire training tour, Korea notched up five wins, one draw and three defeats.
The Koreans started off slightly inferior to Mexico, but when Lee Dong-gook scored taking advantage of Mexican goalkeeper Sanchez Oswaldo’s mistake, the game turned favorable for the Asians. After Sanchez took possession of the ball after a free kick by Lee Chun-soo, he misread a Korean off-side and rolled the ball to kick it away, Lee Dong-gook, who was in penalty area, sprinted for the ball and put it in the net. After that, Korea ruled, pressuring the Mexican team from the midfield. The number of shots was 18 for Korea and nine for Mexico.
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Japan beats Mexico 6-1 in WBC
Jim Allen Daily Yomiuri Sportswriter With its back to the wall, Japan remained alive in the World Baseball Classic with an inspiring 6-1 victory over Mexico at Angel Stadium on Tuesday.
Japan will qualify for a berth in Saturday's semifinals by beating South Korea on Wednesday and not allowing more than six runs in the process.
Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka pointed Pool 1 toward a 1-2 Asian finish by working five scoreless innings and posting Japan's first win in the quarterfinal round. South Korea, the only undefeated team in the 16-nation tournament, is almost assured of
South Korea Speeds Up FTA With Mexico
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit here will likely be a great challenge for the two countries, which are haggling over a free trade agreement (FTA) across the Pacific Ocean.
During the state visit by President Roh to the Central American nation from Sept. 8 to 10, South Korea hopes to speed up negotiations for an economic partnership agreement (EPA), which includes an FTA and other measures for economic cooperation.
The two countries have been in consultation on the matter since May last year when they launched a joint study team for the EPA.
Mexico beats Hungary in friendly
Francisco Fonseca and Joel Huiqui both scored goals in each half and Mexico beat Hungary 2-0 Wednesday night in an exhibition match.
The win was the first in seven games against a European team for Mexico since Ricardo La Volpe took over as national coach after the 2002 World Cup.
The exhibition was part of the Mexico's five-game U.S. tour in preparation for the World Cup in Germany next year.
Fonseca scored on a header from about 10 yards out in the 32nd minute. Juan Pablo Rodriguez crossed the ball to Fonseca off a corner kick and
Football: Mexico City to stage NFL game
merican 'tackle' football is coming to Mexico. The National Football League (NFL) announced the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers would play the first regular-season contest outside the United States on October 2nd.
If the game is well received, it could mean more NFL games played outside the United States.
The league will evaluate all of the markets that have indicated an interest in hosting games around the world, including several in Europe, Canada, Asia, according to Roger Goodell, the league's executive vice president.
Goodell spoke at a news conference to talk about the
Mexico Seeks to Boost Trade Ties
The top Mexican envoy in Seoul believes that President Roh Moo-hyun’s visit to Mexico will help the two countries establish a ``strategic partnership.’’
``Mexican President Vicente Fox will tackle many bilateral issues with President Roh during the summit meeting in Mexico,’’ Mexican Ambassador to Seoul Leandro Arellano said in a recent interview with The Korea Times. ``Among others, they are going to discuss how to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries.’’
The ambassador said that Mexico and South Korea have developed relations in a remarkable way and it is time to upgrade the level
Korea, Mexico Shake Hands on Strategic Partnership
President Roh Moo-hyun and his Mexican counterpart Vincente Fox on Friday (local time) agreed to form, a strategic partnership between their countries.
The two heads of state also agreed to sign a strategic economic complementation agreement (SECA) as soon as possible to facilitate trade and investment between the two nations. A SECA is less extensive than a free trade agreement and requires tariffs on particular items to be lifted through negotiations. Mexico has an FTA with Japan but is reluctant to form one with Korea because it worries it would increase its trade deficit.
FIFA Slaps Mexico Football with Heavy Fines for Doping
Football's (soccer's) world governing body FIFA has fined the Mexican football federation after two of its players were expelled from last month's Confederations Cup in Germany following positive doping tests.
In a statement Wednesday, FIFA said it fined the Mexican Federation more than $583,000 after Aaron Galindo and Salvador Carmona tested positive for the steroid nandrolone.
The Mexican Federation tested the players before the tournament, which began on June 15. However, the men were not expelled until June 22, after they played in Mexico's 2-1 victory over Japan and 1-0 win over
SAM DOWN MEXICO WAY
MEXICAN skipper Jared Borgetti wants to go to Bolton - and has told his club Pachuca to sell him to Sam Allardyce's side.
Bolton have bid ÂŁ900,000 - less than German clubs Hertha Berlin and Eintracht Frankfurt have offered. But striker Borgetti, 31, top scorer for his country, is keen to come to England on a two-year deal and fulfil a dream. And he has such stature in his homeland he can sway Pachuca to do business.
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NFL will find football thriving in Mexico
When the Arizona Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers play at Azteca Stadium on Sunday, they’ll discover something Mexicans have known for some time: Football is alive and thriving in this country.
And that’s without the NFL.
Consider the annual Clasico, a nasty rivalry that goes back decades and pits the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s Pumas against the Aguilas Blancas, or White Eagles, of the National Polytechnic Institute.
This is Redskins vs. Cowboys, Raiders vs. Chiefs — Mexican style.
“What a game,” gasped the stadium announcer, his voice straining over the din of 45,000 fans. “And you, the
US Soccer Team Beats Mexico, 2-0, Earns Berth in 2006 World Cup
The U.S. Men's Soccer team has defeated Mexico, two-nothing, to earn a berth in next year's World Cup in Germany. The U.S. men are the first team from the North, Central American and Caribbean region to book a place in the World Cup.
The match was even through the first 53 minutes, but then Oguchi Onyewu deflected teammate Eddie Lewis's free kick in front of Mexico's goal.
Mexican goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez sprawled across the goalmouth to try to stop Onyewu and when the shot ricocheted off the goalpost, Steve Ralston
