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 the Polish first division in 2002-03, Groclin played in the UEFA Cup in 2003-04, defeating Germany’s Hertha Berlin and England’s Manchester City in the first two rounds before losing to France’s Bordeaux. Groclin again finished second in the Polish league last season, behind Wisla Krakow and ahead of longtime power Legia Warsaw.
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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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Club America de Mexico 3 Atletico Nacional de Colombia 3
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
With Family Planning, Mexico Takes Giant Leap Toward Future
With nearly a million Mexicans desperately trying to escape to the United States every year -- and probably 20 million illegal aliens already in America -- most Americans have, not without reason, blamed Mexico's traditionally high birth rate and large families for much of the problem.
But in fact, a "population revolution" has taken place here that is so astonishing, and so ultimately crucial to American immigration patterns and problems, that one wonders how it has been so little noticed.
This week, Mexfam, the respected 40-year-old population planning organization that is a member of
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
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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.
Mexicos president-elect promises to fight for equality, jobs, justice
MEXICO CITY President-elect Felipe Calderon promised Thursday he would work tirelessly to construct a nation of equal opportunities and thanked outgoing President Vicente Fox for laying the groundwork for that goal.
Calderons declarations followed his second public appearance with Fox at the presidential residence, Los Pinos, since the nations top electoral court confirmed him as the countrys new leader earlier this month. He takes office on Dec. 1.
The former energy secretary was not Foxs first choice for the job but received his blessing after he won their conservative partys primary.
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Wall will protect U.S. and Mexico
President Bush is determined to stay the course in Iraq, but he is willing to change course on U.S. border security.
Sometimes flexibility is both rewarded and required.
The president has long been reluctant to address border security. That reluctance has been found in both parties. Republicans like the idea of cheap labor coming in. Democrats savor the prospect of more Democrats coming in. The bipartisan elite has been bewitched by the idea that America is an "open" nation where anyone can become a good American simply by coming here - legally or illegally.
The working and middle
