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CONCACAF Champions League: Cruz Azul-Pachuca 1st Leg Preview

The CONCACAF Champions League is down to the final two teams and it features a rematch of an old coach, Enrique Meza, who coached Pachuca, before returning to Cruz Azul. The game does still have an American appeal as Jose

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CONCACAF Champions League: Semifinal 2nd Leg Preview

The final will be set after this week, and the all Mexico match-ups were both played tightly last week and there was not much difference between these squads. UNAM has a 1-0 lead after the first leg, while Pachuca got

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CONCACAF Champions League: Semifinals 1st Leg Previews

It’s all down to the Mexican teams now in the CONCACAF Champions League. It does take away some of the excitement from the competition but there is no questioning that the Mexican teams have been the class of the entire

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Toluca 3, Columbus 2: Close But Not Quite There

The Columbus Crew were so close to advancing to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions League, but in the end they came up short against Toluca who had an inspired performance by Zinha. Toluca had the better of play throughout

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 2nd Leg Predictions

Most of the Mexican teams were able to get results that set them in a good position to advance. However, I was expecting more dominating performances by the Mexican teams in these games. The only exception is UNAM who were

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CONCACAF Champions League: Quarterfinals 1st Leg Predictions

UEFA Champions League is not the only Champions League going on right now. The knockout round of the CONCACAF Champions League gets started this week. This competition still has some room to grow as so far it has been an

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My Thoughts On Isidro Metapan-Houston Dynamo Game

Definitely one of the most pathetic performances for Houston ever. They started off with a terrible mistake in the 7th minute that lead to a one on one with the goalie that Elias Montes finished for Isidro Metapan’s first goal

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Thoughts On Houston-Pachuca Game

Houston’s chances of qualifying for the knockout stage took a serious hit by losing at home to Pachuca 1-0. The deciding goal came in the 23rd minute from Edgar Benitez who took a cross down in the box unmarked and

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CONCACAF Champions League Preview

The second year of the competition should be exciting and it finally starts this week. Darlings Puerto Rico Islanders and Montreal Impact made strong runs into the competition while MLS struggled mightily. This year MLS has 3 teams in the

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