Defending champion Honduras will face Mexico while the host United States will play Canada, Cuba and El Salvador in the first round of the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying finals. The draw conducted Tuesday at the confederation’s New York headquarters by Deputy General Secretary Ted Howard set the first round of the tournament, putting Panama and Trinidad […]
Motagua’s suffering came to an end in the CONCACAF Champions League. The story ended as it began … with defeat. Team Galaxy came into the National Stadium and dashed all hope with a 1-0 win over Motagua. The Brazilian Juninho is responsible for giving Galaxy the only score in the game, with a long goal […]
Former US Secretary of State and Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Henry Kissinger has been asked to participate in advising the FIFA organization, as it attempts to build a new public image. The newly re-elected FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, said that Kissinger had tentatively agreed to join a “committee of wise persons” to help look […]
Barbadian Lisle Austin was placed in charge of CONCACAF only last week after CONCACAF President Jack Warner was suspended by FIFA pending an investigation into bribery allegations. Lisle Austin, however, has now been temporarily suspended as acting president of CONCACAF by the soccer body’s executive committee for ‘possible violations’ of its statutes. CONCACAF is the […]
In the curtain-raiser between Honduras, semi-finalists in the 2009 tournament, and Barbados, who have qualified for this phase of a CONCACAF championship for the first time, a keenly contested game is anticipated, albeit Honduras should start favorites. Honduras has an enviable record in CONCACAF, and three appearances in the Under-17 World Cup, and it is […]