Chicharito Hernandez no en esta cosa: Thread de Fútbol Mexicano

My Spanish is terrible.

I've wanted to make this thread for a while but I don't know enough about the league to really speak well on it -- however that hasn't stopped anyone on ILF before so here goes.

A friend of mine has done some interesting write-ups on the current season here: http://www.hottimeinoldtown.com/2012/2/17/2803877/week-7-of-the-mexican-league and here: http://www.hottimeinoldtown.com/2012/2/9/2788045/mexican-league-preview-week-6

However, the real impetus for this thread is Johan Cruyff joins Guadalajara.

http://cdn.pimpmyspace.org/media/pms/c/4l/zt/f7/chicharito.gif

coool. i've been wanting an fmf thread.

i'll be watching santos vs. guadalajara on sunday, a little scouting ahead of concacaf CL in a couple weeks.

http://www.yotufutbol.com/contenido/escudos/mexico/deportivo%20toluca%20fc.jpg

http://www4.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Miguel+Sabah+9L7eB628ZEbm.jpg

This guy looks like a cool guy

Sabah is pretty good, excels in the league but has never made a big enough splash to make the jump abroad or into the nat'l side until somewhat recently.

Chivas pulled out a win, finally, vs Santos, but from what little I saw of it they're still not very good. I watched all of UNAM vs Queretaro and felt like I wanted my two hours back. Should have DVR'd the Club America game instead, it was a goal fest.

I've wanted to make this thread for a while but I don't know enough about the league to really speak well on it -- however that hasn't stopped anyone on ILF before so here goes.

― Wild Flag Post (dan m), Friday, February 24, 2012 5:52 PM (3 days ago)

ha yes, i'd guess you know more about mexican football than i do about the russian premier league

http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/7658418/an-excerpt-robert-andrew-powell-book-love-not-cowards-soccer-ciudad-juarez

great read

US players in Mexico: Herc Gomez (2) and Damarcus Beasley (1) scorin' goals against each other

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8MB28QaPNhY

Superclasico madness, America just broke the deadlock in the 85th minute.

https://twitter.com/#!/ESPNtri/status/189797038018412544

hmmmmmm

Found a good blog for anyone interested in the Mexican league (finding English coverage is a stone cold pain in the ass)

http://www.fmfstateofmind.com/

have galavision etc ever talked about subtitling their broadcasts in English? i can watch anyway and generally get it, but man it would help my spanish (and game understanding) if there was some kind of closed captioning.

I've often wondered if there could be a reverse-SAP setting or something

"Dan and Jergins' reverse-SAP write-in campaign" has a certain ring to it

http://www.goal.com/en-ca/news/4209/mexico/2012/04/27/3064824/mexican-clubs-break-away-from-fmf-and-form-independent

pulling an "EPL"?? dunno how this is gonna work

iget why they'd want to do this: a 0-0 draw would yield zero points for involved teams, a 1-1 draw wouuld equal one point for each, and a 2-2 tie and beyond would be two points.

but it's still weird

@EbenLehman on Twitter is a good source of Mexican info in English

Liguilla playoff 1st round match-ups:
#1 Santos v. #8 Jaguares
#2 Monterrey v. #7 Tijuana
#3 America v. #6 Pachuca
#4 Morelia v #5 Tigres

So it's Santos v Monterrey for the league in a repeat of the CCL finals. Here's hoping it's not on Televisa.

Hugo Sanchez taking over the reins at Pachuca.

Brazil('s Olympic team) v Mexico (quasi-qualifying first team) has been p entertaining this afternoon, Mexico winning 2-0 on a fine defensive display

that was a great match, questionable officiating tho. some sikk shots

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEB-UbfSfo8

there was one sequence by mexico in the second half that ended with a long cross-field one-timer that fell juuuust right that would have been one of the coolest goals i've ever seen

very impressive from mexico. barrera guardado gio chicharito is solid attacking front four, but this was all about frustrating brazil with pressure which they did very well. don't know much about their defense, but they were great today.

think the gio goal was a cross

You do remember the goal he scored vs USA last summer, right? Think he's earned the benefit of the doubt.

can't find the highlight i'm talking about anywhere, lame

i was trying to give him the benefit of the doubt. if he is shooting from that angle with chicharito in the box, he's dumber than i thought.

So my team Toluca have won five in a row and are top of the Mexican league!

attn Ismael Klata: http://soccerwithoutlimits.com/stadium-experiences-estadio-azteca-mexico-citys-hallowed-ground

Thanks dan, just spotted this. Yeah, I think if I could pick anywhere new to see a big game, a WC final or similar, it'd probably be there.

https://twitter.com/RunnerLuis/status/268450623811371008

Luis Bueno ‏@RunnerLuis

Vergara said he'd offered Chicharito to Chivas USA once but Preki said he wasn't good enough.

smdh @ preki

Apparently Jorge Vergara (Mexican heath-supplements magnate who also owns Chivas de Guadalajara, Saprissa, and is super fuckin rich) fired basically everyone from Chivas USA and shot his mouth off about all kinds of stuff to the point where bloggers and other writers were speculating on whether the other owners/league would have let him in if they knew then what they know now. Entertaining stuff.

Toluca beat America (the most hated team in mexico so i was told) 2-0 at America's home ground. Second leg is on next Sunday 7 pm gmt

Xolos beat Toluca! http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mode=show&id=9704&fb_action_ids=4456641688779&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%224456641688779%22%3A364280257000658}&action_type_map={%224456641688779%22%3A%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[]

Xolos are a pretty interesting case given their relative newcomer status and their cross-border fanbase. Several Americans there too.

ugh that URL is horrible, use this http://bit.ly/V8Natg

Xolos just scored two goals in about a minute, 78 min into the match. Toluca's not been playing badly, either. This is a much better game than the MLS final last night.

Also Guadalajara announced they are firing Cruyff midway through the game.

Sad to hear this evening of Miguel Calero's passing.

https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/578025_455722621154252_1569188663_n.jpg

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story/_/id/1251148/ex-pachuca-goalie-miguel-calero-dies-at-age-41?cc=5901

http://www.xiquarterly.com/2013/02/04/interview-with-marco-garces/

Great interview on how Mexican clubs scout the US for players.

http://www.multichannel.com/content/espn-kick-select-liga-mx-matches-english/142011

This thread is fixin' to get some more traffic.

http://www.voxxi.com/america-win-a-dramatic-mexican-final/

live soccer on a drunk friday night, yep. tijuana 1-0 morelia
longhair tj goalie is something, should play in a doors cover band

http://i40.tinypic.com/2mrtg2h.jpg

fuck that tj dog crest btw. 90s socal surf shop sticker ftl

a guy ripped his shorts

why not liveblog when you got these kind of pix as backup
http://i44.tinypic.com/16aqq2c.jpg

i wrote a poem about the style of play:

frantic unfocused
good ideas
touch but no poise

there is a wrestling element to the injuries and dives in this league

edgar castillo wear a mask bcz it'd be better than ur face

they're all so worked up and ott, like is matchday 4 of the clausura that big of a deal or

final. longhair bro saves it at the death, tj 1-0 morelia.

there's always a game on somewhere

This series of posts sums up most ligamx games I've seen

Cuauhtemoc Blanco gets his final cap tonight at 41, and for a few minutes he was the best player on the field.

lol these old madmen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXGPAUVOoJs

Ronaldinho making his debut for Queretaro

http://i.imgur.com/MpecGre.png

Also America expecting 100k+ at Azteca for the first leg of the champions league final tomorrow night. Montreal expecting 60k+ for the return leg.

Cheech's first goal for Leverkusen streamable.com/yz4s

http://streamable.com/yz4s

CHICAGO FIRE LEGEND JUAN CARLOS OSORIO IN AS MEXICO COACH JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJA

man it's gonna suck if he is successful

https://twitter.com/UnivisionSports/status/709209032448278529

Clasico chaos, that match. Love Liga MX.

http://screamer.deadspin.com/report-mexican-striker-alan-pulido-escapes-from-kidnap-1779505215

holy shit: The Olympiakos player told police he punched one of the kidnappers, took his gun, and shot the man before breaking through the “safe house” window and escaping, according to Proceso. Previous media reports had indicated police rescued Pulido.

badman

Quick, call him up for Copa

Miguel Herrera doing analysis on UniMas, much more subdued than I would have hoped.

Mexico vs Uruguay in Copa this weekend should be good, they haven't played since Uruguay won 1-0 in the 2011 Copa. Mexico crashed out and Uruguay won it all.

really interesting article on the repercussions of rule changes in Liga MX regarding mexican-american players

http://www.espnfc.com/team/mexico/203/blog/post/2909887/mexico-us-dual-nationals-limited-by-new-liga-mx-rule

Zomg

Rafa Marquez and several of his business have allegedly acted as fronts and held assets for drug kingpin Raul Flores Hernandez. pic.twitter.com/1cEtmRCOcb

— FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) August 9, 2017

Donovan out of retirement for a second time to play for Leon, so weird

https://www.si.com/soccer/2018/01/16/leon-landon-donovan-mexico-signing-introduction

Always loved this guy when I could watch liga mx easily

What became of Salvador Cabañas? I recently visited Paraguay to find out how he is getting on, nine years after the shooting that changed his life.https://t.co/rAz84xmQbC pic.twitter.com/FGsBYqjEPI

— Tom Marshall (@mexicoworldcup) March 14, 2019

hola de cdmx y la apertura finale! not that i’m at the game. but it’s everywhere. america up 4-3 aggregate at the half.

Reports of mass pitch invasion, fan fighting, and murders at Queretato/Atlas match tonight :(

https://www.marca.com/en/football/liga-mx/2022/03/06/622419d0268e3e7d478b45c8.html

Apparently no deaths this far (but serious injuries)

Which is crazy because initial reports were saying 17 dead and the like

Awful reporting, I should have found another link