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Four added to U.S. roster for Mexico WCQ

CHICAGO – Head coach Jurgen Klinsmann added four players to the United States roster on Saturday for the upcoming World Cup Qualifier against Mexico.

Midfielders Joe Corona (Club Tijuana), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo) and Jose Francisco Torres (Tigres), plus defender Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), will all join what is now a 22-man U.S. squad in Columbus, Ohio, prior to the September 10 encounter.

The additions come after Jozy Altidore, Matt Besler and Geoff Cameron picked up yellow card cautions in the USA´s 3-1 loss at Costa Rica on Friday, forcing them to serve a one-match suspension.

Roma’s Michael Bradley has also been ruled out after suffering a left ankle sprain, while Hertha Berlin defender John Brooks has been released back to his club.

UNITED STATES ROSTER

(World Cup Qualifying - September 10, 2013, home v Mexico)

GOALKEEPERS: Brad Guzan (Aston Villa/England), Tim Howard (Everton/England), Nick Rimando (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS: DaMarcus Beasley (Puebla/Mexico), Edgar Castillo (Club Tijuana/Mexico), Omar Gonzalez (LA Galaxy), Clarence Goodson (San Jose Earthquakes), Michael Orozco (Puebla/Mexico), Michael Parkhurst (Augsburg/Germany)

MIDFIELDERS: Kyle Beckerman (Real Salt Lake), Alejandro Bedoya (Nantes/France), Joe Corona (Club Tijuana/Mexico), Brad Davis (Houston Dynamo), Mix Diskerud (Rosenborg/Norway), Fabian Johnson (Hoffenheim/Germany), Jermaine Jones (Schalke 04/Germany), Jose Torres (Tigres/Mexico), Graham Zusi (Sporting Kansas City)

FORWARDS: Clint Dempsey (Seattle Sounders), Landon Donovan (LA Galaxy), Aron Johannsson (AZ Alkmaar/Holland), Eddie Johnson (Seattle Sounders)

Tabárez calls up two young local defenders for match against Colombia

The coach of Uruguayan football, Oscar Tabarez, called up Emiliano Velázquez and Gaston Silva from their participation on the U-20 team for the match against Colombia in the World Cup qualifiers.

Velázquez and Silva are both 19 years old and play for Danubio and Defensor Sporting respectively. Both were part of the squad that got a runner-up finish at the recent U-20 World Cup in Turkey.

The team returned early Saturday to Montevideo after beating Peru 2-1 in Lima,

In the Peruvian capital, defenders Diego Lugano and Diego Godin each accumulated two yellow cards and so they will miss the match against Colombia.

With the win against Peru, Uruguay is in fifth place with 19 points, two away from Ecuador who is in fourth place.

The fifth placed team will play a playoff with the fifth team from the Asia region for a spot at the WC.

Ecuador must win against Bolivia in La Paz, says Rueda

Ecuador expects a more difficult game with Bolivia than the one they lost to Colombia. But they must win on Tuesday in La Paz to stay alive in the qualifiers, coach Reinaldo Rueda said on Saturday.

"La Paz is more difficult than the game" that was played on Friday against the Colombians in Barranquilla, Rueda said at a news conference.

The Colombian coach, who got a painful 1-0 defeat against Colombia but still are close to qualifying to Brazil, praised the Bolivians despite their being in last place in the qualifiers and after falling 4-0 against Paraguay in Asuncion.

"That game will be very difficult for many factors. Bolivia has played good games against Argentina, Venezuela. Working hard and with good technical condition they have been strong at home," said the strategist.

According to Rueda the Bolivians are a "seasoned team" and did not hesitate to describe as "complicated" the game next Tuesday in the altitude of La Paz.

After the defeat in Barranquilla, Ecuador dropped to fourth place with 21 points, behind Chile (24) Colombia (26) and Argentina (26).

The qualifiers give four berths to next year´s World Cup, and the option of a playoff for the fifth placed team.

"The important thing is to know that we still have opportunities, we have three tough games. It´s our responsibility to recover and the points in Bolivia will be vital," said coach Rueda.

The Ecuadorian team, which seeks to reach a third World Cup, will face Uruguay at home and close out the qualifiers away to Chile in October.

Rueda highlighted the play of his men in the loss to Colombia and said Ecuador will work to not "lose balance" in the final stretch of the campaign for Brazil.

"We have the character to be in a World Cup. Now we have to win," he said.

The helmsman will be missing defender Gabriel Achilier and Joao Rojas through suspensions for the game against the Bolivians, but may use striker Felipe Caicedo, who was suspended for the game against Colombia.

Psychologically the team is down after the loss to Uruguay, confesses Pizarro

Striker Claudio Pizarro (Bayern Munich, Germany) confessed that the Peruvian team is "psychologically beaten" by the 2-1 loss to Uruguay in Lima in the fifteenth round of the World Cup qualifiers.

"It was very difficult to sleep after the game because psychologically this (defeat) has beaten most players," Pizarro said at a press conference after practice at the Villa Deportiva in Lima.

"The coach (Markarian) was outraged at the refereeing which was not very good. We left everything on the field and we didn´t get what we wanted. Now we want to recover and try to get over this and focus on Venezuela," said Pizarro.

The team captain said the players will continue to seek the classification until the last match.

"We will continue to try to qualify. Now it isn´t in our hands but you can still qualify," he said.

The 34 year old striker said that Peru will recover by getting a victory in Tuesday´s game against Venezuela in Puerto La Cruz.

"Venezuela is a team that has a key player (Juan) Arango, playing in Germany. This player drives the team, we´re going to see what we do in training and analyzing videos," Pizarro went on.

After the game striker Jefferson Farfan was crying on the field and Paolo Guerrero was taken by ambulance to a clinic for a wound on his brow after an elbow from midfielder Walter Gargano.

Players listened to a talk on Saturday from the coach and from a psychologist to motivate them before their training.

"We are sad and heartbroken. Players will have a talk with the psychologist to overcome this defeat. We (coaching staff) are encouraging them," trainer Gonzalo Barreiro told the AFP.

For his part coach Sergio Markarian is confident that his team will bounce back from Friday´s loss against Venezuela.

"I accept and understand all the prognostications (about being eliminated). But I have an obligation to work as long as we are still alive. Now we have to win and hope for other results," said Markarian.

The coach talked about the refereeing of Argentine Patricio Loustau and made an appeal to FIFA to intervene in the choice of referees for these kinds of matches.

"The time has arrived that FIFA looks at South America and intervenes. Enough is enough. And if they have to intervene then so be it. I hope for developments and transparency," the coach said indignantly.

Peru travels on Sunday afternoon to the city of Puerto La Cruz for their match against Venezuela.

The Peruvians will be without three players for the match: striker Jefferson Farfan, suspended for yellow card accumulation; defender Yotún Yhosimar who received a red card against Uruguay; defender Christian Ramos through injury.

Argentina leads the table with 26 points followed by Colombia (26), Chile (24), Ecuador (21), Uruguay (19), Venezuela (16), Peru (14), Paraguay (11) and Bolivia (10).

Chile is without Valdivia for friendly against Spain

The Chilean team traveled to Switzerland to play a friendly against world champions Spain, but without midfielder Jorge Valdivia, the star of Chile´s 3-0 thrashing of Venezuela in the qualifiers.

The staying home of Valdivia "was a decision by Jorge Sampaoli to give the player some rest," according to a source from the National Professional Football Association (NPPA).

Valdivia, affected by severe and frequent ailments in his career, made ​​a great effort to play against Venezuela on Friday, therefore, Sampaoli decided to return him to his club (Palmeiras, Brazil) to prevent further injury, according to the source.

Valdivia was the quarterback for Chile in the teams beat down of Venezuela. They now have 24 points and are third in qualifying.

"The development of the team has to do with the quality of Jorge Valdivia" said Sampaoli at a press conference after the game.

The rest of the Chilean squad traveled to Geneva, Switzerland where they will play Spain on Tuesday, as they have a bye-week in the qualifiers.

Guatemala - 7 Runde

Comunicaciones fastholdt førstepladsen uden at spille da de nærmeste forfølgere fra Suchitepequez og Municipal begge tabte 0-1 til henholdsvis Iztapa og Heredia.

USAC hentede også en 1-0 sejr over Malacateco på mexicanske Carlos Kaimanis træffer i første halvleg. jonathan Garcia, Allan Kadeck og Randy Cubero sikrede Halcones en 3-1 sejr over Mictlan og endelig fik Maruense et point med hjem fra Coatepeque takket være Jonny Browns mål 20 minutter før tid.


Honduras - 8 Runde

Ramon Castillos doblete sikrede VIDA 2-2 hjemme mod Real Sociedad.

De to hold fra Tegucigalpa Olimpia og Motagua hentede begge 2-1 sejre over henholdsvis Victoría og Parrillas One.

Anthony Lozano og Carlos Mejia var på pletten for los leonesmens Carlos Discua og uruguayanske Maximiliano Lombardi scorede for las aguilas

Deportes Savio hentede en lidt overraskende 2-1 sejr over Marathon - mens de andet hold fraSan Pedro Sula - Real España vendte 0-2 til 3-2 sejr ude over Platense , Martio Mart+inez, Bryan Rochez og Allan Aléman med scoringerne for La Realeza


El Salvador - 7 Runde

Alianza tilbagerobre førstepladsen da de vinder kampen mod Isidro Metapan på mål af argentinske Diego Passarelli og FAS samtidig taber hjemme til Atletico Marte på mål a en anden argentiner Gonzalo Mazzia kort før tid.

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Andetsteds stpiller mestrene fra Firpo 0-0 med Independiente, Aguila for deres første sejr med 2-0 over Dragón på mål af de tidligere FAS-spillere Jonathan Aguila og Cesar Laríos.

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Og endelig besejre Santa Tecla - UES med 2-0 , Roberto Gonzalez og Emerson Véliz med træfferne.

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Panama 9 - Runde

Tauro beholdte førstepladsen trods 1-2 nederlag til Independiente, som takket være de 3 point avancerede til 3 pladsen. rækkens nr 2 San Francisco fik deres kamp mod Plaza Amador udsat pga af regn. Chepo g Arabe Unido spillede 0-0 , mens SAn Miguelito og Alianza begge spillede 1-1 hjemme mod henholdsvis Rio Abajo og Chorrillo.

Leo Baptistao enjoying life at Atlético Madrid

Atlético Madrid forward Leo Baptistao has reflected on his first few months at the club after his summer move from Rayo Vallecano.

The Brazilian striker joined the Atlético this summer after an impressive season last time out with the Vallecano where he scored seven times.

And the 21-year-old has already seen the differences between the two clubs, whilst also commenting on their objectives for the campaign, reports Football Espana.

Baptistao, who forms part of the Atlético strike force alongside his compatriot Diego Costa, told AS: “I’m thrilled to be here.

“Rayo and Atléti play different styles of football, but I think I’m adapting okay.

“Simeone asks his players to never stop working, never lower the intensity.

“We have reinforced the squad with some phenomenal players, but I think things will stay the same in the League.

“We’re looking forward to the Champions League though. It’s the best competition out there.”

Chelsea midfielder Oscar confident of making return against Portugal

Chelsea midfielder Oscar hopes to be back for the friendly match against Portugal in Boston on Tuesday.

The former Internacional player twisted his ankle during a training session in Brazil before the game against Australia.

His teammate Ramires replaced him, having an impressive performance and scored one of the goals in Brazil´s 6-0 win.

Oscar talked with reporters as the Brazilian national team squad arrived in Boston for the game, he said: "Everyone knew that the game [against Australia] wouldn´t be too hard.

"If it was an important game, I could have played, but it was better to have two more days to recover."

The midfielder also praised his Chelsea teammate Ramires, he said: "Not only Ramires did well, everyone else did well too."

Brazil will be missing Daniel Alves, Marcelo, Hulk and Fred on Tuesday, while Portugal will not be able to field Cristiano Ronaldo.

Cauteruccio se rompió los ligamentos

BUENOS AIRES -- El delantero uruguayo de San Lorenzo, autor de cinco goles en el campeonato, se rompió los ligamentos cruzados de la rodilla derecha y no podrá jugar hasta el año que viene, según confirmó este lunes el departamento médico del club.

El ex jugador de Quilmes no podrá jugar por el resto del año, pues su recuperación fue estimada entre seis y siete meses, luego de la operación que se le practicará en los próximos días.

El montevideano, de 26 años, uno de los refuerzos del equipo de Juan Antonio Pizzi en el último receso, se lesionó en la victoria frente a Rosario Central (2-0), dos minutos después de marcar el primer gol del partido.

En principio, el doctor Alberto Rovira diagnosticó un esguince de rodilla pero esta mañana, después de una resonancia magnética, se confirmó la presunción de una lesión más severa.

Cauteruccio, con cinco goles, es el máximo goleador actual del torneo Inicial. Le marcó dos a Olimpo de Bahía Blanca (2-1) en la primera fecha, uno a Racing (1-0) en la segunda, otro a Quilmes (2-3) en la cuarta y el último ayer frente a Central.

San Lorenzo podrá pedir una autorización en la Asociación del Fútbol Argentino (AFA) para contratar un jugador en reemplazo del uruguayo, que recién estará disponible comenzado el próximo torneo Final.

Mientras tanto, el DT Pizzi deberá sustituirlo en el equipo titular con dos delanteros de diferentes características: Héctor Villalba o Gonzalo Verón.

El juvenil Gonzalo Contreras, el restante delantero de área que dispone el plantel de San Lorenzo, también se lesionó ayer en el partido de reserva ante Central: sufrió un desgarro en los isquiotibiales derechos y estará tres semanas sin jugar.

Álvarez Balanta sufrió una distensión

BUENOS AIRES -- El defensor colombiano de River Plate Eder Alvarez Balanta sufrió una pequeña distensión en el isquiotibial izquierdo en el partido del domingo ante Tigre y deberá permanecer inactivo entre una y dos semanas.

El defensor colombiano estará inactivo entre una y dos semanas
El juvenil zaguero "millonario" se sometió hoy a estudios médicos para determinar el grado de la lesión cuyos resultados lo marginaron del próximo partido ante Arsenal por el torneo Inicial y lo pusieron en duda para la ida de los octavos de final de la Copa Sudamericana ante Liga de Loja en Ecuador el jueves 19 de este mes.

La goleada 3-0 ante Tigre en el estadio Monumental del domingo no arrojó sólo buenas noticias para el entrenador, Ramón Díaz, que se quedará sin la posibilidad de incluir entre los titulares frente a Arsenal a Alvarez Balanta, uno de los puntos más altos de su equipo.

Jonathan Bottinelli, quien reemplazó al colombiano en el inicio del segundo tiempo ante el elenco de Diego Cagna, parece ser quien más chances tiene de acompañar a Jonatan Maidana en la zaga central de River el domingo en Sarandí a las 21.15.

Ramón Díaz comenzará seguramente a despejar mañana ese interrogante, en el primer entrenamiento posterior a la segunda victoria de su equipo en el campeonato, la primera luego de dos derrotas consecutivas ante Colón y San Lorenzo. La primera práctica de la semana está programada para mañana a las 10 en Ezeiza, a puertas abiertas.