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In Costa Rica, Pura Vida Fails to Extend to the National Game

HEREDIA, Costa Rica -- I definitely should have known better. A soccer virgin would have had second thoughts before approaching the roughest fans in the stadium (while wearing the opposing team's jersey, no less) and taking a few photos. I had no excuse. I've attended games in more than two dozen countries, and been in...

MLS Playoffs a Predictable Exercise: It's All About Fatigue

Three months ago, the Los Angeles Galaxy were a laughing stock. The club with Major League Soccer's best record was dumped from the CONCACAF Champions League's preliminary round by the minor league Puerto Rico Islanders. L.A. lost the first leg, 4-1, at Home Depot Center. It was a black eye for American soccer. But it...

MLS Ensured CONCACAF Semifinalist as Salt Lake and Columbus Drawn Together

Major League Soccer is guaranteed to have a CONCACAF Champions League semifinalist for the first time since the tournament's expansion three years ago thanks to a very fortunate draw that pitted Real Salt Lake and the Columbus Crew together in the quarterfinals. The good news for the league doesn't end there -- the winner...

Video: Real Salt Lake, Idle Columbus Crew Win Big In Champions League

Tuesday night in the CONCACAF Champions League was borderline historic for MLS. Real Salt Lake continued its dominance at Rio Tinto Stadium and defeated Mexican power Cruz Azul, 3-1, before a crowd exceeding 20,000. While the Columbus Crew won without even taking the field. Salt Lake (4-1-1) clinched Group A with the...

MLS Suffers More Mexican Heartbreak Thanks to Typical CONCACAF Officiating

An American soccer team suffered another impossibly cruel (and suspicious) loss on Mexican soil Tuesday night as the Columbus Crew fell 1-0 at Santos Laguna thanks to a goal scored on the final kick of the game. But it's never that simple in Mexico, and it's never that simple in CONCACAF, the shady regional governing...

Background on CONCACAF Champions League

The CONCACAF Champions League is the annual international club football championship for teams from the CONCACAF region (North America, Central America, and the Caribbean).

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