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| Mexico's Guadalajara Chivas were held to a 1-1 home draw on Tuesday against Ecuadoran champions Deportivo Quito as the group stage of the 2012 Copa Libertadores kicked off across Latin America. In Tuesday*s other matches, Fluminense of Brazil won 1-0 at home against Argentine club Arsenal, and Uruguay's Defensor Sporting lost 3-0 at home against Velez Sarsfield of Argentina. |
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| Results and standings from the
Libertadores Cup group seven matches on Tuesday:
Defensor Sporting (Uruguay) 0 Velez Sarsfield (Argentina) 3
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1 Velez Sarsfield 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
Guadalajara 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Deportivo Quito 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Defensor Sporting 1 0 0 1 0 3 0
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| Santos Laguna took a
two-point lead in the Mexican Clausura championship with a 3-1
win at Tijuana on Sunday as bottom-place Guadalajara ended a run
of three defeats with a 0-0 draw at Pumas UNAM.
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| The struggles of Guadalajara's three teams, which now occupy the bottom three spots in Mexico's Clausura standings, highlighted the weekend in Mexican soccer. |
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| Coach Fernando
"Sheriff" Quirarte has resigned after Guadalajara's worst start
to a Mexican championship.
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| America was held to a 1-1 draw against Toluca on Sunday, leaving San Luis as the only club with a perfect record after only two weeks of the Mexican Clausura season. San Luis defeated Estudiantes Tecos 2-0 to take the league lead. Guadalajara Chivas, one of the favorites for the title, lost its second straight matching going down 3-1 to Jaguares. |
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| One of the favorites to win the title, Guadalajara Chivas, stumbled to a 1-0 loss against Atlante on the opening weekend of Mexico's Clausura season. Defending champions Tigres also got off a slow start with a 1-1 draw against Cruz Azul. In other results, last season's runner-up Santos drew 0-0 against Pachuca, America defeated Queretaro 2-0, and Toluca defeated Estudiantes Tecos 3-1. |
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| The 26-year-old arrives in Philadelphia fresh off of back-to-back titles with Alajuelense in the 2011 Summer and Winter Championships. |
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| The midfielder will add depth and versatility for the defending champions. |
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| Mexican club Santos Laguna has signed American forward Herculez Gomez. Club president Alejandro Irarragorri said Monday that Gomez, who played for the United States in the 2010 World Cup, will join the northern Mexican team for the upcoming Clausura season. It will be the fourth Mexican team for Gomez, who is leaving Estudiantes of Guadalajara, and previously appeared with Puebla and Pachuca. |
