CONCACAF GOLD CUP 2011

This tournament is still in its group stages. The final will take place on June 25, 2011. The tournament is being held this year in the USA. Details can be found on the Wiki page here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_CONCACAF_Gold_Cup

This year's tournament is notable because of the five Mexican players (including goalkeeper Memo Ochoa) who have been found guilty of doping! The various organizations are still working out what to do about it. Some up-to-date news can be found here:

http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ap-mexico-playerssuspended

And now for the picspam! These photos are from some of the matches so far.

From the June 5 match - Mexico vs El Salvador - Chicharito and Memo Ochoa.



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SOME PRETTY PICS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

These are a smattering of pics from the international friendlies that have been taking place over the past few weeks. They do not include the tournaments, like the CONCACAF Gold Cup and the Toulon Tournament. (I made separate posts for those.)

These are of European and South American national teams.

Here we go:

One of my favourite South American teams is Paraguay. Here is Marcelo Estigarribia and Lucas Barrios.



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