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Time of India
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Mexico top Group A despite playing goalless draw against Costa Rica in Gold Cup
Mexico topped Group A of the CONCACAF Gold Cup despite playing a 0-0 draw against Costa Rica on Sunday, extending their unbeaten streak against the Ticos to 10 matches in the competition. Both teams ended the group stage with seven points, but Mexico edged the top spot on goal difference after earlier wins over the Dominican Republic and Suriname. A dramatic stoppage-time bicycle kick goal by Santiago Gimenez was ruled out following a VAR review, with the striker deemed offside in the buildup. Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar disallowed the goal after reviewing Luis Chavez's free kick, which was headed by Orlando Galo into Gimenez's path. — GoldCup (@GoldCup) Live Events With the group standings settled, Mexico will now face Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals, while Costa Rica prepare to meet the United States - though they will be without four key players. Manfred Ugalde and Carlos Mora are suspended due to yellow card accumulation, while Ariel Lassiter (fractured hand) and Warren Madrigal (broken leg) are out injured. Ugalde, who has scored three goals in the tournament, received his second yellow card in the 83rd minute after charging into Carlos Rodríguez and making contact with his elbow, triggering an automatic one-match suspension.
Washington Post
12 hours ago
- Sport
- Washington Post
Mexico wins CONCACAF Gold Cup group after 0-0 draw against Costa Rica
LAS VEGAS — Mexico tied Costa Rica 0-0 on Sunday night to win Group A of the CONCACAF Gold Cup and will play Saudi Arabia in the quarterfinals. Mexico's Santiago Giménez appeared to score on a bicycle kick in the fourth minute of second-half stoppage time but the goal was disallowed by Guatemalan referee Mario Escobar following a video review. Giménez appeared to be offside when Carlos Rodríguez lofted the ball into the penalty area following a free kick. Orlando Galo's headed clearance attempt went in front of the goal to Giménez.
Vancouver Sun
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Vancouver Sun
Are the Whitecaps, not Messi, now the bullies of CONCACAF?
The bodies were dropping all over B.C. Place 's plastic shag last Wednesday in the Champions Cup semifinal. While Inter Miami players rolled hyperbolically on the turf, their faces screwed up in dramatic masks of simulated pain, so did their Vancouver Whitecaps counterparts. Article content Now, there were actual fouls in the game — lots of real, honest-to-goodness infractions — but head referee Mario Escobar, in a welcome departure from CONCACAF norms, swallowed his whistle and chose not to acknowledge them. Perhaps the most egregious example: Ralph Priso's second-half tackle on Lionel Messi, where he wrapped both arms around the icon and suplexed him into the ground just outside the Caps' box — a yellow card in any game, except, it seemed, this one. Article content Article content CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinals, Leg 2 of 2 Article content (Whitecaps lead 2-0 on aggregate) Article content Game time: 5 p.m. PT Article content TV: OneSoccer. Radio: AM730 Article content Article content But this game had all the trappings of a CONCACAF master class. Elbows, studs-up challenges, jersey tugs, penalty shouts and trash talk in multiple languages. Article content Words flew through the air as often as bodies. Messi had some choice words for Whitecaps midfielder Andrés Cubas for his defensive haranguing during the game, and exchanged some with the Southsiders going off the field too. Article content Article content Article content Centre-back Tristan Blackmon found himself in the centre of a melee just after halftime, shoving Federico Redondo after the Argentine scythed down Caps winger Edier Ocompo. Article content Article content He also had to duel with Luis Suárez, whose goal-scoring skills are perhaps only equalled by his superlative skills as an instigator and all-around s–t disturber. Article content 'CONCACAF is a different beast to take on,' Blackmon said the day before holding the Uruguayan superstar in check. 'You're able to play through some things and sometimes the ref will call it quick and give you yellows and stuff like that but you have to be smart. It'll be chippy on both sides and we expect that.' Article content '(Suárez) also represents sometimes things that are not the most beautiful in football. But he is a great player,' said Caps coach Jesper Sørensen. 'He can do a lot of things. He's also a tricky player to play against, because he knows a trick or two when the ball is away.'
