Guadalajara News

Omar Bravo's failed stint with Deportivo la Coruna has his future in limbo as he is no longer wanted by the Spanish club and in Mexico his elevated transfer fee has few if any clubs willing to negotiate.

First with a pair of friendlies, including a Wednesday clash in Atlanta with Venezuela , and then the Gold Cup.

A year after losing star Omar Bravo, Chivas de Guadalajara officials denied any interest in trying to re-capture part of their past.

Suddenly, the little team that could isn't so little anymore. Suddenly, the Indios are giant-killers. A week after simultaneously eliminating Guadalajara and Club America from playoff contention, the Primera rookies upset defending champion Toluca 1-0 on Thursday at Estadio Olimpico Benito Juarez.

For the second season in a row Chivas and Atlas failed to make the postseason soccer playoffs after both teams lost in the final round of matches of the regular season.

America and Guadalajara, Mexico's two biggest clubs, both missed out on the Clausura championship quarter-finals as unfashionable Indios Ciudad Juarez grabbed the final spot at the weekend.

A Mexican soccer player was banned for "spitting and blowing nasal secretions" at an opponent's face in a gesture interpreted as a mocking threat to spread swine flu, the South American Football Confederation said.

Already used to dismissing hardship by joking about difficult times and drowning their sorrows in the noise of crowded soccer stadiums, Mexicans now find themselves in the midst of a health emergency that has closed every stadium and shut down dozens of sporting and cultural events because of swine flu.

Mexico's Chivas Guadalajara booked a place in the Copa Libertadores last 16 with a 1-1 draw away against Everton on Wednesday.

Derby day in Guadalajara, Mexico. The stage is set for Guadalajara and Amrica to take the pitch for the 204th time... by Eric Gomez 6 reads Opinion Derby day in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Reporting from Guadalajara -- Jorge Vergara, the flamboyant and opinionated owner of Mexico's most popular soccer team, is rarely at a loss for words.

Playing for its third coach in a month, Guadalajara defeated Club America, 1-0, Sunday at the Jalisco Stadium to win the Super Clasico, the biggest game of the Mexican league season.

Alberto Medina dribbled past a defender from the left wing and sent a cross to Ponce, who beat America 'keeper Guillermo Ochoa with a well placed header.

Reporting from Guadalajara -- Chivas of Guadalajara, Mexico's most popular and successful soccer team, fired its head coach for the second time in less than three weeks Thursday, throwing the franchise back into disarray four days before its most important game of the season.

Mexican club Chivas Guadalajara was held to a scoreless draw by Lanus of Argentina on Tuesday, meaning its qualification for the knockout stage of the Copa Libertadores will hinge on its last Group 6 match against Everton of Chile.

Mexico ended a run of four winless games in CONCACAF World Cup qualifying with a 2-0 win over Costa Rica in Mexico City on Saturday.

Mexican club Guadalajara took a large stride towards the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores by beating Caracas of Venezuela 1-0 on Wednesday, moving top of Group 6. Brazil's Gremio and Deportivo Tachira ...

Omar Bravo returned to Mexico on Tuesday and before he could play one match with his new club, he was called up to the Mexican national team.

Venezuelan club Caracas beat in-form Mexican side Chivas of Guadalajara 2-0 to become the surprise Group 6 leader in the Copa Libertadores on Tuesday.

Chivas Guadalajara of Mexico crushed Chile's Everton 6-2 on Wednesday to go to the top of Copa Libertadores Group 6 on a busy day of fixtures.