CRUZ AZUL RALLIES TO BEAT L.A. : CRUZ AZUL 5, GALAXY 3.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Carlos Hermosillo Carlos Manuel Hermosillo Goytortua (born August 24, 1964 in Cerro Azul, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican soccer player, one of the top all-time goalscorers for the Mexican national team. He's also known as "El Grandote de Cerro Azul". scored twice in the second half and helped rally Mexico's Cruz Azul from a two-goal deficit to a 5-3 victory over the Galaxy on Sunday in the title game of the CONCACAF CONCACAF Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (Soccer) CONCACAF Confederacion Norte, Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol Asociacion (Spanish) Champions Cup. In the third-place match, Ben Iroha's dramatic goal in the 90th minute earned D.C. United D.C. United is a professional soccer club located in Washington, D.C. that participates in Major League Soccer. The club's official nickname is the "Black-and-Red" and home uniforms are black and white with accents of red. The team's name refers to Washington, D.C. a 2-2 draw against Chivas of Guadalajara. The Galaxy - bidding to become the first U.S. team to win in the 36-year history of the tournament featuring the top club teams from North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. and the Caribbean - led early on Eduardo Hurtado's two goals in the opening 14 minutes. But the game turned when Galaxy playmaker play·mak·er n. A player in a sport with goals, such as a guard in basketball, who initiates offensive plays. play Mauricio Cienfuegos collided with Cruz Azul forward Joahan Rodriguez in the 22nd minute and was carried off on a stretcher. He was taken to Columbia Pentagon City Hospital in nearby Arlington, Va., where X-rays were negative and he was diagnosed with bruised ribs. His replacement, Jose Botello, was called for a controversial foul in the penalty area nine minutes later, and Benjamin Galindo's conversion of the resulting penalty kick sparked a three-goal burst in six minutes that the Galaxy never recovered from. Defending champion Cruz Azul scored five unanswered goals and led 5-2 before the Galaxy scored again. ``(Losing Cienfuegos) and the penalty kick, both of them changed the tempo of the game,'' Galaxy interim coach Octavio Zambrano said. ``Cienfuegos was controlling the tempo of the game. When he left it changed everything.'' Botello was called for fouling Omar Rodriguez on the right side of the penalty area, but television replays appeared to show Rodriguez falling on his own as he tried to pivot and cross the ball. A minute later, Joahan Rodriguez tied the game on a shot from inside the penalty spot that Galaxy goalkeeper Jorge Campos got a hand on but still managed to trickle into the goal. The Galaxy defense continued to break down as Cruz Azul took the lead in the 36th minute. Francisco Palencia ripped a shot off Campos' chest and Hector Adomaitis buried the rebound for the 3-2 lead. |
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