Archive for the ‘Mexico’ tag
On Vida’s (laptop) Screen: ‘Casi Divas’ (Almost Divas)
As part of my efforts to get over whatever illness plagued me for most of November, I spent one lazy evening watching the Mexican movie, ‘Casi Divas‘ (Almost Divas.) (Side note: My other main defense against my flu-like symptoms was bowls and bowls of the Vietnamese soup, pho. Order a bowl of this soup, filled [...]
No Way México Could Lose At Azteca; Next Up: Honduras
It’s easy to say that México’s triumphant 2-0 victory over Costa Rica last Saturday was a sure bet. The loss to United States (World Ranking is 17) was heartfelt, but not unforeseen. But it’s not a numbers game for El Tri, whose ranked 23rd, against the No. 32 Costa Rica. The win still is pretty good, but again, [...]
El Tricolor kicks off 2009 vs. Sweden.
Behind the direction of Sven-Goran Eriksson, México’s, or Mexico’s for some of you, El Tri’s FIFA world ranking is No. 26 and should be able to kick off 2009 win a victory over Sweden, whose ranked 31st. But if you can believe Sweden played a friendly against Mexico in Fresno! That’s right. It was in 1994 under [...]
