Easy victory for the Chicago Fire in Salt Lake City

Chicago Fire won by 0 goals to 3 at the home of Real Salt Lake in the 30th match-day of the MLS regular season. Pappa scored the hat-trick (9 ', 36' and 75 ').

Muangthong United and Henrique Calisto have decided to terminate the coach's contract

Both parties have agreed to terminate the contract dated 29 September. Consequently, the second team coach, Mr. Sarawut Treephan, will take over the team for next Saturday's game against SCG Samutsongklam.

Sport Club Internacional continues to lead the Olheiros Ranking

Yesterday the new Olheiros Ranking got published, which analyzes the youth academies of all football clubs in Brazil. The study has again shown how Internacional remains as No. 1 in the classification, showing them as the best club in Brazil when it comes to youth. International has 426 points, almost 200 more than Cruzeiro, 2 nd rated.

 This season, the People's Club has added nine new titles to its youth academy trophy gallery: Cup Nostalgia (U-11 and U-13), Germantown Cup (U-12), Votorantim Cup (childREN), Santiago Cup (U-18) Copa Rio Preto 1 (U-18), Punta Cup (junior), Gaucho (junior) and FGF World Under-17 (U-18).

Regarding leadership in the classification, International maintains a quiet advantage with Cruzeiro: lost ten points, from 436.8 to 426.8, but Cruzeiro has also lost points, from 247.9 to 239.1, leaving the difference at 187.7 points. International also reached the semifinals of the Copa BH and the Brazilian Cup U-17, which also count towards the score.

Important victory by Shanghai Shenhua

Shanghai Shenhua won by 3 goals to 2 against Hangzhou Lucheng in the 26th match-day of the 2011 CSL. The Shanghai team went into halftime with a 2-0, but in the 58th minute Mao Jianqing and Ramirez tied for the visiting team. Salmerón scored the winning goal in the 90th minute. With this score Shanghai Shenhua remains 12th in the standings with 30 points, 11 behind intercontinental competition positions.

Muangthong United is out of the AFC Cup

Bangkok's team has gotten eliminated from the AFC Cup at the hands of Al Kuwait, from Kuwait. Muangthong United lost 1-0 in the first leg and tied 0-0 in the second leg match played at home.

Sport Club Internacional debuts in the International Alliance with a victory

Internacional of Porto Alegre won 2-1 against Atletico Mineiro in the 26th match-day of the Brazilian League. Bolatti scored the 1-0 in the 26th minute. In the second half Renan Oliveira tied in the 69th minute, but Fabricio scored the definitive 2-1 in the 75th minute. With this victory, Sport Club Internacional places 7th with 40 points, 9 behindf the current leader, Vasco de Gama.

Club América ties against Tijuana

Club America tied 1-1 against Tijuana. The visitors took the lead thanks to a goal by Yacuzzi in the 1st minute of the game, but Benitez tied in the 86th. With this score, Club América falls down to the 16th position with 10 points, only 4 behind the playoff positions.

Raja ties again in the league

Raja Casablanca tied in the league again, this time 0-0 at the home of FAR Rabat. The reigning Botola champions have not had a very good start in this new 2011-2012 season after collecting 2 points out of 9 possible. The team is 10th in the table, 5 points behind the current leader, Maghreb Fes.

Victory by Chicago Fire in their first game as a member of the International Alliance

Chicago Fire won by 3 goals to 2 against New England Revolution in the 29th match-day of the MLS. Grazzini, Oduro and Nyarko scored for Chicago within 30 minutes of the game. R. Guy scored New England's goals in the 90th and 92th minute. With this score Chicago Fire remains 7th in the East standings, 8 points behind playoff positions.

Shanghai Shenhua loses another game

Shanghai Shenhua lost by 3 goals to 2 at the home of Jiangsu Shuntian in the 25th match-day day of the CSL. With this score, the Shanghai team falls down to the 12th position with 27 points.

Three new additions to the International Proyect

Atletico Madrid agree three new partnerships in the Americas

Chicago Fire, Internacional de Porto Alegre and Club America of Mexico join the Club project

Tuesday September 20, 2011 was another historic day for Atletico Madrid and all the clubs that are part of the new international strategic alliance.

Following the agreements signed in areas of Asia, the Middle East and Africa, the Club has taken an important step in the development of its international expansion projects, closing deals with three teams in the Americas.

 A few months ago the club set out to identify those who would be their allies in the U.S., Mexico and Brazil, choosing Chicago Fire, Club America and the Sport Club Internacional de Porto Alegre, three reference entities in their respective leagues, who have shown particular interest and enthusiasm in getting involved in this ambitious process.

The number of partners has risen to 8 and the Alliance has expanded its scope throughout the world, as the framework for all member clubs achieve presence and scale in key markets across Europe, Asia, Middle East and Latin America.

Following the signing of cooperation agreements, it was decided that Porto Alegre was the place to formalise the agreements reached. Thus, the three clubs in the American zone gathered with the club in the Brazilian town, to lay the groundwork for future collaboration.

The CEO of the Club, Miguel Angel Gil Marin, and the Director General of Marketing and International Development, Emilio Gutierrez, traveled to Brazil to witness the execution of the agreement, which took place on the morning of Tuesday in the Breira-Rio Stadium, defining the guidelines to be followed by all members.

The Brazilians hosted the important meeting that sealed the union between the new clubs and Atletico Madrid and was attended by all representatives of the Club, from its chairman, Giovanni Luigi, the Vice Luis Anapia Gomes, Dannie Dubin, Gelson Luicano Davi Pires, Advisor to the President, Maximilian Charlemagne, as well as the Technical Director Lucio da Costa, Director of Marketing, Jorge Avancini and Chief Financial Officer Milton Stela.

The agenda of this meeting provided an intense day of work in which they  analysed the principles and philosophy of the Alliance of clubs as well as the objectives to be achieved through it, and then establish a joint working methodology agreeing on the implementation of various global models, both in sports, commercial and communication between all the clubs.

  

Two years ago Club Atletico Madrid struck a deal with Shanghai Shenhua of China and then, last year, with the United Muangthong of Thailand (twice champions), Al Ain UAE, and the Raja Casablanca (Morocco champions), who have now been joined by Sport Club Internacional de Porto Alegre, Chicago Fire and Club America of Mexico

With the signing of these three agreements, the Alliance teams provide an important bridge to the American market, and countries with enormous potential as the United States, Mexico and Brazil, so that new and interesting scenarios can be explored in the coming months for member clubs. The clubs play in 8 leagues in Spain, China, Thailand, UAE, Morocco and now Brazil, the United States and Mexico.

Defeat by Muangthong United in the AFC Cup

Muangthong United lost by 1 goal to 0 against Al Kuwait in the first leg of the quarter-finals of the AFC Cup. The thai team will need to reverse the score in their stadium next september 27th in order to access to the semi-finals.

Shanghai Shenhua wins again after 10 matches

The break of 20 days has been good for the team from Shanghai. Shenhua won by 2 goals to 1 against Shaanxi Chanbara after 2 ½ months without a win. Salmeron, the Argentinian striker, scored the first goal for the locals in the 5th minute. Dulbic extend the lead to a 2-0 with an own goal in the 41st minute. Qu Bo scored for Shaanxi in the 75th minute. With this victory, Shanghai Shenhua remains 11th with 27 points.