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  World Cup 2002 - ABC Sport - Mexico
Aguirre is a devoted exponent of the 4-4-2 system with playmaker Alberto Garcia Aspe the man who makes things tick in the centre of midfield.
Aspe, who plays his club football for Puebla, will not be the only familiar face to spectators when the Mexicans open their campaign against Croatia.
Controversial striker Cuauhtemoc Blanco, whose "cauteminha" trick of jumping over tackles with the ball stuck between his feet was one of the trademarks of France 98, will also be present after the Valladolid striker made peace with the Mexican federation after a row over travel expenses had threatened his participation.
www.abc.net.au /worldcup2002/mexico/mexico.htm   (663 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet Global: News - Four off as Mexico down Uruguay to reach Copa final
Veteran Alberto Garcia Aspe scored the winning goal from a 67th minute penalty for Mexico, who have taken part in the South American tournament by invitation since 1993.
Borgetti was guilty of a glaring miss before Garcia Aspe, recalled to the team after a two-year absence when Javier Aguirre was appointed coach last month, scored from the spot following a push on Antonio de Nigris.
Garcia Aspe then turned from hero to villain when he was sent off for a second bookable offence in the 86th minute and the game boiled over in injury time when a scuffle in the penalty area led to two more red cards.
www.soccernet.com /global/news/2001/0725/20010726copamex.html   (433 words)

  
 Sporting Life - World Cup Finals
If any one player typifies Mexico's current style it is Alberto Garcia Aspe.
Aspe stands like a rock at the centre of that midfield, giving his all in every game and getting forward when needed to pick up his fair share of goals.
With almost 100 caps to his name, Aspe uses his massive experience to the advantage of the side by directing things from the centre of the park.
www.sportinglife.com /football/worldcupfinals2002/team_sections/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=ladbrokes/02/01/24/manual_172507.html&TEAMHD=mexico   (107 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | WORLD CUP | Mexico | Garcia Aspe calls it quits
Mexico midfielder Alberto Garcia Aspe has announced his international retirement.
The news follows his team's shock 2-0 loss to old rivals the United States in the second round of the World Cup finals.
The veteran midfielder came on as a substitute in the 78th minute of a match in which Mexico failed to continue their impressive form of the group stages.
newsrss.bbc.co.uk /sport3/worldcup2002/hi/team_pages/mexico/newsid_2050000/2050671.stm   (151 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mexico heads to the Copa championship   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
PEREIRA, Colombia — Alberto Garcia Aspe scored the tiebreaking goal in the 65th minute Wednesday night, and Mexico beat Uruguay 2-1 to advance to the final of the Copa America.
With three minutes left, Aspe was ejected for a hard foul on Fabian Estoyanoff.
Aspe and Vidrio will be suspended for the final.
www.usatoday.com /sports/soccer/world/2001-07-25-copa.htm   (317 words)

  
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Significantly, Aguirre has restored veterans Luiz Hernandez and Alberto Garcia Aspe to his squad, and alongside the world's most-capped player, Claudio Suarez, they have been able to nurture emerging stars such as Antonio de Nigris and Gerardo Torrado.
With Mexico's World Cup qualification campaign in jeopardy, newly-installed coach Javier Aguirre immediately re-called Aspe to national colours and the midfielder duly lifted his country to qualify for the finals for the 13th time.
Competing in his third World Cup, he is the playmaker of the Mexico team in Aguirre's preferred 4-4-2 system and as captain is the undisputed team leader.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/printArticle.pl?path=/specials/soccerworldcup/teams/mexico.html   (796 words)

  
 Soccer Digest: Not tried, but true: unafraid to forgo skill and experience for heart, strength, and determination, ...
Perhaps the most important addition, however, has been the return of Alberto Garcia Aspe, a starting defensive midfielder in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups.
Garcia Aspe, who will turn 35 in May, has represented Mexico more than 100 times and is revered for his professionalism and tenacity.
"Aspe is a player with a lot of character and a very even temper.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0FCN/is_1_25/ai_84148243   (1549 words)

  
 Belgium v Mexico   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
But with 55 minutes gone, the Mexicans gained a penalty and more importantly squared the number of players on each side as Verheyen was sent off the field.
Garcia Aspe scored the penalty and the Belgians began to wobble.
With the heat and the pressure it wasn't much later when Blanco volleyed the equaliser after a great deal of Mexican play, against a tiring Belgian team.
www.studentzone.org.uk /world_cup/matches/belg_mexi.html   (166 words)

  
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Dominican Republic: Oscar Mejia, Pablo Garcia (Miguel Rodríguez 46'), Julio Serraza (Pedro Tineo 54'), Ramón Mariano, Dinardo Rodríguez, Pedro Aquino, Miguel Perez, Nelson Pena, Alberto Jiménez, Cristian Queliz, José Tejeda.
Dominican Republic: Oscar Mejia, Pablo Garcia, Pedro Tineo, Cristian Queliz, Omar Zapata (Ramón Marjano 88'), Pedro Aquino, Miguel Perez, Nelson Pena, Alberto Jiménez (Miguel Cabral 69'), Luis Mateo (Julio Serraza 87'), José Tejeda.
Cuba: Odelin Molina, Osmin Hernandez, Julio Diaz, Armelio Garcia, Humberto Martínez, Armando Cruz, Tobio Mora, Alexi Saez Rodríguez, Manuel Bobadilla, Lázaro Dalcourt, Ariel Alvarez.
www.srcf.ucam.org /~nfm24/football/1996nca.html   (8526 words)

  
 ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. Euro 2004, champion's ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Mexico reached the Copa final after an Alberto Garcia Aspe penalty in the 67th minute and they had taken the lead in the 13th minute when Jared Borgetti jinked past a defender to hit a cross shot from the edge of the penalty area.
Carlos Morales was sent off for kicking out at Gerardo Torrado in the 43rd minute to reduce Uruguay to ten men and this definitely helped Mexico to push on in the second half and prove worthy winners..
Garcia Aspe was then sent off for his second booking in the 86th minute as the game turned ugly again.
www.wldcup.com /reports/2001Jul/20010726_9486_mexico_uruguay.html   (278 words)

  
 MLSnet.com -- The Official Site of Major League Soccer
Jesus Arellano and Johan Rodriguez are suspended for the match in Niigata, and both winger Rafael Garcia and midfielder Gerardo Torrado are battling injury, Mexico.
Veteran Alberto Garcia Aspe, the midfielder who was dropped by previous coach Enrique Meza, will win his 109th cap if he sees playing time in this match.
Striker Francisco Palencia and veteran midfielder Alberto Garcia Aspe have been dropped from the starting lineup to face Croatia.
www.mlsnet.com /content/02/datastore/wc0602cromexpreview.html   (666 words)

  
 Mexican coach announces near-final list
New to the group is defender David Oteo who plays for the National University Pumas.
 The only players carried over from the 1994 World Cup are Campos, Garcia Aspe, Suarez, Ramirez, midfielder Marcelino Bernal and forward Luis Garcia.
 Midfielders: Alberto Garcia Aspe, Marcelino Bernal, German Villa, Braulio Luna, Jaime Ordiales and Ramon Ramirez.
www.canoe.ca /SoccerWCPreMay21Stories/apr9_mex.html   (307 words)

  
 ESPN.com - SOCCER - Campos, Hernandez left out as Aguirre makes changes
The six were not available for Wednesday's humiliating 3-1 qualifying loss to Honduras because it clashed with the first leg of the Libertadores final, which Cruz lost 1-0 to Boca Juniors.
Aspe, 34, played with Aguirre for Mexico in the early 1990s and was recalled following an excellent national championships campaign in the first half of this year.
Midfielders: Tomas Campos (Cruz Azul), Victor Gutierrez (Cruz Azul), Gerardo Torrado (Tenerife Spain), Alberto Garcia Aspe (Puebla), Cesareo Victorino (Cruz Azul), Juan Pablo Rodriguez (Atlas), Johan Rodriguez (Santos Laguna), Jose Alberto Hernandez (Cruz Azul)
espn.go.com /soccer/news/2001/0623/1217729.html   (471 words)

  
 Red Devils matches
Garcia Aspe scores the 2-1 form the penalty spot.
From this moment, Mexico was the most dangerous team on the field.
Garcia Aspe centered the ball, and Blanco shoots the ball very beautifully into the goal : 2-2.
www.geocities.com /Colosseum/6295/belmex.html   (814 words)

  
 NewStandard: 1/20/97   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
PASADENA, Calif. -- Alberto Garcia Aspe scored in the second half and assisted on Zague's first-half goal as Mexico beat the United States 2-0 in a U.S. Cup '97 match at the Rose Bowl.
Zague took a long pass from Aspe, setting up a one-on-one confrontation with defender Mike Burns, who forced Zague to the outside.
In the 68th minute, Benjamin Galindo intercepted Jovan Kirovski's pass and passed to Aspe, whose crossing shot from just outside the penalty area went into the upper left corner of the net, delighting the crowd of 31,725.
www.s-t.com /daily/01-97/01-20-97/c02sp077.htm   (267 words)

  
 World Cup 2002 - U.S. Falls to Mexico, 1-0, in Mexico City; Ends Qualifying Unbeaten Streak at Nine Games - by La ...
The lone goal of the match came in the 16th minute, when veteran midfielder Alberto Garcia Aspe served a free kick into the box, where unmarked forward Jared Borgetti rose and snapped a header past Kasey Keller.
MEX - Jared Borgetti (Juan Garcia Aspe), 16.
MEX - 12-Oscar Perez; 21-Jesus Arellano (20-Jose Hernandez, 87), 2-Claudio Suarez, 5-Manuel Vidrio, 4-Melvin Brown; 18-Johan Rodriguez (13-Victor Gutierrez, 66), 6-Gerardo Torrado, 8-Alberto Garcia Aspe (7-Octavio Valdez, 74), 14-Tomas Campos; 17-Francisco Palencia, 9-Jared Borgetti.
www.lacancha.com /wc2002_063001.html   (291 words)

  
 CNNSI.com - 2002 World Cup - World Soccer: Q & A with Mexico coach Aguirre - Tuesday April 23, 2002 05:38 PM
One of my real concerns is whether Garcia Aspe will be able to cope with the demands of a World Cup.
The absence (both injured) of Arellano and Johan Rodriguez may force a reshuffle in midfield around Garcia Aspe.
Besides, Jose Antonio Noriega could be a good replacement for Garcia Aspe if needed.
sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup/news/2002/04/23/coaches_mexico_ws   (704 words)

  
 Worldcup 1998 : Friendly - Boca Juniors 3 / Mexique 1, April 1st, 1998.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hopes for a good game after Mexico's early goal -- a header by Ordiales from a corner shot by Alberto Garcia Aspe -- quickly died down as both teams played an excessively friendly match.
The ball stayed mainly in midfield, and chances to score were few and far between.
Jorge Campos, Sergio Almaguer, Salvador Carmona, German Villa, Duilio Davino, Jaime Ordiales, Braulio Luna, Alberto Garcia Aspe, Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Luis Hernandez, Francisco Palencia.
www.worldcup.fr /uk/program/amicaux/Boc-Mex1avr.html   (265 words)

  
 World Cup 2002 - ABC Sport
With Mexico's World Cup qualification campaign in jeopardy newly-installed coach Javier Aguirre immediately re-called Alberto Garcia Aspe to national colours and the midfielder duly lifted his country to qualify for the finals for the 13th time.
Competing in his third World Cup he is the playmaker of the Mexico team in Aguirre's preferred 4-4-2 system and as captain is undisputed team leader - he was recently presented with the national flag by the country's president Vicente Fox.
Has spent most of his playing career in his homeland but did have a stint in Argentina with famous Buenos Aires club River Plate.
www.abc.net.au /worldcup2002/mexico/s557624.htm   (221 words)

  
 Irish Emigrant - News and jobs for the global Irish community
Real Valladolid's Cuauhtemoc Blanco is one of the danger men in the side as is Alberto Garcia Aspe.
A veteran of the 1994 and 1998 World Cups, Garcia Aspe took the captain's arm band and in his first outing for more than two years set up the match-winning goal against the United States.
After a rocky period the team from south of the border has settled and are ready, willing and able for the big competition.
www.emigrant.ie /article.asp?iCategoryID=206&iArticleID=4223   (450 words)

  
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Jack says that while we may or may not know the result (I don't) because of tape delay, it's LIVE to him and Ty, so we get all the excitement plus an extra few hours of sleep.
Aspe, on the ground, Agoos makes no mistake.
Moore - with the Premiership foul on Garcia Aspe.
www.geocities.com /dobie90/mexus0701.html   (2629 words)

  
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I can barely talk", said Alberto Garcia Aspe, who scored during regulation but then blazed the first penalty kick of the shootout over the bar.
Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari was angry over the loss and issued a statement criticizing coach Miguel Mejia Baron for not using any substitutes.
I was almost looking forward to penalty kicks." A curious statement, considering the only goal he allowed yesterday was on a penalty kick, taken by Garcia Aspe in the 18th minute.
www.b-info.com /places/Bulgaria/news/94-07/jul07.scb   (475 words)

  
 MFL: The Playoff Stuff (1st Round)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On Thursday, Necaxa had taken the lead by beating Santos 1-0 at Azteca Stadium thanks to a goal by Alberto Garcia Aspe.
However, this lead was turned around when Francisco de Anda and Gabriel Caballero capitalized on excellent plays to give Santos a 2-1 lead (aggregate).
The second was a superb 12-touch passing from Santos goalkeeper, Jose Miguel, to Gabriel Caballero, who scored the go-ahead goal.
yalma.fime.uanl.mx /~futmex-l/MFL/Mex97/stuff-fW.html   (268 words)

  
 Worldcup 1998 : Friendly - Mexico 2 / Netherlands 3 , February 24, 1998.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In the 65th minute Manuel Abundis chested down a cross for Palencia to drive the ball low into the net.
Alberto Garcia Aspe, who was booked in the 41st minute, made it 3-2 with a penalty kick after Blanco was brought down in the area by Ernst Faber.
Ricardo Martinez; Isaac Terrazas, Hector Lopez, Sigifredo Mercado (Noe Zarate, 62), Francisco Gabriel de Anda; German Villa, Marcelino Bernal (captain) (Francisco Palencia, 62), Alberto Garcia Aspe, Javier Lozano (Cuauhtemoc Blanco, 43); Enrique Alfaro, Manuel Abundis.
www.worldcup.fr /uk/program/amicaux/Mex-Net24fev.html   (300 words)

  
 Mexico comeback a red card affair
Not only was Verheyen ejected, but Alberto Garcia Aspe converted the penalty kick in the 56th minute.
3, Mexico, Garcia Aspe 1 (penalty kick), 56th.
 Mexico--Jorge Campos; Pavel Pardo, Joel Sanchez, Duilio Davino, Ramon Ramirez; Alberto Garcia Aspe (Raul Lara, 68th), Claudio Suarez, Jaime Ordiales (German Villa, 58th); Luis Hernandez, Francisco Palencia (Jesus Arellano, 46th), Cuauhtemoc Blanco.
slam.canoe.ca /SoccerWCGames/jun20_bel_mex.html   (393 words)

  
 KingJams.com
Alberto Garcia Aspe and German Villa will clog the midfield while Jesus Arellano will serve as playmaker.
Mexico: Oscar Perez; Alberto Rodriguez, Manuel Vidrio, Rafael Marquez, Ramon Heriberto Morales, Ramon Morales Higuera; Alberto Garcia Aspe, German Villa, Jesus Arellano; Francisco Palencia, Jared Borgetti.
The remainder of the side should include a back three of Marquez, Claudio Suarez and Manuel Vidrio in front of Óscar Perez in goal, with German Villa, Johan Rodriguez and Alberto Garcia Aspe filling out the midfield.
www.kingjams.com /news/032.asp   (1804 words)

  
 Mexico-Bulgaria!
However the Mexicans tied the game 10minutes later, when Alberto Garcia Aspe scored on a penalty kick.
Referee: (SYR) Al-Sharif J. Linesmen: (BHR) Al-Ghattan Y., (IRN) Fanaei M. Goals: (MEX) Garcia Aspe A. (BGR) Stoitchkov H. Penalty Kicks 1 2 3 4 5
Yellow: (MEX) Suarez C. (MEX) Garcia L. (MEX) Garcia L. (MEX) Ramirez R. (MEX) Garcia Aspe A. (BGR) Kremenliev E. (BGR) Sirakov N. (BGR) Kiriakov I. (BGR) Kremenliev E. (BGR) Iordanov I. Red: (MEX) Garcia L. (BGR) Kremenliev E. Attendance: 71,030
www.angelfire.com /tx2/Stoichkov/mexico.html   (209 words)

  
 Netguruindia News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Both sides played a very physical brand of football during a sluggish first half that put all involved into a volatile mood and left Uruguay a man down when striker Carlos Maria Morales was red-carded just before the break.
Mexico had maybe five minutes of decent possession, but it was enough to put them ahead in the 13th minute when midfielder Alberto Garcia Aspe sent a delicate chip to breaking striker Jared Borgetti, who turned his marker inside out while bursting into the penalty area and ripping a shot past Uruguay 'keeper Gustavo Munua.
But with Uruguay on their heels, it was only a matter of time before the Mexicans would strike again.
www.netguruindia.com /news/Jul01/27/SPO2.html   (685 words)

  
 ESPN.com Soccernet WorldCup: News - New Mexico coach shakes up squad
MEXICO CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - New Mexico coach Javier Aguirre made sweeping changes on Friday as he announced his squad for the World Cup qualifier at home to group leaders the United States on July 1.
The six were not available for Wednesday's humiliating 3-1 qualifying loss to Honduras because it clashed with the first leg of the Libertadores final, wich Cruz lost 1-0 to Boca Juniors.
Aspe, 34, played with Aguirre for Mexico in the early 1990s and has been recalled following an excellent national championships in the first half of this year.
www.soccernet.com /worldcup/news/2001/0624/20010624mexico.html   (368 words)

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