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Mexico’s national soccer team will try to salvage its World Cup qualifying campaign Tuesday night against the U.S. in Columbus, Ohio.
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Luis Fernando Tena led the Mexican Olympic squad to a gold medal last year.
After a rare home loss against Honduras on Friday, the country’s soccer federation fired coach Jose Manuel De La Torre. Assistant coach Luis Fernando Tena (pictured), who led the Mexican Olympic squad to a gold medal last year, will try to right the ship of a side that is 6-5-8 in 2013, mired in fourth place in Concacaf and in danger of not qualifying for the World Cup for the first time since 1982. (The fourth-place finisher must play a playoff against New Zealand to get in.)
The bright side for "El Tri"—the U.S. has issues, too. Striker Jozy Altidore, midfielder Geoff Cameron and defender Matt Besler are suspended, and midfielder Michael Bradley will miss the match with a sprained ankle.
—Matthew Futterman
Eagles Beat Redskins
New Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly, an import from the University of Oregon, wasted no time showing his offense can work at the pro level. Kelly’s team, led by quarterback Michael Vick, scored 26 first-half points using the no-huddle offense in a 33-27 win over the Washington Redskins on Monday night.
Washington quarterback Robert Griffin III, in his first game since last year’s knee injury, looked slow and sloppy until a sharp, but too-little-too-late rally. A 24-yard touchdown made it a one-possession game but Philadelphia recovered the onside kick.
—Kevin Clark
Oregon: Still a Blur
Hurry-up guru Chip Kelly is coaching the Philadelphia Eagles now, not Oregon. Yet two games into the college-football season, the fastest team in the country is still Oregon. The Ducks, ranked No. 2 under first-year coach Mark Helfrich, have logged 140 plays in just 41:11 of possession, according to cfb-stats.com. That leaves an average of 17.7 seconds between snaps—three seconds less than Oregon averaged under Kelly last year.
—Ben Cohen
What’s Next for Serena
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Serena Williams holds up the U.S. Open championship trophy.
Serena Williams isn’t planning to take a break. "I’m feeling good," she said on Monday, a day after winning the U.S. Open for her 17th Grand Slam singles title. Williams, 31, is headed to Asia later this month, where she said she is looking forward to teaming up with sister Venus for doubles. "V-rena" rarely play in non-Grand Slams, but Williams said they would play "to give us something to do" while in China.
via USA-Mexico Soccer: Desperation Time for El Tri – WSJ.com.
