"El Homie" and the Xolos: Edgar Castillo @ Tijuana [R]

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  1. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Edgar Castillo's new thread. :thumbsup:
     
  2. soccaisthecoolest

    Jul 22, 2008
    Tell me more...
     
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  3. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Starting LB for the No.1 team in Mexico.:thumbsup:
     
  4. BimmerBenz95

    BimmerBenz95 Member+

    Feb 24, 2012
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    It was about time Edgar got a new thread.
     
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  5. Rahbiefowlah

    Rahbiefowlah Member+

    Oct 22, 2001
    Las Vegas
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  6. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Sinha got his ass red carded Sunday.:D
     
  7. Testudo

    Testudo Member+

    Jan 29, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Starting vs Chivas today, just started the 2nd half. On Telemundo.
     
  8. Golazo

    Golazo Member+

    Apr 15, 1999
    Decatur, GA USA
    Xolos and their three Americans qualify for Libertadores. That's pretty cool.
     
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  9. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    That is f*cking awesome! :thumbsup:
     
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  10. Testudo

    Testudo Member+

    Jan 29, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not to mention potential American Cirilo Saucedo.
     
  11. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Edgar Castillo helped Tijuana get a shutout @ Monterrey with a solid performance at LB tonight for the Xolos. Greg Garza scored the winning goal of the match which now has Xolos in the lead going into the 2nd leg of the Liguilla.
     
  12. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Tijuana advance to the semifinals of the Liguilla, where they will play against Club Leon. Castillo played the full 90 and Garza came on later in the 2nd half of the game against Monterrey.
     
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  13. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Club Tijuana play the 1st leg of the Liguilla Semifinals tonight @ Club Leon. The game will be live on Telemundo at 10 ET.
     
  14. evan eleven

    evan eleven Member

    Jun 4, 2009
    California
    Club:
    Seattle Sounders
    Nat'l Team:
    --other--
    i read somewhere that Xolos have the "best defense in Liga MX" but that seems hard to believe considering Castillo is the starter. he hasn't looked very good for the USA and in the Xolos games i've watched he seems to play a lot more offense than defense. and they lost the first leg 2-0. did anybody see it? how did Castillo play? and how does Castillo compare to Greg Garza? seems like Garza is a bigger, more athletic player...
     
  15. Real Corona

    Real Corona Member+

    Jan 19, 2008
    Colorado
    Club:
    FC Metalist Kharkiv
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Depends on what you mean by athletic but Garza is slow as mud and I wouldn't say he is very athletic.
     
  16. ielag

    ielag Member+

    Jul 20, 2010
    Castillo is a lot quicker/faster than Garza. If Greg was the same as Castillo athletically, his ceiling would be fairly high as he's technically and tactically sound.
     
  17. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Lately, Castillo has been better at defending than attacking.
     
  18. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    A LA FINAL!


    Xolos de Tijuana advance to the final!
     
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  19. kickin365

    kickin365 Member+

    Mar 4, 2002
    Today's semifinal deserved its own thread. Only caught the last 40 mins, on and off, but what a game. Castillo seemed to play fine from what I saw.

    Game was very open and entertaining, and a crazy atmosphere. Congrats to Egdar, and Joe C. + the one or 2 other yanks on TJ.
     
  20. Testudo

    Testudo Member+

    Jan 29, 1999
    Arlington, VA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, high drama. Clawed back from down 0-2, tied it on aggregate in I think the 67th minute & advanced on a 90th minute goal. Their forward Duvier Riascos should get a look w/Colombia, it seems like he carries this team.

    Anybody thinking about heading down for the TJ leg from SoCal? 1st Mexican final this close to los EEUU, no?

    Love me some Hairless Dogs...
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  21. Sandon Mibut

    Sandon Mibut Member+

    Feb 13, 2001
    How cool is this? A team with three US players who play regularly, plus a bunch in the youth/reserve system, is in the top 2 of a very good league.

    Factor it being basically a suburb of a big US city and the fact that just a few years ago they were in the second tier and this story is even better.

    I'm pretty sure if Xolos win this will be Castillo's second title in Mexico. I seem to recall he won one with Santos.
     
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  22. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, he sure did.
     
  23. Golazo

    Golazo Member+

    Apr 15, 1999
    Decatur, GA USA
    (The 'roid rage is worth the price of a jersey.)

    These are going to be some busy hairless dogs, what with the Clausura, Concachampions and Copa Libertadores. I'm not sure JK can count on fresh legs out of Corona or Castillo.
     
  24. Pl@ymaker

    Pl@ymaker Member+

    Feb 8, 2010
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Playing against the best clubs from South America is definitely gonna be a good experience for these guys.
     
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