Ventura Alvarado at FC Juarez

Semifinal leg one was at home and ended 0-0. Leg two is this Saturday.

 

"American Exports: Necaxa's Ventura Alvarado, Sonny Guadarrama hunting promotion to Liga MX

Necaxa’s American duo of Ventura Alvarado and Sonny Guadarrama ... kept their hopes of reaching Liga MX alive with a 0-0 tie at home to Estudiantes Tecos on Wednesday in the first leg of the Ascenso MX’s Clausura semifinals.
Phoenix native Alvarado and Guadarrama, a Texan, both played the full 90 minutes in a game the home side dominated.... Three-time Mexican first-division champions Necaxa will head to Guadalajara on Saturday for the return leg hoping for an away goal, with Alvarado and Guadarrama set to feature."
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...a-alvarado-sonny-guadarrama-hunting-promotion

 

Bummer. Leg two was also 0-0 and Tecos advanced on tie breakers.

Both Yanks started, Guadarrama hit a post.

 

Fortunately there's a Yank on Tecos, too. Hedging.

 

Alvarado's loan to Necaxa is up, so he's back with America for now.

 

Seems like he might be good enough to stay playing in the 1st division.

 

They're looking to improve in the CB area for next season. .. Some reports have them targeting Omar Gonzalez. Will be interesting to see if Ventura can impress

 

He may be less experienced but I think developing Alvarado would be a better option.

 

If he can find a way to be a consistent starter there then I would agree.

 

How many times have you seen Alvarado play?

 

2 or 3 times. He did pretty well every time I got to see him play. I don't see how Omar Gonzalez, who is 4 years older, is that much of a better option.

 

article from a Spanish-language Arizona paper. Somehow we all missed him scoring the winner in their preseason exhibition in San Francisco.

http://www.lavozarizona.com/story/deportes/2014/07/08/ventura-alvarado-exito/12358155/

 

This guy seems to score pretty often, are we sure he isn't a striker?

 

Hmmm.. was just wondering about how this guy was doing the other day to. Very interesting that article says he's been playing Left back and been doing good there. Mohamed has been pleased with his work in preseason. If Layun goes to Europe I can see him getting a lot of playing time.

 

Leftback? CAP HIM NOW!

 

Playing for America's U20's today vs. Tijuana

 

came on in the 82nd minute of America's 2-0 win over Tigres. was (is?) trending on Twitter in Mexico.

 

Highlights from yesterday, though Alvarado does not appear.

He has made 2 starts with the U-20s during the 2014 Apertura and picked up a yellow card.

Club América have a spot in the 2014/2015 CONCACAF Champions League.

During the 2014 Clausura he made 16 starts on loan to Necaxa in the Ascenso MX. He scored a goal and picked up 3 yellow cards.

 

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14' - Ventura Alvarado header gives @CF_America a 3-0 lead over @PuertoRicoBFC ... #CCL #CONCACAF

— Concacaf (@Concacaf) August 20, 2014

 

Toca suave at 0:41-

 

Finally, in the Champions League, Phoenix, Arizona, native Ventura Alvarado headed in Club América’s third goal in a 6-1 victory over Puerto Rico’s Bayamón in Estadio Azteca. Alvarado steered the ball in at the near post from a corner in the 14th minute and played the full game at left back for Las Aguilas in an easy win to move the Liga MX team above Guatemala’s Comunicaciones on goals scored at the top of Group 8.
http://www.mlssoccer.com/news/artic...-scores-first-goal-almost-year-tigres-copa-mx

 

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An American at Club America

 

Qué día. 😄 pic.twitter.com/lua9bksOSM

— VA17 ⚽ (@VAlvaradoInfo) August 21, 2014

En portadas. 😊 pic.twitter.com/MQcn1hOGCe

— VA17 ⚽ (@VAlvaradoInfo) August 21, 2014

 

Played the full 90 for Club America in the CCL. I think he mostly played at CB.