On the 10^th minute of the game, Chicago forward Patrick Nyarko put a header into the net.

It was not until the 43^rd minute, that striker Itmar Batista past two defenders and kicked a shot into the right-hand corner of the Fire’s net.

With the score tied 1-1 at the end of the game, the Tigres won the penalty shootout 4-3.

 With Chicago Fire’s Mike Banner and Justin Mapp missing their shots, Tigre’s Itmar Batistas took advantage by kicking a shot into the left corner for the win and title.

Mexico wins over USA 5-0!

Consider the first half a warm up, with both sides having few goal opportunities.

But on the second half, Mexico took control of the game.  Gerardo Torrado scored a penalty goal on the 55^th minute, which gave the Mexican team the lead and the confidence to press on. Soon after, Giovani Dos Santos scores goal number 2 on the 61^st minute.

At minute 66, Carlos Vela puts his team ahead 3-0. Jose Antonio Castro, who just kicked the ball as keeper Troy Perkins was on the floor: 4-0. Then, as if the US had not had enough, Guillermo Franco scored goal number 5 and the Mexican team earned the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2009.

The friendly game between the two completed the Asian tour.

Ryan Giggs scored three goals for the United team, along with two goals by Michael Owen and goals by Berbatov, Tosic and Nani.

Wang Hongyou and Brazilian Valdo scored for goals for the local team.

Soccer fans had been anticipating this match between Chelsea and AC Milan for the inaugural World Football Challenge, and they were not disappointed. Ivorian Didier Drogba took the lead with a goal for Chelsea.

However, in the 38th minute, Clarence Seedorf found the equalizer for the Italians, drawing 1-1.

Then on the 69^th minute in the second half, Yuri Zhirkov scored the tie breaking goal, and defeating AC Milan 2-1.

There were a few chances taken during the first half, but on the 45^th minute, Clarence Goodson took the lead with a header.

Then on the 89^th minute, Kenny Cooper sealed the victory.

 With a goal by Didier Drogba and a penalty kick by Frank Lampard on the 50^th minute, Chelsea defeated the Italian Serie A champions 2-0.

The game, which took place at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, was part of the World Football Challenge, which also includes AC Milan and Mexico City’s Club America.

El Tri opened the scoring in minute 23, after Judelin Aveska touched the ball with his hand inside the area and Israel Castro kicked the penalty but goalkeeper Jean Zephirin stopped it. Miguel Sabah found the rebound and took the lead for Mexico.

Mexico knew they could not speculate and had to chase the victory from the very beginning, something El Tri understood immediately.

With this result, Mexico reached the semifinals of the Gold Cup 2009, facing Costa Rica this week at Soldier Field in Chicago.

It all started with Costa Rica’s goal by Celso Borges Mota. Then Alvaro Saborio scored in the 16^th minute, and Andy Herron scored in the 76^th minute.

Costa Rica was ahead 3-0 by the start of the second half. Then Alvaro Saborio made his presence known once more with a goal in the 76^th minute.

Then Pablo Herrera Barrantes scored the fifth goal on 88^th minute, ending the game and moving Costa Rica to the semifinals at the CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Panama was in the lead with a goal from Blas Perez in the first half, but Beckerman tied the score in the 49^th minute of the game.

Then on the 105^th minute, Kenny Cooper scored his penalty kick on the 105^th minute giving the US the victory.

Now the Americans remain in position to win their third straight CONCACAF Gold Cup.

 After a penalty goal from Walter Martinez in the 36^th minute of the game, Honduras maintained the 1-0 advantage and advanced to the semifinals of the Gold Cup 2009.

It was Mauro Boselli who gave Estudiantes the 2-1 victory, the Copa Libertadores 2009 and the berth in the Club World Cup 2009, which will be held late this year in Dubai.

Panama scored four goals to beat Nicaragua 4-0. Goals from Blas Perez (minute 34), Gabriel Gomez (minute 55), and two from Luis Tejada (minutes 75, 87) made it impossible for the Nicaraguan team to catch their breath.

Panama’s strategy allowed them to secure the win with just a couple of goal chances. Nicaragua’s long shot by Armando Reyes was the only real attempt at goal keeper Penedo.

Nicaragua fell apart when the third goal by Luis Tejada came in on the 75^th minute of the game; then completely closed the deal with another on the 87^th minute.

Honduras had an easy time with Grenada.in the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. Honduras had a 2-0 lead at halftime, with goals from Martinez on the second minute and Espinoza.

Martinez sent a corner kick to the opposite side of the net in the 56th minute, and Melvin Valladares got his head on the ball and directed it downward on one bounce past goalkeeper Andray Baptiste.

The final goal came in the 67th minute on a penalty kick by Carlos Costly.

The US led with the first goal of the game.

Then, Haiti had taken the lead with goals in the first four minutes of the second half by Sirin Vaniel and Mones Chery.

Until, Stuart Holden shot a 25-footer past goalkeeper Jean Dominique Zephirin into the upper right corner in the first minute of second-half injury time, giving the United States a 2-2 tie.

 The United States had just two minutes left to avoid its first loss ever in CONCACAF Gold Cup group play.