The New York Times
The men's soccer tournament rarely garners significant attention at the Olympics, and in many ways this is by design. Unlike the women's tournament, which is contested by teams using their best players, the men's tournament has an age restriction:...
San Diego Union-Tribune
27 p.m., Aug. 10, 2012 Mexico's Oribe Peralta, left celebrates with Mexico's head coach Luis Fernando Tena during the men's soccer semifinal match between Japan and Mexico at the Wembley stadium, at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 7,...
Kansas City Star
Brazil has a rich legacy in soccer, and some of the best players in the game have proudly competed in its jersey. What it doesn't have is an Olympic gold.Mexico, which faces the team Saturday in the men's gold medal game, believes that it will need...
Tahoe Daily Tribune
Mexico coach Luis Fernando Tena thinks his team will need an "almost perfect" game to pull off an upset against Brazil in the men's Olympic football final on Saturday. Tena loudly praised the quality of the Brazilian team on Friday and said he...
San Diego Union-Tribune
Mexico coach Luis Fernando Tena joked that he read an article about people betting overwhelmingly on Brazil to win their gold-medal men's soccer match Saturday at Wembley Stadium. And that was before Tena announced his Giovani Dos Santos has a pulled...
The independent
His players will take on Mexico for the gold medal in the men's football at Wembley at 3pm. Of course every medal is important and gold is the most precious but there is more at stake here than just that. There is the self-esteem of the proudest...