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Copa Sudamericana: River Plate 2 - 4 Arsenal (pen)
By Christian | November 15th, 2007River Plate's run in South America's second most important cup competition ended tonight in heartbreaking fashion with a 4-2 loss on penalties to Arsenal de Sarandí at home. The result leaves River without any title to show for this year, and a wave
Copa Sudamericana 2nd Leg Tonight: A Ganar Sí o Sí
By Christian | November 14th, 2007River Plate face their biggest game of the year tonight, as los millonarios host Arsenal de Sarandí in the second leg of the Copa Sudamericana semifinals. You can catch it live on Fox Sports Español at 7PM or 11PM ET. The winner will advance to the
Copa Sudamericana 1st Leg: Arsenal 0 - 0 River Plate
By Christian | November 10th, 2007In an article this week on SI.com, Gregory Sica picked River to win it all in this year's Copa Sudamericana. If he was able to sit through more than 5 minutes of last night's 0-0 draw, I doubt he's thinking the same way. Simply put, the match i
River Plate - Defensor: Thoughts
By Christian | November 1st, 2007Mauro Rosales' expression tells the whole story. Simply put, River put on one of their worst performances this season’s in last night’s 0-0 draw in the home leg of the Copa Sudamericana. Though it was enough to advance to the semifinals, River wer
Copa Sudamericana 2nd Leg: River Plate 0 - 0 Defensor Sporting
By Christian | October 31st, 2007River Plate advanced to the semifinals of the Copa Sudamericana tonight after drawing 0-0 to Uruguayan side Defensor Sporting, with los millonarios winning the series on away goals after drawing the first leg 2-2 last week. Their next opponent will be lo
Defensor Sporting 2 - 2 River Plate
By Christian | October 26th, 2007River's solid form since winning the Superclásico a few weeks back looked to continue last night in Uruguay in the first leg of the quarterfinal matchup against Defensor Sporting in the Copa Sudamericana, but a late goal by the home side leveled the
Copa Sudamericana: Defensor Sporting - River Plate
By Christian | October 25th, 2007In less than 2 hours River Plate will take on Uruguay’s Defensor Sporting in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana Quaterfinals, a match you can catch on Fox Sports Español at 8PM ET. It’s estimated that 5,000 River fans have made the trip so expect
Game Preview: Chivas v DC United (Game 2)
By jon | October 2nd, 2007After a 2-1 victory last week at RFK, DC United heads to Mexico (where no American team has ever won) and hopes to advance to face Arsenal in the next round. Chivas has the away goal, so DC has to score at least 2 (if I got this right) and win, to advanc
Copa Sudamericana 2nd Leg: River Plate 4 - 2 Botafogo
By Christian | September 27th, 2007If you haven't heard, the Monumental was witness to a dramatic, come from behind 4-2 victory by River over Brazilian side Botafogo this past Thursday night, with the win advancing los millonarios to the next round of the Copa Sudamericana. Radamel Fal
Copa Sudamericana 1st Leg: Botafogo 1 – 0 River Plate
By Christian | September 20th, 2007River's first international title in 10 years may have to wait. Though the home leg will decide everything next week at the Monumental, and the deficit is easily surmountable, River will need to completely turn things around if they are to advance in
Botafogo - River Plate
By Christian | September 19th, 2007At 6:30PM ET, on Fox Sports Español. River are set to start their Copa Sudamericana campaign tonight in Río de Janeiro, and will face Botafogo in just a few hours. Coach Passarella will start his most offensive minded starting XI yet; a 4-3-3 for
Marioni: Out!
By Darius | December 27th, 2006Looks like Toluca's Bruno Marioni is headed to South American powerhouse Boca Juniors. The talented Argentine, who catapulted the Red Devils to the Aperatura final and Copa Sudamericana semifinals, cited personal reasons for the move. Marioni led this
Toluca 2 San Lorenzo 0
By Darius | November 3rd, 2006Toluca swept aside San Lorenzo 2-0 Wednesday night, overturning a 3-1 aggregate deficit and booking their place in the Copa Sudamericana semifinals. Argentine goal-keeper Agustin Orion deflected a cross directly at Toluca forward Carlos Morales, who pr
San Lorenzo 3 Toluca 1
By Darius | October 26th, 2006Toluca's Copa Sudamericana hopes took a serious dive last night after a 3-1 loss to San Lorenzo at the Nuevo Gasómetro Stadium in Buenos Aires. Goals from Pablo Quatrocchi (17’) and Néstor Silvera (51’, 56') put the Argentinians in cruise contro
Da Hell Does He Know Anyway
By Darius | October 24th, 2006Toluca will look to stir up a little mischief Wednesday night against San Lorenzo in the first game of a two-leg Copa Sudamericana quarterfinals clash. With a name like "The Red Devils," you'd expect the boys to come to town looking to raise hell. Not
Pachuca 3 Lanus 0
By Darius | October 19th, 2006Pachuca beat down Argentine side Lanus last night in the first leg of their Copa Sudamericana quarterfinal clash. In Buenos Aires no less! Juan Carlos Cacho struck twice for Pachuca, bringing his Copa Sudamerica total to three. Christian Giménez put t





