Articles tagged with "libertadores"
America gets a good result in Azteca.
By Albert | May 16th, 2008Salvador Cabañas is the man! With 2 goals and cohesive defense and team play, America takes a 2-0 advantage in the 1st leg of their series with Santos of Brazil. This can be considered semi-verification that their passing Flamengo was not a fluke. ...
All The Bull: Troop Benefit, Barcelona, Injuries and more
By Dave Martinez | May 15th, 2008Hey y'all. Before anything, I would like to address this major issue: I HATE ALLERGIES. Last year was the first year I had ever gotten em, and I hate it even more this year. Absolutely hate. But on the bright side - I did catch 6 bluefish and a ...
Maracanazo! What a night for America
By Albert | May 8th, 2008All hope was lost. Ruben Omar Romano was fired after the loss in Azteca to Flamengo. The new Coach, Antonio Luna, said that it would be a dream/fantasy to think they would pass against Flamengo in the 2nd leg in Brazil. No one believed America co ...
Angel Is Clearly Hurting
By Dave Martinez | May 3rd, 2008For those watching Juan Pablo Angels early season performances, it has become painfully obvious that something terrible is going on. He looks slower, he didn't line up for the free kick against TFC (which was netted by Van Den Bergh), he was rarely ...
America has new Interim Coach
By Albert | May 1st, 2008Juan Antonio Luna takes over as Interim Coach for the dismal Club America. The interesting quote coming from Luna is that he believes that America would be dreaming to think that they could beat Flamengo in Brazil. Atleast he is in touch with real ...
America goes down, Romano steps aside.
By Albert | April 30th, 2008For real this time. After a disgraceful Mexican League stint as Head Coach, all his hopes hung on the Copa Libertadores. Now America loses 4-2 to Flamengo in Azteca, without an impressive attendance. It just keeps getting worse and the only thing ...
Ferretti talks about not helping out Club America
By Albert | April 30th, 2008It is known by now that Club America is taking no player from the League as help for the Libertadores. Ferretti talks about how maybe teams didn't want to loan a player because of rivalry issues but also because of the fact that many are still in t ...
Libertadores: America dissapoints once again
By Albert | March 27th, 2008America loses to San Martin of Peru, in Peru lastnight. The Aguilas are still in 2nd place but only by goal differential of 1. The group has tightened. River Plate leads with 9 points, America and San Martin with 6 and Catolica with only 3. The lo ...
What's wrong with the Sudamericana?
By AJ | July 12th, 2007It's is Sudamericana time again. For those of you who don't know, it's South America's very own UEFA Cup. When most clubs in Brazil think Copa Sudamericana, the first thing that comes to mind is "Damn." Every year you hear Cruzeiro's president and staff s
Boca Swallows Another Brazilian Club in a Libertadores Final
By Bruno Romani | June 21st, 2007Boca has just won its 6th title of the Copa Libertadores, 4 against Brazilian teams (Cruzeiro-77, Palmeiras-01, Santos-03, Gremio-07). Riquelme played a fine match, scored twice, and made history. The 2-0 made the Olimpico stadium a cemetery.
Grêmio is the Brazilian runners-up in the Libertadores; Santos is Out!
By Bruno Romani | June 7th, 2007Santos won by 3-1 at the Vila Belmiro, but Grêmio is in the finals! Grêmio scored first with Diego Souza, but Santos came back with Renatinho (2x) and Zé Roberto. Update: Santos and Grêmio battled at the Vila Belmiro both for a chance
And then there was one...
By John | May 11th, 2007Toluca and Necaxa both tanked there clausuras in an effort to concentrate on advancing in the Copa Libertadores. After last night's 1-0 Nacional victory over Los Electricistas, both Necaxa and Toluca have been unceremoniously bounced from the Libertadore
Brazilian Championship: There is still some thrill left.
By LP | November 25th, 2006While I’m starting to blog here, the Brazilian Championship is coming to an end. This was a bipolar year where Internacional and São Paulo competed alone for the main tittles around here. Inter stop São Paulo from getting his forth continental title o
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