Articles tagged with "brazil"
Operation Desert Suck
By Greg | June 6th, 2007Okay, it was mostly a B squad. Deco says it was hell hot. But that is NO excuse to TIE a third place ...
The International Caps they earn in Turkey are Out of this World
By Bob | June 5th, 2007It is a week of international football, which means that nationalism rises to the surface and countries break out their traditional gear. In the ...
No Need for a Follow-Up Question
By Bob | June 5th, 2007It is a tough time to be a reporter on the soccer beat. When you aren't being doused with beer by fans, you are ...
Rossoneri in Blue, and Yellow
By Gianfranco | June 3rd, 2007The Don fielded four Milanista’s on Saturday it what turned out to be lackluster performance. My Roman amico, Chris, and I had delusions of ...
Brazil 1 x 1 England: Another boring game in the Dunga saga.
By Bruno Romani | June 1st, 2007Another friendly game, ground for boredom, laziness and business. Teams mirror their coaches and this Brazilian team is exactly what Dunga used to be. It ...
Goals of the season: 4) Fred, Lyon
By Sam | May 31st, 2007February 10, 2007. Stade Gerland, Lyon. 6th minute, vs Lorient. A long clearance from keeper Grégory Coupet found Brazilian striker Frederico Chaves Guedes, aka Fred, who controlled the ...
We Won! We Won! Oh wait, we didn't win
By Bob | May 21st, 2007This one comes from the world of Brazilian futsal where the game came down to penalties and the keeper learns firsthand the old adage about ...
Romario Scores 1000th* Goal; Video of his Top Ten
By Bob | May 21st, 2007At long last we can put the Romario chasing his elusive 1000th goal story to bed. The Brazilian footballer reached the milestone on Sunday ...
Where next for Rivaldo?
By Daryl | May 12th, 2007Remember Rivaldo? He was basically Ronaldinho before there was a Ronaldinho, starring for Barcelona and Brazil and wowing the world with lots of impossible looking ...
A Name to Remember: Renato Augusto
By Bob | May 9th, 2007Is the world ready for another Brazilian attacking midfielder? Predicting future success is never a science but by all accounts 19-year-old Renato Soares de ...
Cruzeiro Keeper Fabio gives up a Bizarre goal
By Bob | May 2nd, 2007Our man Bruno on the Brazil Offside did a post about this a couple of days ago and I was reminded of it when I ...
A Yellow Card for a Peck, a Red Card for a Making Out
By Bob | April 24th, 2007Referees are used to taking abuse from players and fans, but apparently they aren't accustomed to receiving some lovin'. In Brazil this past weekend ...
Flip off the fans and you might get sued or beaten up
By Bob | April 9th, 2007In this crazy media world of ours if something happens in more than one place it is likely to be labeled an epidemic. That ...
Edmundo to RBNY? Eeeeeeexcellent!
By Martha | April 9th, 2007Possibly inspired by Chicago's inevitably very, very ill-advised signing of the volatile (read: "Selfish locker room cancer") Cuauhtemoc Blanco, Brazilian press reports are suggesting RBNY ...
My Coupe runneth over: The Lyon sleeps tonight, Bordeaux wins the Cup
By Sam | March 31st, 2007It's become somewhat of a tradition since Lyon started their Ligue 1 dominance all those years ago. That of Lyon not being able to win ...
Vagner Love scored for Brazil against Ghana in Sweden. And showed Moscow colors
By Ivan | March 29th, 2007Stockholm was the venue for international friendly between Brazil and Ghana. That wasn't an exciting remake of World Cup playoff match (remakes suck, actually) but ...
Milan: Stockpiling Old Men and Brazilians
By Martha | March 26th, 2007Just when they almost had us convinced they're going to start bringing in younger players (Bonera helped, and then not-ancient Oddo showed up too, further ...
Hey, It's Adriano Day!
By Martha | March 21st, 2007While Adriano is off soberly (we think) training with his non-international Inter buddies, people all over the world have him on the brain. In Spain, there ...
About those 1,000 goals*, Romario
By Bob | March 20th, 2007If your team was scored on by a lithe Brazilian striker down at your local park sometime during the past couple of decades you could ...
Ronaldo: Fat Big-Boned, Angry, and Left Out
By Martha | March 9th, 2007
It's been a bummer of a week for Ronaldo so far. First, he was cup-tied and couldn't help Milan in their desperate efforts to break ...
They got everything, but they didn't take his Referee Jersey
By Bob | March 8th, 2007You can't blame Brazilian referee Marcelo de Lima for being a bit distracted during Wednesday night's match between Flamengo and Madureira. You also can't ...
Into Thin Air: Flamengo wants no more High Altitude Matches
By Bob | February 15th, 2007No, Flamengo's Luizinho (R), Jailton (C) and Leandro Salino are not reading People magazine while waiting to get their hair cut. The three players ...
Ball Boy Banned after Hitting Keeper with Iron Bar
By Bob | February 6th, 2007Not to be outdone by his goal scoring compatriot and riot starting colleagues, a ball boy in Brazil has been suspended for 30 days for ...
Calling All Junior Gunners
By Trent | February 3rd, 2007Don't forget to go here for a chance to be player escort for the upcoming Brazil v. Portugal friendly to be played at Arsenal's Emirates ...
Transfer Time: Ordem e progresso e Lyon
By Sam | January 29th, 2007All of two days and a few hours to go in the transfer window, and have I got news for you! The Brazilian takeover of ...
Let the games begin
By LP | January 19th, 2007The Brazilian season just started this weekend and people doesn’t understand very well what’s is going on. Brazil does his own calendar in a very ...
Gremio Fans attack Internacional Director but don't set him on Fire
By Bob | January 18th, 2007On the outside, fans of the Brazil club Gremio might appear to be as warm and as sweet as the one pictured here, but don't ...
NEW OWNERS, SOCCER SPECIFIC STADIUM!!!
By Nando | January 5th, 2007Its 2007 already and we have to yet hear anything other than rumours and an internet confirmation for DC getting a mid-fielder from Brazil. Here ...
The Next Ronaldo Ex-Girlfriend Sex Tape will involve a lot of Drilling
By Bob | January 5th, 2007Nothing says romance more than fluorescent lighting, a paper bib, a spit straw and novocaine. Just ask Real Madrid and Brazil striker Ronaldo who ...
Judge: You can no longer watch Ronaldo’s Ex-Wife having Sex on YouTube
By Bob | January 4th, 2007In a blow to video voyeurs everywhere, a judge in Brazil has ruled that YouTube must take down a video featuring the ex-wife of Real ...
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