Articles tagged with "colombia"
Angel out for San Jose
By Dave Martinez | April 22nd, 2008Various reports coming out of New York that Angel is sitting out the Earthquakes game in Saturdays home fixture, claiming he has reaggravated his leg ...
Ambassadors set to host Real Madrid
By Lugo | April 19th, 2008Or at least those are the news that as published yesterday, altough today Marca cites this El Tiempo interview where Millonarios' president Juan Carlos Lopez ...
Banned, Thrashed and Fired. It's Been a Bad Week for Mario Vanemerak
By Daryl | April 16th, 2008Don't make Millonarios coach Mario Vanemerak angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. After a 2-0 defeat away to Pasto on April 6th, the ...
Picture of the Day: The yellow-haired guardian
By Lugo | April 12th, 2008Outside of his native Santa Marta's Eduardo Santos Stadium, the statue of former MLS and Colombian National Team Superstar Carlos Valderrama shines whith its bronze ...
Colombian Guide to Nicknames (III)
By Lugo | April 9th, 2008Did you think I forgot about this? No way. It's just that I finally have some time to complete it. So here's what you've been ...
Dallas may not see an Angel afterall . . .
By Dave Martinez | April 9th, 2008Week 1 - Jozy falls to the ever mysterious "Knee" injury Week 2 - Angel falls to the ever mysterious "Hamstring" injury Can their injuries be any ...
The Big Altitude Problem
By Mauro | April 8th, 2008Pictured below, Estadio Hernando Siles de La Paz, site of many an uphill battle. Apparently, FIFA recently "recommended" that official matches should not be staged ...
Violent Country of Origin = More Yellow Cards = More Violent in General?
By Laurie | April 8th, 2008I have to admit to being a sucker for academic studies. Seriously, I'll be reading the newspaper and see, "Study shows dogs with fleas ...
Rest of the World, meet the U-20 rule.
By Lugo | April 5th, 2008Colombia has an almost unique rule ("almost", because the Mexicans have already copied it) for it's league which mandates that every team has to start ...
FPC Roundup: Ambassadors fry Red Devils while La Equidad flies high
By Lugo | April 4th, 2008After fixture 11th, The Insurance sellers continue to dominate the top of the standings after their 2-1 home win to Boyacá Chicó where Roberto Polo ...
Oscar Echeverry Signed
By Dave Martinez | March 27th, 2008Osorio promise #1 of 2 Western Hemispherically Oriented signings? Check. Oscar Etchevarry is now a Red Bull. For reals. The Atletico Nacional vet has been with the ...
A farewell... (Not really)
By Lugo | March 23rd, 2008At the time i'm writing this, Junior is drawing 0-0 against Envigado. Hopefully the sharks can get a good result. In this case, trust me, ...
Now We Know Who Caused That Colombian Soccer Riot
By Daryl | March 11th, 2008If you're looking for someone to blame for the football riot in Cali, Colombia that left 80 people wounded, then we might have found your ...
Photo of the Day: The Calm After the Storm in Cali
By Daryl | March 10th, 2008Yesterday, Chris showed us a photo of the riot at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium in Colombia, where fans of America de Cali and Deportivo de ...
Five Sent Off in Bogotá Derby
By Daryl | February 18th, 2008We all know it's not a proper derby until someone gets sent off. And if five get sent off then you know it's serious. That's ...
Serie A is Classy ? Ingrid Betancourt Hommage
By Marco | February 6th, 2008This has nothing to do with Livorno, a part from the fact that our fans will be holding up banners; Ingrid Betancourt, The one ...
Sharks Start on the right foot (yeah... I know, but is a cool title)
By Lugo | February 4th, 2008Playing at the Jaime Morón stadium in Cartagena, because the Metropolitano is suspended and the city is in carnival frenzy, Junior had ...
Is this blog too local??
By Lugo | January 27th, 2008Due to the lack of comments and feedback I've been getting I am beginning to wonder if a blog on a specific Colombian team in ...
"Feria del Sol" Wraps up. Spirits are high.
By Lugo | January 25th, 2008Despute losing 1-0 to Bucaramanga in the final game, The sharks prepare the return to Barranquilla (right in the middle of carnival, god help us...) ...
Riep calls it quits plus starting XI at Maracaibo
By Lugo | January 13th, 2008Citing family reasons Rodrigo Riep has formally renounced his place at Junior but one wonders if the name of Giovanni Hernandez had too much to ...
So the prince has arrived... and with quite a court
By Lugo | January 9th, 2008Well... seems the soap opera of the off-season is finally over. Giovanni Hernandez will be strutting his stuff at the Metropolitano and the best part ...
Carnival and Soccer: A match made in hell?
By Lugo | January 9th, 2008As next Friday and the reading of el bando approaches fast, Barranquilla gets ready to almost a month of all out-wild partying, as if barranquilleros ...
Gio Alone won’t soothe Junior’s woes.
By Lugo | January 9th, 2008So far, Junior has made some impressive moves toward improving the squad in adding Dumar Rueda and Alex Del Castillo solidifying their defensive midfield with ...
Oxford Study Says Altitude A Factor, FIFA Rejoices
By chris | December 21st, 2007I think anyone who has ever laced up any type of shoes for any sport will agree with the fact that altitude has an impact ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Goals Galore in Switzerland!
By Martha | December 3rd, 2007Howdy, neighbor. Welcome to your regularly scheduled recap of Friday's Weekend Watch. Saturday Milan v Juventus: As has become their standard MO at home, Milan didn't score. ...
Carlos Valderrama shows the referee the money
By Bob | November 1st, 2007On just about any other day the picture of Leandro celebrating Sao Paulo's championship in Brazil by standing on top of the crossbar would qualify ...
Osorio is the new Fire coach
By Tom | July 5th, 2007As predicted here some weeks ago, the Colombian Juan Carlos Osorio has been named the new Fire coach. Two weeks after firing head coach Dave Sarachan, ...
Headgear ban apparently not applied to Copa América
By Ian Rose | June 28th, 2007As reported earlier in this blog, a FIFA regulation on uniforms and headgear has forced Scotland's first female Muslim football team to basically shut down, ...
The Almost Feel-Good Story of Cucuta Deportivo
By Bob | June 1st, 2007Talk about a team that has seemingly come out of nowhere. Two years ago Cucuta Deportivo were living in obscurity in the second division ...
Daily Dose 05.20.07
By Daryl | May 20th, 2007Something to read while you train for Rock, Paper, Scissors Olympic glory. Will Colombia be back? (SoccerBlog) Still waiting on Frank Lampard Jnr. Jnr. (Kickette) How four South ...
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