Articles tagged with "colombia"
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 ...
Rene Higuita is a Role Model for South Africa's youth
By Bob | January 18th, 2007You are the Colombian ambassador to South Africa. Your job is to help build bridges between the two countries. You want to help ...
Forced into goal, Millonarios midfielder Ricardo Ciciliano saves a penalty
By Bob | November 20th, 2006Those of you who are lucky enough to live without short-term memory loss will recall that a few weeks ago Chelsea defender John Terry was ...
A New Ball the Keepers will Probably Like
By Bob | October 24th, 2006It isn't the roundest ball in history and it certainly is not the oldest, but residents of Mongui, Colombia claim that they have made the ...
Fan for a Match: Millonarios
By Bob | October 19th, 2006I'll admit that I haven't been on top of my blogging game today posting things like an amazing goal that wasn't a goal. I ...
Some Odd Ways of Celebrating Fair Play Day
By Bob | September 26th, 2006This past weekend, fans and clubs around this beautiful world of ours were treated to FIFA's Fair Play Day, a noble effort to promote peace ...
Colombia Coaches Brawl on the Sidelines
By Bob | August 7th, 2006The Clasura in Colombia might not have the greatest teams in the world, but pound-for-pound the league might just have the best fights. Last week we ...
Don't Mess with Peruvian Ball Boys
By Bob | August 1st, 2006As a young lad full of hope and ambition, I always wanted to be a ball boy at a football match. You get to ...
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