

Articles tagged with "copa-libertadores"
WPS may be a bit sleepy but the world of women's footy soldiers on
By Melissa | November 20th, 2009Not exactly sleepy. WPS is hiring which is pretty impressive considering THIS ECONOMY. FIFA recently did a women's football roundup which is worth a read. ...
Would You Rather: Club Win Champions League, or Country Win World Cup?
By Daryl | October 20th, 2009Just over a week ago, I gave everyone two hypothetical options. Option A: Your club wins the league title. Option B: Your country wins the ...
Little Witch, Big Cup: Seba Verón Emulates Dad With Copa Libertadores Win
By Daryl | July 16th, 2009Cruzeiro were favourites to win the Copa Libertores final, having held Estudiantes to a 0-0 first leg draw in Argentina thanks to the heroics of ...
Photo: Health Conscious Fan At The Copa Libertadores
By chris | July 9th, 2009Caption: Brazil's Cruzeiro supporter smokes trough a surgical masks to protect against the swin flu before start the first leg football match of the Libertadores ...
Copa Libertadores Final First Leg: Fábio Puts on a Show
By Daryl | July 9th, 2009First leg of the 2009 Copa Libertadores final was last night: Estudiantes vs Cruzeiro, a classic Argentina vs Brazil affair. The game in La Plata, ...
The Offside Guide to Summer Soccer
By Daryl | June 3rd, 2009The big European leagues have declared their champions and shut up shop for the summer. They won't be back until August. So this is where we ...
Who is Ramon Cabrero?
By Lugo | May 22nd, 2009It's really cool to find out that Atletico Nacional's new coach is actually a spaniard. A spaniard who, nonetheless, has been living in Argentina since ...
Photo: Football Is Family Friendly.
By chris | May 13th, 2009Caracas FC fans have graduated from flairs to homemade flame throwers. Nothing says "yay football!" like napalm. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
Mexico and CONMEBOL Split Over Swine Flu
By Daryl | May 11th, 2009Remember the big debate over where Mexican teams Chivas and San Luis were going to play their Copa Libertadores games? Basically, due to swine flu ...
Bye, Bye, Bye
By Andrea | May 8th, 2009Chivas is out. San Luis is too. The two Mexican teams that advanced to the next round of the Copa Libertadores have removed themselves from ...
There's No Place Like Home
By Andrea | May 7th, 2009After a crazy time trying to find where to play, CONMEBOL has finally agreed to let the Mexican teams in the Copa Libertdores play ...
Like A Good Neighbor...
By Andrea | May 6th, 2009The Sociedad Deportiva Aucas has also offered their Stadium(the Chillogallo) to the Mexican teams in the Copa Libertadores. This is the 2nd team to come ...
Reynoso Suspended
By Andrea | May 4th, 2009To add insult to injury, after being treated like lepers, Chivas defender Hector Reynoso has been suspended from the Copa Libertadores. Although the length has ...
Coritiba Foot Ball Club Extends Its Services
By Andrea | May 2nd, 2009Coritiba Foot Ball club from Brazil has extended its services to Chivas...all without charge. The club from the capital city of Parana has offered to ...
No Country for These Men
By Andrea | May 2nd, 2009The H1N1 flu is causing so many problems, and not just to regular people. The CONMEBOL has decided to postpone Chivas' and San Luis' games ...
Offside Rewind: This is Going to Hurt
By Daryl | May 1st, 2009Stories you might have missed this week on The Offside and World Cup Blog... Serie A to leave the rest behind Australia attacks go viral While a virus ...
Swine Flu Hits Copa Libertadores
By Daryl | May 1st, 2009The swine flu epidemic/pandemic/panic [delete as appropriate] isn't just threatening the Confederations Cup, it's causing trouble for a real tournament too: Copa Libertadores. Two Mexican ...
One Game Of Solitude
By Andrea | April 30th, 2009With the crazy health scares going on in the world Chivas will play in solitude. It won't be exactly like in Marquez' novel One Hundred ...
They Didn't Get Money, and We Know It
By Andrea | April 30th, 2009Not even a $50,000 incentive could get the Everton team to beat Chivas in the Copa Libertadores. The teams drew at 1-1 and Chivas will ...
Not Much Against Vaccinated Kittens
By Andrea | April 27th, 2009With the swine flu running rampant in Mexico's capital it was determined that games played in Mexico City were going to be behind closed doors. ...
Qualification's Not Over Until The Fat Lady Sings
By Andrea | April 15th, 2009That goal in the 92nd minute that was disallowed still has me angry... Perhaps it was not the best game. And yes, qualification might be ...
It's Not Always Sunny in Cancun
By Andrea | April 11th, 2009Hmmm....so. What to say about this game? First half, not so good. We were down 2-0 by the first 20 mins and I'll admit, I ...
Did the time, didn't take the chances
By Andrea | March 22nd, 2009What frustrating games these past ones have been. Loss, loss, loss. Ah great. We're on level points with America. Super. Tigres 1 Oscar Pérez 3 José ...
Chivas Beat Some Caracas(s)
By Andrea | March 12th, 2009This game was better than expected. Chivas haven't done really well in the past week, and before I was a little worried. We hadn't done ...
Daily Dose: March 5th, 2009.
By chris | March 4th, 2009Stuff to read while you notice something coming through your viewfinder at a high speed......... Screw Champions League - talking midtable Slovenian football. (uefa) Viral videos are ...
Huh?
By Andrea | March 4th, 2009For anyone that's followed Chivas for the past 2 games today came as a surprise. I know that I wasn't expecting a super goal blow ...
Drowning In Goals
By Andrea | March 1st, 2009What a match. Again. I'll be honest, I didn't think that Chivas could do it. At least not in this way. Chivas were going into ...
Chivas Goes On A Killing Spree
By Andrea | February 26th, 2009Chivas have seemed quite tame this season haven't they? They've lacked goals and it seems like no one can finish. That was then. This is ...
Arellano Ready For A Comeback
By Andrea | February 24th, 2009On that fateful day on December 19, 2008 Arellano felt a little niggle in his left leg while in preseason training. Turns out it was ...
Last Minute Doom
By Andrea | February 11th, 2009Line-Ups: Lanús 13 Carlos Bossio 6 Jadson Viera 3 Maximiliano Velázquez 5 Matías Frirtzler 4 Rodolfo Graieb (Eduardo ...





