Articles tagged with "copa-libertadores"
Transfer Roundup - Yeehaw!
By Chris | August 28th, 2008For HSV supporters, the departures of Rafael van der Vaart and Vincent Kompany portended bad things to come. The club directors sold the most talented ...
Pipino Moves His Goals to Brazil and Nacional Lose Their Heart.
By Mauro | July 17th, 2008Nelson "Pipino" Cuevas has left Club Libertad in his native Paraguay to join his new team Santos of Brazil. Cuevas, who, in my opinion, had ...
Flu Loses Players as Well.
By Mauro | July 16th, 2008While most of us South Americans love to see our squads do very well in the local leagues, as well as in the continental cups, ...
América Make Some Moves.
By Mauro | July 15th, 2008Continuing with the dismantling of various teams, this Copa Libertadores served as a shop window for many players who performed exceptionally or have performed exceptionally ...
Finalists to Be Part of Beijing Olympics.
By Mauro | July 8th, 2008The coaches of Argentina and Brazil's Olympic teams have spoken and the list of players called up for their respective Olympic teams has made news. ...
The Vultures Are Circling.
By Mauro | July 7th, 2008In an effort to keep the continental and European clubs from completely picking apart this great Libertadores Cup winning side, LDU Quito has promised to ...
Salt on the Wound.
By Mauro | July 7th, 2008It turns out that Fluminense not only lost the Libertadores Cup last week but they also were unable to collect their portion of the money ...
Photo of the Day: Kung-Fu Libertadores
By Daryl | July 3rd, 2008Fluminense's Dodo (right) goes all Matrix to win the ball from LDU Quito's Vicente Ambrossi in last night's Copa Libertadores finale. The two-legged final finished ...
Fluminense Cries Over the 2008 Maracanazo
By Bruno Romani | July 3rd, 2008No other stadium in the world is as beautiful as a full Maracanã. No other stadium in the world is the final destination of so ...
Copa Libertadores - More Exciting than Champions League?
By Daryl | July 3rd, 2008I know it's only highlights, but after watching the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final this morning I get the feeling that South America's ...
90,000 Sober Fans? BooOOOooOOOoooo!!!!
By Mauro | July 2nd, 2008The CBF (Confederação Brasileira de Futebol) have decided to extend their dry stadium policy to tonight's final match at the Maracaná stadium. What does this ...
LDU Quito Takes On Fluminense at the Maracaná for the Cup Title. (I can't sell it any better than that, right there.)
By Mauro | July 2nd, 2008Fluminense Football Club vs. Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito (Estadio Maracaná, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) LIVE @ 5:30pm on Fox Sports Español. Gamecast here. Online TV ...
LDU Quito Dominate in Front of Their Fans.
By Mauro | June 26th, 2008There was lots to make this match memorable, the constant pressure, the shower of goals (an unheard of number of goals for a final match), ...
Fluminense Collapses in Quito
By Bruno Romani | June 25th, 2008Fluminense waited 106 years to be in the final of a continental tournament. The goal by LDU’s Bieler in the first minute of the match ...
First Time Finalists on Both Sides.
By Mauro | June 25th, 2008LDU Quito vs. Fluminense Football Club (Estadio La Casa Blanca, Quito, Ecuador) LIVE @ 5:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Gamecast here. Online TV here. This ...
Guerrón Packs His Bags...
By Mauro | June 14th, 2008Next week's final Copa Libertadores match will most likely be the the last time that Joffre Guerrón will play a match in the LDU Quito ...
Fluminense Do Their Fans Proud.
By Mauro | June 5th, 2008A Maracaná filled to the gills was witness to a historical moment last night. Fluminense fans were in tow and up to the challenge. When ...
Another Maracanázo?
By Mauro | June 4th, 2008Fluminense Football Club vs. Club Atlético Boca Juniors (Estadio Mararcaná, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) LIVE @ 5:30pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Gamecast here. Online TV ...
Libertadores 2008: America's run comes to an end
By Albert | June 4th, 2008After a terrible season in the Mexican League, America mad it farther than any Mexican team in this years Copa Libertadores. It has now come ...
América Head Back to Mexico Empty-Handed.
By Mauro | June 3rd, 2008It's a long ride back to Mexico City from Quito, Ecuador. 1,950 miles, in fact. Plenty of time to figure out what went wrong and ...
LDU Quito Look to Close Out the Aguilas at Home.
By Mauro | June 3rd, 2008Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito vs. Club América (Estadio La Casa Blanca, Quito, Ecuador) LIVE @ 6pm PST on Fox Sports Español. Gamecast here. Online TV ...
Boca-Fluminense: A Semi-Final Pre-Preview.
By Mauro | June 2nd, 2008Fluminense lost their match at the weekend against rivals Flamengo, 1-0. They fielded an alternate/substitute squad with starting keeper Fernanado Henrique at the back. The ...
LDU Quito-América: A Semi-Final Pre-Preview.
By Mauro | June 2nd, 2008LDU Quito are coming off a big win at the weekend against Olmedo in Ecuadorian league play where a team comprised of youngsters and substitutes ...
Spicy 2nd Leg at the Maracaná.
By Mauro | June 1st, 2008Should Fluminense eliminate Boca Juniors in this week's semi-final it will be the first time in their club's history that they make it to the ...
Boca and Flu, to Work it Out in Seven Days.
By Mauro | May 29th, 2008Boca was looking to take apart Fluminense from the get go and at times it seemed like they were going to be able to do ...
Boca Look to Get a Leg Up.
By Mauro | May 28th, 2008Club Atlético Boca Juniors vs. Fluminense Football Club (Estadio Juan Domingo Perón "El Cilindro de Avellaneda", Buenos Aires, Argentina) LIVE @ 5:30pm on Fox Sports Español. ...
LDU Quito Has The Advantage. Well, Maybe.
By Mauro | May 28th, 2008In the battle of the unexpected teams, América hosted LDU Quito in the Azteca last night a stadium I figured, as many of you might ...
America vs Liga: Tie that feels like a loss
By Albert | May 28th, 2008In Azteca, America received a very tough LDU Quito. The stadium was rocking, the fans supporting, but America could only get a tie. The 1st ...
Two Names, One Transfer Fee.
By Mauro | May 27th, 2008Marcelo Martins Moreno of Brazilian club Cruzeiro, with eight goals in ten matches in this year's Copa Libertadores, has been transferred to Shaktar Donetsk of ...
Silenced...
By Alan | May 26th, 2008It's been a few days since my last post and there a couple of reasons, the biggest is that I was moving from school back ...
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