Articles tagged with "mexico"
LDU and América in the Copa Libertadores Semi-Finals
By Daryl | May 23rd, 2008After the 75% Premier League affair that was the Champions League semi-finals, it's good to know that not all continental competitions follow the same path. Boca ...
Copa Libertadores Holds Its Own
By Christian | May 17th, 2008This Wednesday, much of the world will set their eyes upon Moscow for the Champions League final between Manchester United and Chelsea. With a worldwide ...
Daily Dose 4.14.08
By Laurie | April 14th, 2008Some news to read as you slurp down 35 dozen oysters*: Why Cristiano Ronaldo is not the next Beckham. Or: Did Cristiano Ronaldo really ...
Weekend Watch:
By Laurie | April 11th, 2008A small sampling of the games available this weekend for your viewing pleasure. Saturday US Women's NT vs. Canada Both teams have qualified for the Olympics, ...
Chicago Fire v. NY Red Bulls - Your Call . . .
By Dave Martinez | April 11th, 2008Hey Guys. Never since the days of Oakley, Starks, Jordan and Pippen has there been so much hatred between the franchises of our beloved cities. New York ...
Red Bulls 1 - 0 Carolina Railhawks
By Dave Martinez | March 28th, 2008Always nice to go into a season with a win. I just watched the replay. For you guys. So I hope you appreciate it. ...
Libertadores: America dissapoints once again
By Albert | March 27th, 2008America loses to San Martin of Peru, in Peru lastnight. The Aguilas are still in 2nd place but only by goal differential of 1. The ...
Don't Pass Back to This Goalkeeper, Ever
By Daryl | March 27th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyBIZP1wSoE[/youtube] Defenders on Mexican team Puebla FC learned a valuable lesson over the weekend: Don't pass back to keeper José Guadalupe Martínez, ever. Joaquín Velázquez tried it ...
US U-23s Not Only Advance, They Win the Group
By Laurie | March 16th, 2008Remember the other day when I was lamenting the effect the Cuban defections might have on US chances of qualifying for the Olympics? The ...
Daily Dose 3.15.08
By Daryl | March 15th, 2008Something to read while you learn to fear Mickey Mouse... Jesus Padilla forces change at Chivas (Culture of Soccer) The end of Setanta on ITVN (EPL Talk) Still ...
Lider Marmol Follow Up
By Dave Martinez | March 13th, 2008From soccerbyives: "It's a surprising situation for me to be in because I've never been in a situation like this before," Marmol said. "On one hand ...
Looking for Mexican Football Bloggers
By Daryl | March 11th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ilo0NhSxGBc[/youtube] If we're honest, we don't cover enough Mexican football here on The Offside. And we should, because there are some quality players and some quality ...
But is He Mexican Enough?
By Daryl | February 21st, 2008Chivas de Guadalajara take their Mexican-ness very very seriously. So much so that they will only field Mexican players, and even then they only want ...
Offside Rewind: Let's Dance
By Laurie | February 16th, 2008• Want to blog the Champions League? • Beckham: Footballer or celebrity? • How romance can lead to football. • Is it all over for Ronaldo? • ...
Videos from US-Mexico
By Laurie | February 10th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=JKygZ35zwHk[/youtube] I just realized we didnt' do any follow-up on this page on the US-Mexico friendly. Let's fix that, shall we? Did anybody else ...
I Knew Someone Would Come Through With the Donovan Tinkle Tapes!
By Laurie | February 8th, 2008Who loves you guys? Me, of course! (Well, me and Andrea Canales, who found the video. I'm glad she did, because I never would ...
USA vs. Mexico: Get Ready to Rumble
By Laurie | February 6th, 2008If you don't follow the US-Mexico rivalry, here's all you really need to know: The US team hates the Mexico team. The Mexico team hates ...
Daily Dose 2.1.08
By Daryl | February 1st, 2008Something to read while you ski 150 miles home... Football in colonial Africa (Pitch Invasion) And Beckham's new tattoo is... Posh, nude. And Galaxy fans ...
CONCACAF Champions League, Coming to a Club Near You. (Unless your team sucks)
By Laurie | January 29th, 2008Europe's Champions League, the tournament where the best European clubs fight it out for the European club championship, is my favorite competition short of World ...
You Tranfer My Best Player, I'm Going Home
By Martha | January 9th, 2008Late last week, Derby County completed the signing of Argentine striker Emanuel Villa from Mexican side UAG Tecos. He was introduced to the fans on ...
Daily Dose 1.5.08
By Laurie | January 5th, 2008Some news to read as you hack into your local TV station to fake a nuclear explosion. Why don't more US players play in ...
It's InterLiga Time!
By Laurie | December 31st, 2007If you have Fox Sports en Espanol, or if you're near Dallas, Houston or Los Angeles and going through soccer withdrawals, be sure ...
Offside Sound-Off: What Were Your Favorite Games of 2007?
By Laurie | December 28th, 2007USSoccerPlayers.com has an interesting article up this week where each writer lists his favorite games of 2007. (And by "his," yes, I mean "his." ...
Penalty Stealing Mexican Nery Castillo to Join Manchester City
By Daryl | December 18th, 2007For all the talent that comes out of Mexico, we're still waiting for a player from El Tri to make his mark in the English ...
Weekend Watch Recap: Brazilian Boys Lose Poorly
By Laurie | December 10th, 2007A few quick recaps of some of the games you may have been watching this weekend: US U-17 2-0 Brazil U-17 in the Nike friendlies. The ...
Olivier Monterrubio Refuses Toulouse
By Daryl | September 22nd, 2007Lens were trailing Toulouse 1-0 today when Olivier Monterrubio punished a sloppy clearance with this unstoppable volley. The point keeps Lens just above the Ligue ...
1 man, 3 matches
By Bruno Romani | September 12th, 2007Three matches to follow in my return to the blog. 1)In China, the Brazilian girls played a bad first-half against New Zeland, but conducted by Marta, ...
Weekend Watch: Beware of Flying Frenchmen
By Daryl | September 7th, 2007The world of domestic football takes a back seat to its international cousin this weekend. But not everywhere. You can still get your domestic ya-yas ...
A Team Goal for the ages
By Bob | September 4th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=UJq4ANEhCZ0[/youtube] It is a week for players to exchange their club shirts for their shirts of their nation which means we'll likely see lots of pictures ...
Dos Santos Makes His Debut
By Daryl | September 2nd, 2007Big week for Barcelona's Mexican starlet Giovani dos Santos. On Wednesday the 18 year old attacking midfielder got his Spanish citizenship, which makes a big ...
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