Copa de Verano: River Plate 1 - 1 Independiente

The Diego Simeone era began tonight in modest fashion as River Plate drew 1-1 to Independiente in the Copa de Verano. Los millonarios went ahead in ...

River Sign Defender Gustavo Cabral

River Plate took their first step today in upgrading their much maligned defense by signing Gustavo Cabral from Racing Club. The move reunites the 22 year-old ...

Meet: Sebastián Abreu

Diego Simoene's first signing of the season, Sebastián Abreu, arrives with plenty of experience both at the club and international level, and his career stats, ...

He, Manni Manni - Manni, Manni, Manni Burgsmuller

He could have become the most hated German player in England given his blond hair and unerring eye for a goal but while other strikers ...

The Bundesliga Offside in 2008

Welcome back to the Bundesliga Offside. As you undoubtedly noticed I took a hiatus from blogging over the holidays and new year. I didn't even ...

Felicidades!!

With 2007 winding down, I want to take a brief moment to thank everyone who has stopped by and read or left comments here at ...

Thoughts On Our New Coach

Yes, I know that I've been late in covering this story, but I spent the last week catching up on some things here in Chicago ...

2008 Copa Libertadores Draw Set

The draw for the 2008 Copa Libertadores was announced today in Paraguay, with River Plate in Group 5 along with Universidad San Martín de Porres ...

Argentina World Cup Blog

I'm happy to announce that I recently signed on as contributor to The Argentina World Cup Blog, part of the BootsnAll Travel Network, which also ...

Diego Simeone Resigns

Diego Simeone has stepped down as head coach of Estudiantes de La Plata. The decision, made tonight after a 2-0 home victory against Banfield, comes after ...

Blue Steel: Franz Beckenbauer vs Zoolander

Tiros Libres: Summer Days Are Here Again

The schedule for the 2008 Torneo de Verano has just been released. The annual summer tournament, played between the Apertura and Clausura seasons, is essentially ...

Could It Be Simeone After All?

It appears MLS may have a say in who the next coach for River will be. Diario Olé reported that representatives for D.C. United were in ...

Bookmark: Oliver Kahn's Chinese Homepage

Oliver Kahn is currently enjoying the last season of his professional football career and as of next summer he'll be our man in Asia. His ...

Tiros Libres: Giving Thanks

With a long weekend break ahead of us, I thought I would take a moment to see what's happening in the world of football. * Rumors ...

Odd Couple: Per Mertesacker and Squidward Tentacles

OK, I need to revise my original assumption regarding this Per Mertesacker photo. There was something else that drew me to it.

More Obscene Gestures from the Germany-Cyprus Match

It seems the uncovering of Jens Lehmann's obscene gesture towards the crowd in Hannover was only the tip of the iceberg. Further study of the ...

Tutorial: Rant like Uli Hoeneß

Bayern Munich, like all other Bundesliga clubs, are organised as a membership association, and as such they held their annual meeting yesterday. And it could ...

FC Nuremberg: Cup Winners, Guitar Heroes

Abby from the Hertha Offside is running a small series titled Reasons Why The Bundesliga Is Awesome. It already featured club branded toasters and private ...

Snapshot: Kevin Kuranyi

Schalke's injured Kevin Kuranyi during the Champions League match against Chelsea. Seeing how Schalke dominated Chelsea, it's a shame that he couldn't help them find ...

Mines bigger than yours: Bundesliga Offside vs. Premier League

The marketing department of the Bundesliga Offside advised me to publish the following numbers: Estimated TV audience of the Arsenal - Manchester Utd. match: 1 billion ...

Weekly Dose 06.11.07

I should have written a short blog post that mentions and celebrates the fact that Germany will host the Women's World Cup in 2011. To ...

Great Duels: The German Goalkeeper vs. German the Goalkeeper

Here's Valencia's goalkeeper and German international Timo Hildebrand and RCD Mallorca's goalkeeper German Lux - who is Argentine, and actually played for Argentina in the ...

LA Galaxy coach Yallop resigns, where's Klinsmann?

I don't know whether this has made it into a rumour yet, but it was my first thought when I read the news that LA ...

Video: Jogi Löw is handed a Cowbell

Here is a video of Jogi Löw, after Germany just suffered a humiliating defeat against the Czech Republic in their Euro 2008 qualifier two weeks ...

Video: Oliver Kahn and his Microphone

Name the Coach #1

There is one very prominent feature that easily gives him away. Name more...

Franck Ribery on a Tractor

Classic Duel: Jan Koller vs Philipp Lahm

Jan Koller and Philipp Lahm fight for the ball, during the Euro 2008 qualifying match between the Czech Republic and Germany (1-2) back in March.

Superclásico: In Pictures

Here I'll post some of my favorites of our win. Got any? Send them to me, or post a link in the comments box. Check ...