Articles tagged with "peru"
Jorge Rojas Update
By Dave Martinez | August 26th, 2008As you may have heard, Jorge Rojas had some visa problems while playing with his Venezuelan National side, and could not reenter the US. ...
Slip (Argentina) and Slide (Brazil)
By Lugo | June 15th, 2008To the average North American and European fan, South American soccer is little more beyond what these two giants have to offer and the most ...
The Big Altitude Problem
By Mauro | April 8th, 2008Pictured below, Estadio Hernando Siles de La Paz, site of many an uphill battle. Apparently, FIFA recently "recommended" that official matches should not be staged ...
Sharks Start on the right foot (yeah... I know, but is a cool title)
By Lugo | February 4th, 2008Playing at the Jaime Morón stadium in Cartagena, because the Metropolitano is suspended and the city is in carnival frenzy, Junior had ...
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 ...
The Orgy is No Longer Alleged
By Martha | December 8th, 2007There were mutterings last week about some serious partying certain members of the Peruvian national team -- including Chelsea's Claudio Pizarro -- got up to ...
Efrain Viafara Starts a Riot With His Bum
By Daryl | December 4th, 2007The Peruvian league game between Sport Ancash and Universitario was abandoned this weekend due to a player brawl and fan riot, all caused by one ...
Peru 1 - 1 Brazil: The Poorest Visitor Among the Top Nations of Football
By Bruno Romani | November 18th, 2007After the memorable match against Ecuador last month, expectations were high for the match between Brazil and Peru. Too bad Brazil is probably one of ...
Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn - POOR, POOR, POOR!!
By Andy | September 16th, 2007The day started off with a one minute appreciation for Ian Porterfield who died earlier in the week. Porterfield was Chelsea coach under Bobby Campbell ...
Bayern Munich enters Third World Child Trade Business Race to sign the next Maradona
By Jan | August 6th, 2007
I guess six to eight years from now will mark the beginning of a new golden age for the beautiful game. That's around the time ...
Pizarro FINALLY Trains And Gets the No.14 Shirt
By Andy | July 24th, 2007With the Copa America getting in the way it took until today for Peruvian International Claudio Pizarro to be unveiled as a Chelsea player and ...
Masche's goal
By Brian | July 9th, 2007If you haven't heard by now, Javier Mascherano, World Class destroyer/holding midfielder scored his second goal for his country, Argentina, in the Copa yesterday. ...
Chelsea's Pre-Season Kicks Off!!
By Andy | July 9th, 2007Chelsea left London's Gatwick airport this morning for their long awaited USA tour, a tour which will see the Blues play three matches in the ...
Javi does it again!
By Brian | July 8th, 2007Javier Mascherano just scored his second career international goal and his second goal of Copa on a put-back off a Messi shot that was saved ...
International Wrap-up: Kewell, Gonzo, Mascherano, & Insua
By Brian | July 8th, 2007* Well, I woke up really early this morning to watch my King Harry and the Socceroos take on Oman in their opening Asia Cup ...
A Name to Remember: Raimond Manco
By Bob | April 9th, 2007Just about every country in the world has a teenage player who is regarding as the next great one. In Peru, that player is ...
Peruvian Players Sidelined by Artificial Pitch Burns
By Bob | February 7th, 2007We've seen some painful football injuries this year. There was the player in China who was kicked in the happy zone and limped away ...
The Ball Boys are back at it, this time Starting Riots
By Bob | October 26th, 2006As if scoring goals and causing teams to lose weren't enough, now ball boys are triggering riots. At about the 45 second mark in ...
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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