Articles tagged with "river-plate"
Little Lanús Show the Big Boys How It's Done in Copa Libertadores
By Daryl | February 15th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=FLPox3wV2HQ[/youtube] The 2007 trend in Argentinean football was for little clubs to upstage the more famous names. And that continued this week in the opening round ...
Episode 10
By Ian Rose | February 13th, 2008This podcast is brought to you by the Roman numeral X. We venture into the unknown world of double digits with our tenth podcast, expanding our ...
River Plate 2 - 0 Gimnasia (J)
By Christian | February 10th, 2008It may not have been the most commanding performance we were all hoping to see, but River Plate got it done regardless for manager Diego ...
Clausura 2008 Kicks Off in Argentina
By Daryl | February 9th, 2008With the Cope de Verano (now called Torneos de Verano) over and done with, Argentinean football got serious again this weekend with the Clausura 2008 ...
Daily Dose: 1.28.08
By Martha | January 28th, 2008Things to read as you cheer on a meter maid ticketing a Bugatti: Boca beat River for the first time in seven matches. So what if ...
Olimpo 4 - 0 River Plate
By Christian | December 3rd, 2007Before I got to the debacle that is River, let me first extend my congratulations to Lanús, who over the weekend won their first ever ...
How Come I Didn't Know That Cris Has a Twin?
By Inara | November 14th, 2007I realize that I can't expect to know everything about my beloved Lyon players (though it's not for a lack of trying). But you would ...
Ariel Ortega's Big Balls Win the Superclásico for River
By Daryl | October 7th, 2007[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=ueUVbsRXkpw[/youtube] It takes big balls to score a penalty in the Superclásico, especially when you're playing for River Plate at home and visiting Boca Juniors are ...
No surprise, really (Argentinos 4 - River Plate 1)
By Scott | October 4th, 2007River Plate, one of the most successful clubs in all of soccer took the field at Diego Armando Maradona Stadium on Wednesday against Argentinos Juniors. ...
Falcao's Monumental Hat-Trick
By Daryl | September 29th, 2007[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3ctIjBH9E0[/youtube] Some great action in the Copa Sudamericana last night. The tournament is a bit like the Copa Libertadores, the difference being it doesn't quite have ...
Argentina 3 - 1 Brazil
By Bruno Romani | September 19th, 2007Copa Sulamericana is generally a tournament ignored by Brazilian clubs, but tonight this cup, created just to keep continental action alive, made me wonder about ...
Weekend Watch: Smells Like... Victory
By Daryl | September 14th, 2007International football is all very nice. Especially if you're Scottish. But with the Women's World Cup now in full swing, the menfolk get back to ...
Lyon 3 - 1 River Plate
By Inara | July 19th, 2007!!!!!!!!!!! That was the best Lyon game I've seen in a long time. And to think it was only a friendly! River Plate only needed a ...
Info for River Plate Match + Latest Transfer Gossip
By Inara | July 18th, 2007Practicing for tomorrow's match against River Plate. Peace Cup Info: Lyon take on River Plate, the only team in the tournament considered to be on par with ...
Javi lovefest (video time!)
By Brian | July 6th, 2007To celebrate Javier Mascherano's first international goal, I've decided to post a bunch of videos of him doing his thing. First, the goal. I ...
Player Profile: Javier Saviola
By Daryl | April 28th, 2007Full Name: Javier Pedro Saviola Born: December 11, 1981, Buenos Aires, Argentina Position: Forward First some stats. Saviola made his debut for River Plate aged 16. Argentina's Apertura ...
Could There Be an Angel Looking Over Us? (Sorry.)
By Martha | March 23rd, 2007It's been reported and "confirmed" (though no sources are ever mentioned) on a couple different RBNY sites over the past two days that Aston Villa ...
Harrington Really Exists; Wizards Head Back to Oz.
By Michael | March 21st, 2007The last thing I will say about Kansas City playing Boca Juniors. It happened. We lost, 2-0, both goals coming in the second ...
A Name to Remember: Laureano Luduena
By Bob | February 26th, 2007It is only a matter of time before all the big clubs in the world start trying to sign fetuses. The pursuit of new ...
River Plate Fans Kick Off Season with Gunfight
By Bob | February 12th, 2007The Argentina Clasura championship kicked off this weekend with almost as many eyes focused on the stands as on the pitch because last year's season ...
He's well equipped to support Penis FC
By Bob | January 22nd, 2007Ah to be a young prankster with tattoo ink and a devious mind. A teenage Argentine football fan is suing a tattoo artist who ...
Transfer Time: Meh, ManU won't notice if he's gone
By Sam | January 2nd, 2007Shh, it's a secret. Manchester United's left-back Gabriel Heinze, who's currently not having the time of his life riding the bench at Old Tratford, has ...
Real Madrid wins the Gonzalo Higuain Lottery
By Bob | December 14th, 2006Given the mercurial ways of the French-Argentine teen sensation Gonzalo Higuain, I wanted to wait until it became truly official that he would be joining ...
Gonzalo Higuain: The Player that Everyone Wants
By Bob | November 16th, 2006A few weeks back when I wrote about the Gonzalo Higuain, I could hardly have predicted the number of headlines he would end up creating. ...
All of a sudden, Higuain appears
By Sam | November 9th, 2006How about that young buck Gonzalo Higuain? Not one month ago, Bob talked about him on the site, then the french rumor sites get in ...
A Name to Remember: Gonzalo Higuain
By Bob | October 25th, 2006Some people are born with football in their genes and River Plate's Gonzalo Higuain is one of them. The 18-year-old striker is the son ...
All Boca Eyes are on Lavolpe
By Bob | October 18th, 2006Blog reader and guest contributor Christian Denes is keeping a close eye on all things Boca Juniors as they struggle to rule the world under ...
Superclasico: River Plate vs. Boca Juniors
By Bob | October 6th, 2006Let the chaos begin. River Plate fans line up (sort of) to get coveted tickets to this Sunday's Superclasico tilt against archrivals Boca Juniors, ...
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