Articles tagged with "south-america"
Flamengo Fans Attack Players With a Bomb
By Daryl | August 13th, 2008I still can't get my head around this. Booing your team is one thing, but attacking them with home-made explosives is something else. Certain Flamengo "fans" ...
A Name to Remember: Philippe Coutinho
By Daryl | July 24th, 2008You may have already heard of Brazilian midfielder Philippe Coutinho. He was the obscenely talented young Vasco de Gama player that Real Madrid tried (and ...
How Can You Miss From There?
By Daryl | July 23rd, 2008Anyone can have a penalty saved. No shame in that. But if the rebound falls right at your feet, with the keeper still sprawled on ...
Rixon Javier Corozo Takes One for the Team
By Daryl | July 22nd, 2008We've already seen one cringe-worthy goalkeeping mishap today, but this one's different. El Nacional keeper Rixon Javier Corozo comes out and manages to clear the ...
Argentine Football to Use "Vanishing Spray" for Free Kicks
By Daryl | July 18th, 2008I know, sounds silly, but it's true. The Argentina Football Association has agreed that next season's Argentine Second Division will feature vanishing spray. What's vanishing spray ...
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By Dave Martinez | July 11th, 2008Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
No Kidding - Diego Jimenez is a Red Bull
By Dave Martinez | July 8th, 2008Ladies and Gentlemen, left back may have just been filled. With a left foot. Young Mexican Diego Jimenez, former starter for Tecos and the Mexican ...
"El Zurdo" Jorge Rojas - Red Bull
By Dave Martinez | June 29th, 2008With a smiling face and a crowd of fans, El Zurdo Rojas not only confirmed the rumors, but took it all a step forward - ...
Tournament Brackets and Deadline Tommorrow Night!
By Dave Martinez | June 24th, 2008Hey all, Here are the brackets for the tournament so far. I need participants who havent played their games (I think only one remains) to get moving! ...
South American Euros
By Lugo | May 24th, 2008In this day of the official birth of the south american union I'll take the occasion to make the list of (confirmed or potential) representatives ...
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 ...
San Lorenzo Coach Fires Back at the Crowd, Gets Sent Off
By Laurie | May 20th, 2008[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=NxoC1tAfx34[/youtube] It hardly seems fair. Ramon Diaz, coach of the Argentinian team San Lorenzo, was sent off this weekend for getting tired of fan abuse ...
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 ...
Wanted: Brazil Blogger
By Daryl | May 16th, 2008World Cup 2010 qualifying resumes in South America next month, and we need someone to captain our Brazilian national team blog. If you follow the Seleção, ...
When Goalkeeper Ball-Juggling Goes Bad
By Daryl | May 16th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVkHbnFi2vY[/youtube] Agustin Orion tried to get fancy last night. And it did not go well. The San Lorenzo keeper can probably do hundreds of keepy-uppies in ...
Portuguesa and Figueirense Split 10 Goals Down the Middle
By Daryl | May 13th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwvVRX93UjM[/youtube] With the State Championships done and dusted, the Campeonato Brasileiro got underway this past weekend. Conspicuous by their absence from Série A were Corinthians, victims ...
Copa Libertadores Down to Quarterfinals
By Daryl | May 10th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4mfSsqRaUA[/youtube] Incredible action in the Copa Libertadores last sixteen second legs this week. Newly crowned Rio de Janeiro state champs Flamengo had a 4-2 first leg ...
Daily Dose 5.05.08
By Laurie | May 5th, 2008Some news to read as you have more fun on Cinco de Mayo than I'm going to. (Just FYI, this is how Anglo Saxons ...
The Boca vs River Superclasico Dance Off
By Daryl | May 5th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlMSrw5Dq3U[/youtube] Above is Sebastián Battaglia's `14th minute header from a Juan Roman Riquelme corner, which gave Boca Juniors their first win over River Plate in three ...
First Legs Complete in Copa Libertadores Last 16
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XLg6CG880[/youtube] The fist legs of the Copa Libertadores knockout round were played this week, and two already juicy encounters just got juicier. In the big Argentina ...
Pato and Diego Support Ronaldo in that Transvestite "Misunderstanding"
By Laurie | May 1st, 2008I have always believed that it is under adverse circumstances that one discovers who one's true friends are. Like mistaking transvestite prostitutes for the ...
Ronaldo Gets The Dreaded Tranny Surprise
By chris | April 28th, 2008God I love it when Brazilians have time to party. Ronaldo (The Phenomenal One then The Fat One then The Symptomatic Fat One and now ...
I Meant To Do That, I Swear
By chris | April 27th, 2008These are my absolute favorite types of goals: the wondergoals which were never supposed to be, but decided to find their way into the back ...
Flamengo Keeper Bruno Bends Home a Free Kick
By Daryl | April 25th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiJMQXqNV8[/youtube] Flamengo were already qualified for the knockout stages of the Copa Libertadores, but the Brazilian side topped the group with a 2-0 win over Coronel ...
Daily Dose 4.24.08
By Laurie | April 24th, 2008Some news to read as you beat somebody up in the Mad Tea Party line at Disney World: Best football commercial ever made? I don't ...
Copa Libertadores Down to Sweet Sixteen
By Daryl | April 24th, 2008While we were distracted by the bizarre own goal and missed penalty kick that was the UEFA Champions League semifinals this week, South America's finest ...
Daily Dose 4.22.08
By Laurie | April 22nd, 2008Some news to read as you disappear after being carried off by helium balloons: Arsenal foursome goes Zoolander. (Arsene in particular is going to give ...
Mysterious Gas and Mysterious Blackout in Paulista Semi Final
By Daryl | April 21st, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUvDHlo4QRw[/youtube] Sometimes a YouTube video doesn't even come close to telling the whole story.The above shows the goals from Palmeiras' 2-0 win over São Paulo in ...
In Football, It's Sometimes Better to Be Lucky Than Good
By Christian | April 20th, 2008The unearthing this past week of a Red Sox jersey secretly buried by a Boston construction worker at the site of the new Yankee stadium ...
Banned, Thrashed and Fired. It's Been a Bad Week for Mario Vanemerak
By Daryl | April 16th, 2008Don't make Millonarios coach Mario Vanemerak angry. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. After a 2-0 defeat away to Pasto on April 6th, the ...
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