South America
Daily Dose 5.05.08
By: Laurie |
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Some news to read as you have more fun on Cinco de Mayo than I’m going to. (Just FYI, this is how Anglo Saxons celebrate the day.)
Clint Dempsey is going to stay with Fulham (My Soccer Blog)
Julie Foudy is now a blogger! Yes, THE Julie Foudy. (ESPN.com)
Scotland’s Tartan Army is supporting Poland […]
The Boca vs River Superclasico Dance Off
By: Daryl | No Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlMSrw5Dq3U
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 years. You might want to turn your speakers down for when the crowd at La Bombonera roar. Bad news for Boca is the injury to Riquelme, which may keep him […]
Category: South AmericaFirst Legs Complete in Copa Libertadores Last 16
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53XLg6CG880
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 vs Brazil encounter (above) Boca Juniors beat Cruzeiro 2-1 at La Bombanera. Sort of. The game was actually abandoned with one minute to play when a linesman had his forehead […]
Category: South AmericaPato and Diego Support Ronaldo in that Transvestite “Misunderstanding”
By: Laurie | 1 Comment
I have always believed that it is under adverse circumstances that one discovers who one’s true friends are. Like mistaking transvestite prostitutes for the real thing.
Ronaldo may be on the verge of losing both his girlfriend and his Nike sponsorship in the wake of that little trannie incident, but at least he can […]
Tags: World Football, players behaving badly, Ronaldo, Pato, Diego, Brazil, South America, Tag IndexRonaldo Gets The Dreaded Tranny Surprise
By: chris | 8 Comments
God I love it when Brazilians have time to party. Ronaldo (The Phenomenal One then The Fat One then The Symptomatic Fat One and now finally The Injured One) has been chillin’ back in Brazil trying to rest the leg and get back onto the pitch ASAP. So in order to score on the pitch, […]
Category: South America Tags: South America, Ronaldo, Milan, Real, Barca, Inter, Hookers, Prostitutes, Brazil, Transvestites, Tranny Surprise, , Tag IndexI Meant To Do That, I Swear
By: chris | 4 Comments
These are my absolute favorite types of goals: the wondergoals which were never supposed to be, but decided to find their way into the back of the net anyway. Of course, if you were to ask Juan Manuel Salgueiro of Estudiantes, who scored the one above, if that was his intent, I’m sure he’d tell […]
Category: South AmericaFlamengo Keeper Bruno Bends Home a Free Kick
By: Daryl | 4 Comments
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYiJMQXqNV8
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 Bolognesi of Peru. The best moment of that game, easily, was Flamengo keeper Bruno scoring his first professional goal with a free kick, above.
With the score at 0-0, Bruno calmly […]
Category: South AmericaDaily Dose 4.24.08
By: Laurie | 5 Comments
Some 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 know about that, but it is cute. (Fighting Talker)
Playoffs in the Premier League? (Pitch Invasion)
Cristiano Ronaldo enjoys a Kaka moment (Who Ate All the Pies)
The average age of […]
Copa Libertadores Down to Sweet Sixteen
By: Daryl | No Comments
While 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 were busy deciding the final standings of the Copa Libertadores group stage. The video above is how defending champs Boca Juniors qualified. Sort of.
Boca beat Venezuela’s Maracaibo 3-0, including a […]
Category: South AmericaDaily Dose 4.22.08
By: Laurie | 2 Comments
Some news to read as you disappear after being carried off by helium balloons:
Arsenal foursome goes Zoolander. (Arsene in particular is going to give me nightmares.) (Who Ate All the Pies, via The Beautiful Game)
So what does the US’s Olympic group look like on a practical level? (ESPN Soccernet)
Our USL Offside is taking […]
Mysterious Gas and Mysterious Blackout in Paulista Semi Final
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUvDHlo4QRw
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 the second leg of the Paulista state championship semi-final. And it looks like everything was pretty much normal.
São Paulo came into the game with a 2-1 lead from the first […]
Category: South America Tags: world football, world soccer, Sao Paulo, Palmeiras, Paulista, gas, balckout, lasagne, South America, Tag IndexIn Football, It’s Sometimes Better to Be Lucky Than Good
By: Christian | 3 Comments
The unearthing this past week of a Red Sox jersey secretly buried by a Boston construction worker at the site of the new Yankee stadium was a humorous reminder of the lengths some will go to sway the tide of luck, good and bad, in professional sport. Curses within baseball have existed for years (Bambino […]
Banned, Thrashed and Fired. It’s Been a Bad Week for Mario Vanemerak
By: Daryl | 1 Comment
Don’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 Argentine threw a giant wobbly, kicked down the dressing room door and broke a water heater. Makes Fergie’s dainty teacup throwing act seem quaint by comparison. The Colombian football authorities […]
Category: South AmericaDaily Dose 4.14.08
By: Laurie | No Comments
Some news to read as you slurp down 35 dozen oysters*:
Why Cristiano Ronaldo is not the next Beckham. Or: Did Cristiano Ronaldo really turn down a Brylcreem endorsement? (There has to be a punchline here somewhere.) (Republic of Mancunia)
Worst. Premier League manager. Ever? (Sportingo)
Brother and sister representing El Tri (Culture of Soccer)
There’s […]
Don’t Mention The Sex Lives Of Female Refs If You Enjoy Employment
By: chris | 3 Comments
Refs take a ton of abuse on a weekly basis, and I can only imagine what is said behind closed doors after the game. Luckily for us Uruguayan striker Mario Leguizamon, on the books of Peruvian champs Deportivo San Martin at the time, voiced his concerns and opinions on the air waves in a post-game […]
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