South American Futbol - Libertadores, Sudamericana, World Cup 2010

Just like that, things can change on a dime in Argentina. It was barely four months ago when Vélez Sársfield’s outstanding closing half to the 2004-05 campaign captured the attention of the nation. The team’s free-flowing brand of soccer had reached such a ravishing consistency, it was only natural to expect that the club from [...]

Buenos Aires will come to a standstill on Sunday as Argentina’s two biggest clubs, River Plate and Boca Juniors, face off in another edition of the eagerly anticipated Superclásico — one of the biggest derbies in world soccer. For this face-off between the bitter enemies (their 293rd meeting), the stage is River’s intimidating El Monumental [...]

The final round of the marathon that has been South American World Cup qualifying concludes on Wednesday night with Uruguay entertaining its biggest rival, Argentina, at the historic Centenario Stadium in Montevideo. That’s the same venue where the two countries met back in the 1930 World Cup final, where the home side defeated its River [...]