Uruguay coach Oscar Washington Tabarez has named his 23 overseas based players to face Costa Rica in a World Cup playoff next month. There have been few surprises as Tabarez has selected a squad almost identical to the one that took on Ecuador and Argentina. The following players will miss the first match due to [...]
Diego Maradona, the coach of the Argentine national team, has selected his foreign based players to face Spain in a high profile friendly match on Nov.14. The biggest surprise was the return of Inter Milan midfielder Esteban Cambiasso. It was the first time Maradona presented Cambiasso with a call up since becoming the coach of [...]
With no senior international soccer having taken place this week most of the action came from the local leagues. In Argentina the biggest news was River´s narrow win over Argentinos Juniors in La Paternal. It had been ages since River last won an away game. It seems that Leonardo Astrada was the right man for [...]
When it comes to the Copa Libertadores no club have won as many titles as Argentina´s Independiente. The Avellaneda giants have won South America´s biggest club competition a record 7 times, but the last time they clinched the title was way back in 1984. Since that title triumph, Independiente have found little success in the [...]
Boca Juniors are back in the title race after brushing aside Chacarita Juniors 3-o at the Bombonera stadium on Thursday. Alfio Basile´s side proved superior to their opponents and won the game courtesy of goals from Federico Insua, Nicolas Gaitan and Sebastian Battaglia. Argentine international Insua put Boca ahead in the 18th minute after good [...]
Defending champions Nacional climbed into third place of the Uruguayan Apertura Championship after thrashing Central Espanol 5-1 in a round nine match at the Parque Central stadium on Wednesday night. After a scoreless first half, Central Espanol went ahead in the 49th minute after a strike from Ismael Espiga. But Eduardo Aranda drew Nacional level six [...]
Atletico Junior and Millonarios won their Colombian Torneo Finalizacion round 15 matches this week, and maintain their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals, with three rounds left. Junior thrashed the already eliminated America de Cali 3-0 with goals from Giovanni Hernandez, Hernan Patino and Carlos Bacca. With the win Junior jumped into fourth place. Meanwhile, [...]
The Argentine superclasico between archrivals River Plate and Boca Juniors ended in a tense 1:1 draw at the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on Sunday. River Plate started the stronger of the two sides but although they dominated much of the play they couldn´t translate their goal scoring opportunities into goals. Los Millonarios came closest [...]
Libertad share Paraguayan league leadership with Nacional, after thrashing 12 de Octubre 3-0. Javier Gonzalez scored twice for Libertad, and Uruguayan midfielder Omar Pouso converted their other goal. Nacional lost 2-1 to 2 de Mayo and failed to remain top of the standings on their own after 14 rounds of the Clausura championship. Nacional went [...]
Universidad Catolica thrashed Santiago Morning 3-0 and in doing so remain top of the Chilean Clausura championship after 15 rounds. Catolica dominated their opponents right from the start to the finish, and won the game with two goals from Juan Jose Morales and another from Damian Diaz. Next up for the league leaders will be [...]
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