Let me take a brief moment to thank all of the readers and posters who this past week made this blog the most popular of any non-Europe page on the World Cup Blog, a great acheivement considering the extensive coverage of the Euros right now. Looking over the numbers, it turns out we had over [...]

And we’re almost underway in Belo Horizante. Already it’s looking like a tough night for Coco Basile men, who have to endure their national anthem amidst boos from the home crowd.
For a breakdown of every single matchup between these two, check out FIFA’S Argentina page.
Basile will start the following:
Abbondanzieri
Burdisso, Coloccini, Heinze, Zanetti
Mascherano, Gago, Jonás Gutiérrez
Riquelme
Messi, [...]

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Abbondanzieri
Burdisso, Coloccini, Heinze, Zanetti
Mascherano, Gago, Jonás Gutiérrez
Riquelme
Messi, Cruz
La seleccion is in Belo Horizante, preparing ahead of tonight’s clasico against Brazil in the 6th fixture of World Cup qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. You can watch live on JumpTV at 8:50 PM ET.
After Brazil’s loss to a 10-man Paraguay over the weekend, [...]

And we’re underway, live from the Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires.
Argentina:
Roberto Abbondanzieri
Nicolás Burdisso, Martín Demichelis, Gabriel Heinze
Javier Zanetti, Juan Sebastián Verón, Javier Mascherano, Maximiliano Rodríguez
Juan Román Riquelme
Lionel Messi, Sergio Agüero

After driving 2100 miles ‘cross country from Chicago to my new home in San Diego, and spending the past few days getting used to my new digs, I can at last put all my focus back on the futbol, and specifically, tomorrow’s qualifier against Ecuador, which you can watch live online on JumpTV at 5:10PM [...]

Watch Live now, on ESPN Classic or Galavision, 7:30PM ET, as Argentina face the USA at Giants Stadium.
Argentina Starting XI:
“Pato” Abbondanzieri
Gonzalo Rodríguez, Gabriel Heinze, Nicolas Burdisso,
Pablo Zabaleta, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Gago, Maxi Rodríguez
Lionel Messi
Sergio Agüero, Julio Cruz
Subs:
Sergio Romero, Javier Zanetti, Martín Demichelis, Jonas Gutiérrez, José Sosa, Ever Banega, Fernando Cavenaghi

Tonight’s “other” big game may not have as much on the line as with the Copa, but a friendly between Argentina and Mexico should be a wonderful opportunity to see some of the players that will be involved for WCQ this summer. Tonight’s match at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego can be seen live at [...]

With the seasons in Europe over, the Champions League final this Wednesday, and the Copa Libertadores and Primera coming to a close, we can at last look ahead to the national team over the summer. With international friendles, World Cup Qualifiers, and the China Olympics, it’ll be a busy summer for the albiceleste.
So with [...]

The latest installment of the growing Offside Podcast was released today, where I talk a little about the Copa Libertadores and the Clausura in Argentina. In the coming weeks, I’ll try to focus more on Argentina’s chances in the knockout stages, as well as which teams will fight it out for the title.
Also, if you [...]

Tickets will go on sale next Monday the 14th at 12PM ET for the upcoming friendly at Giants Stadium June 8th. Those of you with a Visa can order tickets as part of a special online presale beginning this Friday the 11th at Noon ET that will last all weekend.
Tickets will range from $35 all [...]