With 2009 already underway, the prospect of an exciting 12 months of football now lies before us. Even in the first two weeks of the new year, we are already seeing some of the biggest potential stories (Tevez’s potential move from Man. United, Messi’s brilliant performance against Atletico Madrid) already making news.
But before we completely [...]

One of the most unpredictable and exciting seasons of Argentina football in recent memory will come to an end this evening when Boca Juniors and Tigre battle for the Primera championship at Racing’s El Cilindro stadium. You can watch the game live on Fox Soccer Channel at 5:30ET/2:30PT.
After Boca’s 3-1 win over San Lorenzo this [...]

The biggest derby in all Argentina will resume once again today, when River Plate host Boca Juniors at the Monumental this afternoon. You can watch live at on Fox Sports Espanol at 2PM ET/11AM PT, or delayed on FSC at 4:30 PM ET/1:30 PM PT, though if you’ve ever heard the announcer who calls those [...]

Leave your comments here for the huge slate of weekend games already underway across Europe and Argentina.
Carlos Tevez already scored in Manchester United’s 1-2 loss to Liverpool, and Barcelona, Inter Milan, and Atletico Madrid, all playing today. Tomorrow, Boca, current leaders in the Argentine Apertura, face a huge derby match tomorrow against an Independiente side [...]

With Sunday’s 1-0 victory over Australia at this year’s Beijing Olympics, Argentina have now booked a place in the quarter-finals, and a win this Wednesday against Serbia guarantees that Sergio Batista’s squad will secure top spot in Group A. However should the Ivory Coast fail to win their final match against Australia, los albicelestes could [...]

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 [...]

Should Estudiantes grab anything less than a draw against Colón in La Plata this afternoon, and if River Plate defeat Olimpo at the Monumental, then los millonarios would claim the 2008 Clausura, their 33rd local title overall.
How likely is that? Well, both Colón and Olimpo are in or near the relegation zone, and River and [...]

It’s halftime for both River Plate and Estudiantes, and based on the way things are going for both, there is still no indication if either team will have sole possession of the league table by day’s end, or if someone else will take it from them.
In Santa Fe, things are not going well for River, [...]

As if a clásico between Independiente and Racing needed any more reason to be heated, tomorrow’s fixture will amount to nothing more than an all-out war for la Academia, who will be fighting for their Primera lives. With a pitiful 1-8-7 record on the season, Racing’s chances of survival are hanging by a thread, and [...]

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 [...]