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 [...]

It’s a great day for football in the world, with decisive matches in Italy and Spain, but on this side of the ocean, all eyes will be on the Bombonera this afternoon for the Superclásico between Boca Juniors and River Plate, live on Fox Soccer Channel and Fox Sports Español at 2PM ET.
I obviously have [...]

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 [...]

What was supposed to be a great weekend for football ended in horror this past weekend, as clashes between supporters and police disrupted one match, and senseless violence claimed 2 innocent lives.
Saturday, 21 year old Emanuel Alvarez was murdered while on his way to see his club Vélez Sarsfield take on San Lorenzo at the [...]

It was a lucky weekend for current leaders Vélez Sarsfield, who were gifted a non-existent penalty in their 1-0 win over Newell’s. But more importantly for them, Boca – Independiente and Estudiantes – River both ended in draws. Of those two match-ups, Independiente clearly had the most disappointing result, failing to win at la Bombonera [...]

Vélez blinked, Independiente rolled on, San Lorenzo finally got a result, Boca went “Loco,” and River were left soaking wet, all just some of the results after week 4 in the Argentine Clausura.
Though we’re still far off from seeing who will eventually challenge for the title, we are however getting a better sense of which [...]

Two of the best football writers around take different looks at the current state of Argentine football.
Gregory Sica focuses on the poor start from Argentina’s top clubs participating in this years Copa Libertadores. While I think it’s a little early to call this years campaign a total disaster, I agree that teams, especially San Lorenzo, [...]

Sorry for not having posted this earlier, but I just came back from a weekend in San Diego. By the way, if anyone here can recommend a good bar/pub to catch some footy out there, please let me know.
As for the results from over the weekend, Estudiantes and Lanús had huge victories over Newell’s and [...]

The 2008 Clausura kicked off this weekend in Argentina, and while there are still 18 more fixtures to go through before a champion is decided, some of the results from the past few days may have an impact on some teams come June.
The biggest surprises had to come from the Big 5, with San Lorenzo, [...]

The wait is over.
After a long break, summer friendlies, and active dealings in the transfer market, La Primera is set to return this Friday night when San Lorenzo hosts Newell’s Old Boys to kick off the 2008 Clausura.
What can we expect over the next 19 fixtures? For starters, this could turn out to be [...]