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 [...]

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 [...]