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 [...]

It’s not going well for Argentina in the Copa this year. Both Lanús and Estudiantes lost yesterday in the first round of 16 matches, and as in the group stage, there are serious questions about the odds of one of the 5 remaining teams making it deep into the competition.
While Estudiantes will most certainly blame [...]

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 [...]

As you’ve all heard, the US National Team will host Argentina June 8th at Giants Stadium. It’ll be another fixture in what is turning out to be an already busy summer for Basile and his squad. On May 31, the team will be in London to face Jamaica, then fly over to San Diego on [...]

El albiceleste is in Cairo today, preparing for their friendly against current African champions Egypt, in a match you can watch live on GOLTV at 2PM ET, or delayed at 9PM ET.
I’ll be posting lineups and major incidents from the match throughout the day after the jump, so if you can’t watch the afternoon broadcast [...]

I just finished wrapping up this week’s installment of The Offside Podcast which should be up on Wednesday, and we spent some time discussing this week’s upcoming international friendlies, including Argentina facing African champions, Egypt.
Perhaps I’m just too involved with my club team at the moment, but I can’t say that I’m all that excited [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

We’re down to the final 16 in Europe as the Champions League resumes today after a long winter break, and as always, Argentina will be well represented, with names like Messi, Heinze, Higuaín, Gago, Tevez, and Belluschi just to name a few.
What match-up are you most looking forward to? While everyone seems to be calling [...]