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For the second year running, River Plate's fans can celebrate on the beaches of Mar del Plata after
their side succesfully defended the Torneo de Verano trophy won last January. The extra-heated
atmosphere that River - San Lorenzo matches have taken on since Ramón Díaz took over at the Boedo
club was present as ever, [.
FC Dallas has finally decided they care about scoring goals. YS has learned that FC Dallas is
very close to signing Ariel Ortega, a former Argentine International, and a current player at River
Plate. Ortega, who is 34, is a veteran of three World Cups and has over 90 caps for
Argentina. John Ellinger, An [.
This article comes to us courtesy of Argentine site Facetas Deportivas. It details the travel plans
of FC Dallas's assistant coach John Ellinger who has one mission: To bring back players and
hopefully "El Burrito" Ortega is one of them. With the pending transfers of Juan Toja and
Kenny Cooper, FC Dallas will have some big holes to fill.
Well, that's one way to do it. Carlos Ischia wasn't the Boca fans' choice of new manager, and his
appointment caused some anger towards Pedro Pompilio when the latter first unveiled him, but on
Saturday night, in the Estadio Mundialista of Mar del Plata, he took a huge step to winning over
the fans: He [.
It is no secret that Galaxy gaffer, Ruud Gullit is not on good terms with Carlos "El
Pescadito" Ruiz. And it is an open secret that LA has been shopping Ruiz around the league.
There have even been some who suggest he may be headed back to play for a club in Guatemala. We may
soon have an answer to the questions regarding Ruiz's future.
The 2008 Torneo Clausura kicks off at long last following the summer break on Friday evening, with
Lanús aiming to defend the title they won so improbably back in December, whilst the likes of Boca
will be wanting to get back to winning ways. Other big sides need improved performances, for a
variety of reasons, [.
Everyone's patience has a breaking point. It seems that finally, that of River Plate's board has
reached the same point that Diego Simeone's got to a few months ago, because it was announced on
Saturday that Ariel Ortega, the playmaker who had a vital role in River's first championship in
four years during the Torneo [.
Apologies for the lack of coverage of Saturday's matches - my phone line (and with it my
broadband) crashed on Saturday morning and was only fixed on Sunday - but the first competitive
superclásico of 2008 is now just a few hours away. I type during the first few minutes of the
Milan derby, but the [.
River desperately needed a win on Wednesday night to get their Copa Libertadores campaign up and
running, but played underwhelmingly and were only drawing with tough opponents, unable to make the
breakthrough in the second half. And then up popped one of the club's icons to give all three
points to the Millonarios.
This wasn't posted with the rest of the goal videos on Monday evening because I didn't want it to
overshadow them, or vice versa, in people's attention. So, here is a nice long video for any Boca
Juniors fans who want to re-live their side's 1-0 victory over River Plate in La Bombonera on
Sunday [.
It was bound to happen eventually: Diego Simeone could no longer stand Ariel Ortega's alcoholic
problem and finally decided to seperate him from the team. After another incident this weekend, the
ex-Estudiantes coach chose to have a long chat with Jose Maria Aguilar to decide where the idol's
future would be, and it most definitely wasn't in Nuñez.
Courtesy of Truth and Rumors...
If you haven't been following along he's been linked to a move to MLS many times before on this
site. Most notably to FC Dallas.
What is funny about this story is we wrote a very similar back in January. Only it involved Ariel
Ortega, Martin Palermo and Claudio Lopez.
According to French site, Foot Mercato the three Argentine legends may be coming to MLS as soon as
next season.
Here is a probably poorly translated excerpt:
When Guillermo Barros Schelotto arrived at the Columbus Crew in 2007, the American football fans
did not know much about him, explains CNN.
Received by email, do with it what you will.
HELLO FROM ARGENTINA
I just want you to know, a good friend of mine is very good friends with Ariel Ortega's agent and
he says it is maybe 80% chance that he will be in MLS next year.
It should be noted that FC Dallas has been in negotiations with the veteran Argentine so Pizza Hut
Park would be the most likely destination.
Having left a week aside for Gimnasia de Jujuy and (especially) Racing fans to recover from their
celebrations upon surviving, it's time to look back on another campaign in Primera A. It's been a
momentous one for a number of clubs. Racing's survival joy was doubled by news that Blanquiceleste
were out, River ended a [.
Ariel Ortega agreed with the River Plate board on Tuesday to go out on loan for a season to Mendoza
club Independiente Rivadavia, of Primera B Nacional. Ortega turned down the chance to move to the
United Arab Emirates to play a season for Al Mir Sports due to the distance from his family and
[...]
It's been four years since Boca Juniors last beat River Plate in La Bombonera, during which time
their sole consolation has been that River haven't won any trophies and they have done. On Sunday,
though, with River arriving in La Boca on top of the league table, the run came to an end thanks to
[..
With two matches remaining of the 2008 Torneo Clausura, River Plate edged narrowly ahead of
Estudiantes in the table, and with the opening of a two-point gap at the top of the table they can
keep alive their dream of claiming a first trophy in four years, in Diego Simeone's first campaign
in charge.
River Plate defeated Olimpo by 2-1 for the eighteenth round of the Torneo Clausura 2008. Due to a combination of both this and Estudiantes' goal-less draw with Colon, "los Millonarios" were able to lift their 33rd Argentine League trophy.
River played an overall good game. Diego Simeone's team was able to go up 1-0 in the first half, after Diego Buonanotte successfully scored a previously-prepared set-piece.
4 años, 15 torneos, 3 técnicos e innumerable cantidad de jugadores tuvieron que pasar para consagrar al equipo de Nuñez nuevamente campeón del fútbol argentino.
El mas ganador de todos, así se proclamaron una vez conseguido el objetivo aunque esto no era de sorprender ya que lleva una muy amplia y cómoda ventaja en cantidad de torneos locales contra cualquier otro equipo, esta vez suma su 33º corona en este certamen haciendo una diferencia de 11 con el clásico rival xeneize.
Now that Jozy is gone, and a game we played in Washington clearly displayed our deficiencies,
who is out there in the market that can take his place?
Time to throw random names against the wall. Maybe one will stick
JAY JAY OKOCHA
Jay Jay was released from Hull City a few weeks ago.
It was clear when FC Dallas traded some draft picks for two international slots that they were
looking to do some serious business in the transfer market . There were rumors that they were going
to tap into their Brazilian partner, Club Atletico Paranese as they had done previously to sign
Ricardinho and André Rocha.
Don't worry, the weekend recaps are coming soon (probably in the morning). But I wanted to knock
out some of the transfer rumors that are happening right now around Major League Soccer. Today's
big rumor takes place here in the Big D. FC Dallas is said to be looking into signing Argentine
striker Ariel Ortega.
Argentine sports daily Olé is reporting that FC Dallas is making an offer to former Argentina
World Cup midfielder (and current River Plate player) Ariel Ortega. Olé links to this story on
the Dallas Morning News website, but from reading the article it appears that Ortega is part of a
group of players at River that John Ellinger will take a look at.
La actividad no cesa en las oficinas del Monumental en estos días. Primero, el presidente de
River Plate, José María Aguilar, anunció la contratación de Néstor 'Pipo'
Gorosito como entrenador de la entidad bonaerense a partir del mes de enero. Ahora, es Domingo
Díaz, vicepresidente del club, el que asegura que la gerencia del 'Millonario' [.
River and San Lorenzo kept up their respective records at the start of the season regarding goals:
San Lorenzo still haven't scored, and River still haven't conceded in the league. Ramón Díaz and
Andrés D'Alessandro both returned to the Monumental for an opposing team for the first time and
had contrasting receptions from the home [.
It took a lot of digging deep in Sunday's match against a spirited and highly motivated Olimpo, but
after four long years River Plate are finally able to call themselves champions of Argentina again.
Thanks to a stellar performance from young gun Diego Buonanotte, Diego Simeone's side claimed
the club's 33rd professional league title, beating the [.
The latest complicated chapter in the saga of Ariel Ortega's turbulent time at River
Plate has seemingly come to an end after the playmaker agreed to remain at the club for another
year, until the end of his contract in June 2009. Many had thought El Burrito would be making his
way to Estudiantes after his recent bust-up [.
Mystery in Núñez. Ariel 'Burrito' ['Little donkey'] Ortega has virtually recovered from the
injury he picked up a couple of weeks ago against Racing, and was due to be drafted into the squad
to face Arsenal de Sarandí on Sunday. He'd demonstrated his readiness for the task in training on
Wednesday - but on Thursday, [.
It's an appalling pun I know. But the manager himself is a good one, according to Héctor
García Cuervo, the administrator who chucked Blanquiceleste out on their ears a few weeks ago.
The manager who (eventually) saved Racing from relegation will continue in his post next year.
Meanwhile, Lanús youngster Lautaro Acosta has joined Sevilla, and [.
There may have been no matches in Primera A the weekend just gone, but the lower divisions carried
on as normal, unaffected by the performances (or otherwise) of the world's national teams. Now,
then, seems as good a time as any to have a quick look at how the first month or so of lower [...]
