Futblog 02 July @ 01:41 AM EST
Edgar "El Homie" Castillo se encuentra en medio de Cesar Villauz y el "pato" Araujo en la
fotografía de la selección preolimpica que fracaso en las eliminatorias para Beijing 2008. Peor
aun se encuentra en la polemica nacional.
La diferencia entre los jugadores que esta el " homie" , es que el puede ser convocado con la
selección de Estados Unidos y lo ha gritado a los 4 vientos, cree que puede jugar para el Tio Sam
habiendo vestido la camiseta verde del tricolor, lean estas declaraciones:
"Si me llama Estados Unidos, voy.
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Edgar el "Gringo" Castillo declaró ante su poca actividad con la playera
verde que se pone a disposición del técnico estadounidense Bob Bradley, pues el ex
jugador del América tiene la doble nacionalidad y con México
aun no participa en un juego oficial.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
US defender Cat Whitehill will miss the Beijing Olympics after suffering an ACL injury during a
training session in Seoul, Korea, where the US Women's Team is currently competing in the Peace
Queen Cup.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
Since her appointment as coach last November, Pia Sundhage appears to have taken the US national
team from strength to strength. The Olympics will be the first major championship of her tenure,
and it will be interesting to see how far this team can go. The 18-woman squad includes nine of the
players who won gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
The ladies of the US national team are on a hot streak in the final run-up to the Olympics,
defeating Norway 4-0 and Sweden 1-0 over the weekend in two of their final four warm-up matches for
Beijing. Lindsay Tarpley opened the scoring against Norway after only four minutes, but the US had
to wait until the second half to put the seal on their victory.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
The US defeated Brazil for the second time this week, this time at San Diego's Torero Stadium, in
their final match before heading off to Beijing. Once again they managed to secure a 1-0 victory -
this time via an 84th minute taken by Carli Lloyd and headed in by Natasha Kai. Before the match,
most of the hype centred on Abby Wambach, who seemed destined to be one of the stars of the Beijing
Olympics.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
Over the next several days, I'll be doing a brief profile of each of the teams participating in
Beijing 2008. First up, the host nation: Historically, the Steel Roses have been the undisputed
leader on the Asian football scene, but they've endured some disappointing results recently - most
notably a 3-0 loss to Japan in February's East Asian Federation championship.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
Abby Wambach underwent a successful surgery Thursday morning to repair the broken tibia and fibula
in her left leg, with a titanium rod inserted to reinforce the tibia. She is expected to begin
rehabilitation in five or six weeks, though it will take much longer than that to reach her former
level of play.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
North Korea are making their first Olympic appearance in women's football, but this young squad
includes several members of the side that won the U20 Women's World Cup in 2005. In their six
qualifying matches, they scored 51 goals and conceded none.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
One of the traditional powerhouses of women's football, Norway are no strangers to the medal
podium, having won gold in Sydney 2000 and bronze in Atlanta 96. Lately, though, they've faltered.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
Like Norway, Sweden was one of the first countries to actively develop women's football as an
organized sport, but surprisingly, they've never won an Olympic medal. In recent years, the Swedish
Olympic Committee has made significant financial investments in the team, and specifically in
increasing players' physical fitness levels.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
The Super Falcons are leading force in Africa, but haven't seen much success on the world stage.
They've qualified for every World Cup and the previous two Olympic Games, but they've progressed
beyond the group stages only twice, in 1999 and 2004.
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Kickster 11 November @ 11:05 AM EST
The injury to Abby Wambach was a big blow of course, and they're also missing key players in
Kristine Lilly (pregnant) and Cat Whitehill (ACL). Even without those three, the US are still
looking like one of the teams to beat. Since Pia Sundhage took over as coach last November, the US
have gone from strength to strength.
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Futblog 09 October @ 02:37 AM EST
Mexico & USA Flag Montage
Originally uploaded by lebitalarican1986 Ya había escuchado la noticia ayer, y escuche
también algunos de los comentaristas sentirse indignados. Resulta ser que Jose Paco Torres un
jugador de los tuzos del Pachuca jugara para los Estados Unidos siendo mexicano, teniendo la doble
nacionalidad.
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After having fallen behind in the first minute of the bronze medal match at the Beijing 2008
Paralympics, Argentina's Blind Futsal team fought back to claim the medal on penalties after a
1-1 draw during the standard 50 minutes on Wednesday. After the early Spanish goal, the
Murciélagos struggled to find their rhythm, but in the [.
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It has been a strange K-League season. The constant stopping and starting has robbed the
competition of any momentum. A series of World Cup qualifiers in May and June necessitated a break
of a month and by the time play started again in July, the Olympic torch was lit in Beijing and
tools were downed once more.
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Futblog 29 August @ 01:21 PM EST
Ufffffff !!!!!!! Olimpica !
Originally uploaded by super MOP Johanna Almgren - Seleccion Sueca de Futbol Femenino
Esto de los olímpicos da para realizar parejas entre atletas, pero en este caso Ronaldinho se
fue con las manos vacías ni oro , ni juego ,ni amor.
Estas son sus declaraciones a un diario sueco:
"Nosotras (las jugadoras de la selección sueca) corrimos a la
recepción del hotel para pedirles autógrafos a los brasileños.
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Futblog 29 August @ 01:22 AM EST
81972852DM091_Olympics_Day_
Originally uploaded by azzurri_nr1 Una de las imagenes menos esperadas de los Juegos olímpicos
fue la visita de Diego Armando Maradona y aun menos esperada que besara la mano de Ronaldinho.
A final de cuentas el yerno de Diego el Kun Aguero junto con Messi le ganaron la partida al
carioca.
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Futblog 26 August @ 01:47 AM EST
beckham
Originally uploaded by btony uk Todo mundo sabia que el britanico estaria en la ceremonia de
clausura de los JO. Simplemente el hecho de verlo unos días antes de la ceremonia en eventos
deportivos olímpicos hacia sospechar, era mas que obvio.
Su participación fue corta, pero para sus fans que son muchos fue sustanciosa.
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Vamos a ver otros comerciales relativos a los Olímpicos, en este caso un poco de
"Marketing de Emboscada", siendo Adidas uno de los patrocinadores oficiales, Nike no se
queda fuera del juego, veamos lo que hicieron con este comercial adicionado con la música de
The Killers llamada "All These Things That I've Done".
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Y es que con los Juegos Olímpicos, las grandes marcas buscan posicionar sus nombres en la
mente de los consumidores, por lo que recurren a diversos recursos mercadológicos por tener
participación y exposición mediática. Por ello, traigo alguno que otro comercial en
los siguientes días para ver como se están moviendo las diversas marcas en torno [.
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Four years ago it was Carlos Tevez, on Saturday Benfica's Angel Di María secured his place in
Argentine football history by becoming the second man to score a gold medal-winning goal for his
country in the Olympic Football Tournament. In a final played in scorching heat in the Bird's Nest
Stadium in Beijing, Argentina rode [.
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SoccerLens 23 August @ 04:12 AM EST
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football
champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in
Beijing, salvation came from above. "Little Angel" Di María flapped his celestial
wings and delivered a fatal blow to finalists Nigeria, exploiting an [.
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mCalcio 23 August @ 04:00 AM EST
Four years after the gold in Athens, another 1-0 scoreline confirmed Argentina as Olympic football
champions. In 2004, the match-winning goal had been scored by a certain Carlos Tevez; this year in
Beijing, salvation came from above. "Little Angel" Di María flapped his celestial
wings and delivered a fatal blow to finalists Nigeria, exploiting an [.
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Calcioplus 23 August @ 02:36 AM EST
Highlights Primo Tempo
0 - 1 Angel Di Maria 58'
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Calcioplus 22 August @ 08:23 AM EST
0 - 1 28′ Diego
0 - 2 45′ Jo
0 - 3 90′ Jo
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SoccerLens 22 August @ 05:30 AM EST
The 2008 Olympics will end on Sunday 24th August (with the 08 Olympic football final on Saturday)
and there's been lots to talk about this time around, from the politics to the environment to the
questions about age to the outstanding performances and the odd funny moments. What will you
remember most about Beijing 2008?
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FootieDB 21 August @ 03:11 PM EST
Beijing Olympics Highlights: Nigeria are meeting Argentina in the mens final
Saturday August 23th. Watch the highlights here at footiedb.com Pre-register at the NEW
football site 11×2 today
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FootieDB 21 August @ 03:01 PM EST
Beijing Olympics Highlights: Belgium are meeting Brazil in the mens bronze final
Friday August 22th. Watch the highlights here at footiedb.com Pre-register at the NEW
football site 11×2 today
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Kickster 21 August @ 11:00 AM EST
Brazil responded with an immediate counter-attack, and kept the pressure up until the very end, but
in spite of a flurry of dangerous shots on goal, they couldn't manage to hit the target.
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Tal y como sucedió en los Juegos Olímpicos de Atlanta 1996, la Selección de
Argentina se tendrá que ver de nuevo las caras contra su similar de Nigeria en busca de la
medalla de oro ahora correspondiente a Beijing 2008. En aquella ocasión los africanos se
impusieron a la "albiceleste" en contra de todos los [.
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Futblog 20 August @ 12:52 AM EST
Ronaldinho (Second Half Olympics Argentina vs Brazil)
Originally uploaded by BSR-12 (Olympics semi-final, August 19, 2008)
Sergio Kun Aguero con dos goles faciles y Riquelme con un penal le dieron la felicidad a Maradona y
a los argentinos.
Ronaldinho no pudo darle la victoria a su país, rompio la ilusión de una medalla de oro
en futbol, sigue la maldición, ademas de que Ronnie no esta en un nivel optimo y que dista
mucho de ser el numero 1 a Messi lo arropan muy buenos compañeros.
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SoccerLens 19 August @ 10:20 PM EST
Just like a sheet of paper from a page-a-day-calendar, Argentina ripped Brazil out of the stack,
crunched it up, made a little paper ball, did a few juggles and then backheeled it into the trash.
Everyone was anticipating this game as the final-before-the final in these 2008 Beijing Football
Olympics, and boy did we not [.
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