Con éste post trataré de realizar una recopilación de los muchísimos rumores que hay en el fútbol mexicano con miras al próximo torneo de Liga Apertura 2009, esto lo realizo con una semana de anticipación al famoso draft del fútbol mexicano, el cual se verificará el próximo lunes 15 de junio en el paradisiaco puerto de Cancún, en Quintana Roo.

Sunday, 19th April sees what might be an historic clash in La Bombonera between Boca Juniors and River Plate. If Julio Grondona gets his (and the only rule that's ever followed in Argentine football is that what Don Julio wants, Don Julio gets) this will be the last superclásico of the 'short tournament' era.

Con éste post trataré de realizar una recopilación de los muchísimos rumores que hay en el futbol mexicano con miras al próximo torneo de Liga Apertura 2009, esto lo realizo con una semana de anticipación al famoso draft del futbol mexicano, el cual se verificará el próximo lunes 15 de junio en el paradisiaco puerto de Cancún, en Quintana Roo.

Okay, can somebody just beat Barcelona please? We're tired of putting them at the top of this list every week. Though frankly even if they do lose again this season, it will likely not be enough to remove them from the top spot. But at least you're left to wonder about places 2-25, right?
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For the latest installation of the Football Fashion Soccer Babes, we present some of the female fans (or fanaticas in Spanish) of Argentine powerhouse Boca Juniors. We don't know who they are or where they're from. All we know is that they dig Boca and (like the soccer babes of River Plate in this post) [.

Do too many of these and you'll look like Craig Bellamy Boca Juniors striker Martin Palermo scored what must be one of, if not the longest-range headed goal of all time. Can you think of any other candidates?

The matches to watch after you realize that life back in Brazil is treating Adriano pretty friggin good. (Her name is Cassia Menega and she's a 22-year-old university student.)

Saturday

Chelsea v Blackburn at Stamford Bridge Carlo Ancelotti may not be in the dugout for this one, as he returned to Italy this week to tend to his ill 86-year-old father.

The full fixtures for the Primera División A Torneo Clausura 2009 were released by the AFA  a little while ago, and now I've got a weekend when (relatively) little is happening to write about on HEGS, here's the full fixture list for the season. Primera División A Torneo Clausura 2009: Round 1 (8th Feb) Club Atlético Huracán vs [.

Manchester United - Champions League Winners
Originally uploaded by JulianTL El Manchester United que juega actualmente la Champions es el campeón defensor y eso les ha valido llegar al puesto numero 1 de los clubes en el mundo según la IFFHS.
Pero curiosamente el equipo que mejor juega y ofrece espectáculo es el Barcelona quien se ocupa en la posición numero 2, y el mejor equipo mexicano incluido en esta lista son las Chivas rayadas del Guadalajara en la posición numero 58.

God knows why the AFA do this every bloody year. As usual, they've released the full fixture list the day after the first weekend's fixtures were announced. What possible good comes of this is for Julio Grondona to explain (not that anyone really cares enough to ask him), other than to guarantee two straight days [.

Congratulations to the Pittsburgh Steelers, winners of Super Bowl XLIII in "that other football"--the one played in the U.S., which curiously does not involve feet striking balls very often. But that's not why we're here. There was a lot of action in association football (soccer here in the U.S.) that affected the top 25 ranking of best soccer clubs in the world.

It seems like the summer transfer window is opening up for the 2009/2010 season. Below are some major confirmed transfer & rumors that are in the works for high profile Argentine players.
Confirmed
Emanuel Villa (Forward - Derby, UK) >>> Cruz Azul, Mexico
Diego Milito (Forward - Genoa, Italy) >>> Inter Milan
Lucio Filomeno(Forward - Asteras Tripolis, Greece) >>> PAOK
Franco Zuculini (Midfielder - Racing, Arg.

Yes, it's January, and thus to the majority of HEGS readers that headline is six months early, but Argentina's in a different hemisphere, you know. And the summer friendlies are just about to start. There's the traditional Torneo de Verano between the 'Big Five', as well as the other regular events - the 'City Cups' [.

Happy New Year! We're back and better than ever. Not all leagues played over the last fortnight but enough did to allow us to put together another edition of the always-popular Top 25! Read on to see how things transpired:
1 (1). FC Barcelona
A strong finish earned Barca a 3-1 victory over Mallorca Saturday, their only game in the last fortnight.

Don't you hate when a supposed quality addition to your team underperforms, leaves and then goes on to do well somewhere else?
DC United fans might feel a bit upset over a former player of theirs who fits this category. Marcelo Gallardo came in with high hopes a year ago but by the end of the 2008 season the club could not wait to get rid of him and his high salary.

¡Qué trágico! for poor Diego Buonanotte. If you haven't heard, the influential River Plate midfielder was involved in a fatal car crash which killed three of his friends on Saturday. And according to the Argentinean dailies, Diego, who is in the hospital now frequently wakes up in the middle of the night asking "what happened?

Mediante un comunicado de prensa, el Club Tigres hace oficial la llegada de los dos refuerzos. Ambos jugadores llegan a prestamo por un año con opcion a compra.

A continuación el comunicado:

El Club Tigres de la UANL da a conocer que los jugadores EDGAR CASTILLO y FERNANDO ORTIZ reforzarán al plantel para la temporada 2009-2010.

It's on like Donkey Kong! With the Italian Serie A returning to action this weekend, all three of the "big three" leagues are now accounted for in 2009. Where does that leave things? Let's take a look:
1 (1). FC Barcelona
It wasn't pretty but Barca got all three points at Osasuna yesterday, coming from behind to win the game through a goal by Lionel Messi (who else?

WTF!

Sections of the Italian media are speculating that Milan president Silvio Berlusconi will announce a big-money signing for the club on Monday night before the Trofeo Berlusconi, and according to UnoNotizie.it this player will be Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas.

The €30-35 million required to complete this capture will be recovered in part by the sale of Andrea Pirlo to Chelsea.

It's been a busy few days for Sergio Batista's Under 20 team in Venezeula whilst I've been away. Two more group matches have yielded four points in spite of underwhelming performances - you can see highlights of both games here. In Mar del Plata on Saturday, Boca Juniors beat River Plate in the year's first [.

Dentro de la poca actividad que hay en la localidad, salió una nota en mediotiempo.com en donde se afirma que el equipo de Atlas hizo un ofrecimiento por Luis Alonso "Negro" Sandoval.

Es sabido por todos que el estilo de juego del "Negro" es muy del agrado de Ricardo Lavolpe, tanto así que fue "el Bigotón" quien lo pidió para Rayados antes de terminar de manera abrupta su vínculo con nuestro equipo.

By definition, the Donnety Award goes to the player who has been the biggest disappointment for DC United in 2009. The award's namesake Matias Donnet came to United in 2006 and was seen as a potential all star due to his pedigree after playing for Boca Juniors, as well as spending some time in Serie A.

Lo he leído muchas veces y aun sigo sorprendido de lo que hizo Jaguares, me refiero a la contratación de Nery Cardozo y de Marcelo Gandolfi procedentes de Boca Juniors y del Arsenal de Sarandí respectivamente. Y no es que quiera menospreciar a dicha institución por haber contratado estos jugadores, sino que estoy muy sorprendido que [.

HJK v IFK Mariehamn, Wednesday 6:30pm

This is, somewhat surprisingly, a top of the table clash. IFK have already beaten last season's champions, drawn with one of the favourites for this season, and had a regulation win over wooden spoon-chasers KuPS. This puts them level on points with HJK, who dropped their two points at home to draw specialists TPS.

South American powerhouse Boca have unveiled the new Boca Juniors 2009-10 away kit ( Alternativa camiseta de Boca). The new away shirt has been made by Nike, while LG are the shirt sponsors ( You can also see the logo of sponsors Total on the sleeves of the shirt) The jersey uses Nike's Dri-Fit technology, and [.

Argentine champions Boca Juniors sent out a mostly reserve side for their first match of 2009, but were still by far the better team against San Lorenzo in Mar del Plata. All the same they couldn't find a way past the Cuervo backline. Earlier on Saturday, in Sao Paulo, Estudiantes got battered 5-1 by Corinthians.

The gushing over Barca continues, only this one isn't limited to their current world crushing squad, it's for their run of the last 17 years - apparently that's when IFFHS began using statistics, which makes this so much more official. And, like their current domestic campaign, they've done it with a hefty cushion between themselves [.

Maradona has declared that his new grandson - Benjamin Button Aguero "has 60% of his looks and 40% of Kun's." Did someone forget the mother here, Gianina? Benjie doesn't look anything like her, we suppose? Fishy. "It is the greatest happiness for me," he said. "I thought being a grandfather meant growing old but when I saw [.

All La Liga transfers are listed on this page.

You'll find the January 2009 La Liga Transfers listed here. Archives for older transfer seasons are at the end of this page. For the latest transfer rumours and transfer lists for other leagues, see our transfer news column.

If you find a transfer not listed here let us know and we'll add it.

Así es amigos lectores, América en los próximos dos torneos estará librando una batalla por no descender sólo dos juegos ó seis puntos como lo quieran ver los separan del último lugar general, exceptuando al recién ascendido Querétaro que iniciará de cero, pero su porcentaje será muy volátil por no tener el colchón de 4 torneos anteriores como lo tienen la mayoría de los equipos, es decir ellos podrían subir mucho si ganan, pero igual bajaría mucho su porcentaje si pierden.

¿Qué traen de nuevo los Jaguares de Chiapas para éste Apertura 2009?

Hay muchas caras nuevas para los Jaguares en éste torneo, pero destaca la contratación del brasileño Josiel Da Rocha, seguida por el portero Oscar Pérez, Francisco Mendoza, Yasser Corona, Hugo Sánchez Guerrero, Alejandro Arguello, Salvador Medina y Ezequiel Orozco.

The 2009 Audi Cup began Wednesday with Manchester United taking on Boca Juniors and AC Milan against Bayern Munich. Here's a full recap of Manchester United against Boca Juniors along with video highlights.

Manchester United tops Boca Juniors Video Highlights

Manchester United scored 2 first half goals as they held on to defeat Boca Juniors 2-1 in the Audi Cup.

For the record, the photo accompanying this article is from Thursday's Boca Juniors match with Chacarita Juniors at the Bombonera. It had no effect on the rankings, but I wanted to post a photo of my own to the entry.

For the first time in over a month, a club remained at the top spot of the rankings for consecutive weeks as Chelsea solidified its position at the top with a pair of 4-0 victories over Bolton Wanderers this week.

For some reason, the fifth round of the Torneo Clausura begins on a Thursday, so here, 24 hours earlier than normal, is the weekend's fixture list. Sunday's clásico sees Independiente host Boca Juniors, whilst San Martín play a crucial relegation clash on Thursday in Mendoza. Racing will be hoping Tigre don't get their claws back [.

One of the best ever playmakers in the World, Juan Roman Riquelme decided to call it quits on his career in the Argentine national team. This came as a result of the clash of opinion with Argentina boss Diego Armando Maradona. The story becomes even more interesting when you take into account the fact that [.

El rompimiento de México con Sudamérica sin duda ha sido un duro golpe para todos, pues aunque los mexicanos dejarán de soportar humillaciones y malos tratos de nuestros amigos del sur, sin duda será malo no seguir jugando contra clubes como Boca Juniors, Sao Paulo y otros que representaban un gran reto.

Along with the rest of the world, I am focusing on the UEFA Champions League at the moment, since the finals are in a few hours, but I would be remiss if I passed on the opportunity to follow-up with the WCR Copa Libertadores prediction series. The Copa Libertadores quarterfinals begin tonight with a pair of matches, so let's get to the predicting.

Ins and outs for the two giants of Argentine football: champions Boca Juniors appear to have lost Neri Cardozo against their wishes, whilst new River Plate manager Néstor Gorosito is on the verge of making his first signing, Colombian centre back Humberto Mendoza. Independiente have some good news: Daniel Montenegro isn't going anywhere.

Diego Maradona's not pleased with the AFA, after revealing that the reason for his not calling up Juan Román Riquelme and Sebastián Battaglia was that the governing body insisted Boca Juniors play on Sunday rather than Saturday, even though the date of the France friendly has been fixed for months.

MLS Transfers of the Week is a brand new column posted every sunday or monday(just depending). It shows the best players to be transfered in and out in MLS and trades from 1(being the best)-however many transfers went down(being the not so best). It explains the pros and cons of the best transfers and tells supporters what they can expect.