Persija finally recorded a victory against their nemesis but not for the first time a game between the two teams was marred by crowd trouble.
In 2007 during a Copa Indonesia semi final Persipura fans invaded the pitch through a single gate that was left open, ostensibly to escape from a tiny number of Persija fans who were attacking them.

07.02.2012 - Por estas horas, en la calle Viamonte, el Comité Ejecutivo está tratando el tema de la denominación del inminente Torneo Clausura 2012. En momentos de creciente tensión diplomática entre Argentina e Inglaterra por la soberanía de las Islas Malvinas (tomadas por ingleses en 1833), a minutos del anunciado decreto presidencial sobre la apertura del Informe Rattenbach y a pocos días del 30º aniversario del inicio de la guerra de 1982, la proposición del gobierno argentino a la AFA es el nombre de "Crucero General Belgrano".

Sack Vanderlei Luxemburgo or part ways with Ronaldinho? That was the choice Flamengo president Patricia Amorim had to make yesterday as she picked the star player over the 59 year old tactician.

It is not quite certain why Luxemburgo was sacked, however, many believe that his icy relationship with Ronaldinho was a major factor that led to his dismissal.

Though Ronaldinho hasn't been paid in months, a new deal has been reached to ensure he gets what he's owed, he's still training with Flamengo and still focused on getting results for the club. And as Flamengo head into the second leg of their Copa Libertadores tie trailing Real Potosi (who share a ground with Nacional Potosi, of recent scorpion kick fame) 2-1, Ronaldinho was uncharacteristically serious in training on Tuesday.

30.01.2012 - De un principio poco auspicioso, la jornada de Al Wasl terminó en el baúl de las olvidables. Diego Maradona sacó a la cancha un equipo alternativo (plagado de juveniles) sosteniendo su postura de que la situación en el grupo de Copa (Emirates) era prácticamente irremontable; argumentación débil si se tiene en cuenta que, entonces, los 9 puntos de Al Wasl lo ubicaban sólo a uno de Al Ain (10), equipo que se clasificaba en segundo lugar.

30.01.2012 - Boca ganó partido (2-0 en Chaco) y revancha (1-0 en Mendoza) para llevarse la (histórica?) Copa Luis Nofal 2012, como campeón invicto vigente sobre un River que transita los pedregosos pasillos del Nacional B. Llueven afiches (Chaco y Mendoza). Aquí las fotos.

U.S. could host the 2016 Copa America

For those unfamiliar, this is the big "New World" competition with 10 CONMEBOL (South American) and 6 CONCACAF teams competing for one big trophy.

It's pretty much the next best thing for a national team to get (World Cup being the first, obviously) and it would be a great opportunity to see the USA compete against the likes of Brazil and Argentina.

More than any other matchup, the coming together of Barcelona and Madrid forces apart the usually shared preferences of the cultfootball brain trust. So today's match was one where both sides could come away feeling they'd won some important battles, if not the war.

The game was not 90 minutes of pure flowing football.

FC Barcelona would be looking to finish off the good job done at the Santiago Bernebeu last Wednesday when they meet Real Madrid at the Fotress Camp Nou. In the league Camp Nou has been an un-penetrable fotress till Betis broke it a week before. This season Barca has scored 67 goals at Camp Nou and conceded just 6(2 in Super Copa, 2 in La Liga and 2 in Champions League).

It's always tough to take your focus away from Clasico clashes. Hence Barca's visit to Malaga could be a herculean task in some aspect. First you have to get your feet back on the ground following a sweet victory at Bernebeu, then the big task - keeping the Wednesday's clash with real Madrid at camp Nou in the background.

Ahead of the Supplimental Draft this morning, the Timbers announced the signing of Colombian defender Hanyer Mosquera. The signing has long been rumored and is likely one of the "significant (international) defensive signings" that Merritt Paulson hinted at before the Superdraft.

A central defender, Mosquera's highlight reel shows a player who is good at breaking up plays in the air or on the ground and one who is able to get forward and contribute a goal on occasion.

Timbers sign Colombian defender Hanyer Mosquera

Mosquera, 24, joins the Timbers after playing the past six seasons in Colombia, including the last two with first-division side Club Deportivo La Equidad Seguros. Last season, he helped lead La Equidad to the finals of the Liga Postobón's Apertura campaign and competed in the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.

I'm back (kind of)! For those who used to visit The Offside but haven't in a while, welcome back. For those who have never visited before, welcome. As Cesar mentioned in the previous post, it's sad that I closed down Loco4LosChe, but I'm very excited to be a part of The Offside team now, as I think it better suits me at this time in my life to write one to two articles a week instead of daily news updates.

Brazilian teen superstar Neymar could not hide his joy when his name was called out as the winner of the FIFA Puskas award for the best goal scored in 2011. The 19 year old won the award after more than 1.5 million internet users and football experts voted in favour of his sublime solo effort against Fluminense

Speaking to the press after the ceremony, Neymar could not hide his joy and excitement at winning the prestigious award calling it the best goal he has ever scored.

With a week to go before the start of its preseason, the Revolution announced that it had signed midfielder/forward Fernando Cardenas and central defender John Lozano to deals for the upcoming season. Both players last featured with Colombian side America de Cali, which was relegated to the second division last month.

Diego Restrepo today signed a contract with 2010/11 Venezuelan Champions and Copa Libertadores-bound Deportivo Tachira and will join the club next month for preseason.

Known for some of the highest quality soccer t-shirts around, the retro footie specialists at COPA Football have launched a brand new line for up and coming soccer players – The COPA ‘My First Football Shirt' range (now available at Subside Sports). According to COPA: As the perfect new born baby gift, or for those [.

21.12.2011 - Se dio a conocer el calendario de partidos del verano (2012), entre los que se destacan los dos superclásicos que componen el trofeo Copa Luis Nofal (ida en Chaco y vuelta en Mendoza), lo que Daniel Passarella califica de "riesgo inútil".
Copa de Oro (Boca, Independiente y San Lorenzo)Copa Ciudad de Mar del Plata (River, Racing y Estudiantes)Copa Ciudad de Mendoza (Godoy Cruz, San Martín de San Juan y San Lorenzo)Copa Provincia de Buenos Aires (Independiente y Racing)Copa Luis Nofal (Boca y River).

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El méxico-americano Greg Garza se integra al Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente

Tijuana, Baja California. Gregory Martin Garza, futbolista méxico-americano de 20 años, será nuevo elemento del Club Tijuana Xoloitzcuintles de Caliente a partir del Torneo Clausura 2012 de la Primera División del futbol mexicano, así lo informó Jorgealberto Hank, Presidente de la institución fronteriza.

Mais um jogo das eliminatórias da Copa de 2014, foi realizado no dia 06/09/2011, na cidade de San Cristobal-RDO, onde jogaram as seleções da Rep. Dominicana (133º no ranking da FIFA0 e a seleção do Suriname (110º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam jogado.

Mais um jogo amistoso, foi disputado no dia 06/09/2011, na cidade de Fort Lauderdale-USA, onde jogaram as seleções da Jamaica (43º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Colômbia (35º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções jogaram:
Copa Ouro
2003Miami 13/07/2003 JAM0:1 (0:1)COL First stage2000Miami 12/02/2000 COL1:0 (1:0)JAM First stage
Amistosos
2000New York 27/05/2000 JAM0:3 (0:1)COL 1997Kingston 06/08/1997 JAM1:0 (0:0)COL
O árbitro desse jogo, foi: Donald Dellavia-USA
O primeiro gol do jogo, foi de Teofilo Gutierrez, aos 10 minutos do segundo tempo, sendo seu quinto gol.

A Campeonato Brasileiro Série A regular for much of the 2000s and the 1999 Copa do Brasil winner, Esporte Clube Juventude, also known as Juventude, is a Brazilian soccer team in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul. Following its relegation at the end of the 2007 season, the club has been in a freefall [.

From word of mouth to a memorable turning point, a new set of tactics are emerging and, surprisingly, were even on show during Barcelona's latest win over Real Madrid.
Jonathan Wilson writes of the potential growing trend of the 3-1-4-2 alignment in the modern game.
Something very odd happened at the end of last week.

Less than 24 hours is left for the start of the first edition of this season's "El Clasico" encounter in the La Liga. Usually this would have been the first meeting between the two giants of not only Spanish football, but World Football. But this year they have already met twice in the two legged Super Copa clash and Barca had emerged deserving winners at the time.

01.11.2011 - En tiempos en que el murmullo avanza hasta el debate (Chávez o Riquelme?), Juan Román pretende acelerar sus "incalculables" tiempos de recuperación para no perderse la foto en el día en que Boca puede consagrarse campeón del Apertura 2011 (por las dudas, aclaró él mismo que "este campeonato jugué como en la Copa 2007 pero hice menos goles").

Meet Brasil's Copa do Brasil feminina winners! / via CBF

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LDU Quito have given themselves a great chance of reaching this year's final by defeating Argentinian giants Vélez Sársfield in the semi final, first leg.

Following a goalless first half, LDU Quito had Hernan Barcos to thank for scoring the goals which have allowed the Ecuadorians to put one foot in this year's final.

Plucked from obscurity: Alan Bald, Darlei Santos and Airton Michellon

Spanish club Malaga have announced the signings of three 17-year-olds from Juventude.
Alan Bald, Darlei Santos and Airton Michellon impressed the Spaniards during the Copa Cotif L'Alcúdia in August when the Brazilian club made it all the way to final before losing to Valencia.

On August 1st, 2010, the legendary Pelé announced that The New York Cosmos are back in business. The return of the what was once the biggest soccer club in the USA involved the launch of Cosmos Academy in NYC and LA and the club becoming the organizer of Copa NYC, a World Cup-style grassroots tournament [.

Santos' Victor Andrade

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16-year-old forward, Victor Andrade, has signed a three season deal with Santos. According to press reports, the player has already attracted the attention of Manchester City and Barcelona, and Santos have written in a €50 million buyout clause in Victor's contract €5 million more than they want for Neymar .

03.10.2011 - David Suárez*
Jugadores argentinos fueron y son considerados en diversas partes del planeta por su calidad y adaptabilidad. Ecuador no ha sido la excepción; no pocos compatriotas brillan con luz propia en el centro del mundo, donde entrenadores argentinos se disputan los trofeos.

The Superclassico was no classic but it did offer clues as to the future of Brazilian football

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Saturday is South America day, and here's I Like Football Me's Euan Marshall with his take on the week's big issues in the region.

Neymar, Ronaldinho and Lucas Moura will all start for Brazil

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Brazil take on Argentina tonight in the second leg of the Superclássico das Américas (Copa Roca). 0-0 from the first match in Cordoba, another draw in the estádio Mangueirão in Belém, will send the game to penalties.

No, Real Madrid is NOT in Crisis. We are merely in a slump. 5 dropped points over 2 games against La Liga teams whose objective is to stave off relegation is proof of that. Maybe Jose Mourinho's sarcastic remarks prior to the Levante game about just wanting to stay up were taken seriously by the team: prompting them to play as if we were a team battling relegation.

Last night the Copa Sudamericana match between Nacional of Uruguay and Universidad de Chile had to be called off early in the second half after a linesman was hit in the head by a streamer, yes a streamer. As you can see in the video below, the linesman ended up collapsing to the ground after the streamer roll hit him on top of the head.

Last night the Copa Sudamericana match between Nacional of Uruguay and Universidad de Chile had to be called off early in the second half after a linesman was hit in the head by a streamer, yes a streamer. As you can see in the video below, the linesman ended up collapsing to the ground after the streamer roll hit him on top of the head.

Club Atlético River Plate (usually referred to as River Plate) is one South America's best supported and most successful soccer clubs. Nicknamed Los Millonarios (The Millionaires), River has thirty three Primera División and two Copa Libertadores titles to its credit and has featured a slew of Argentine internationals over the years including Gabriel Batistuta, Mario [.

13.09.2011 - La Liga China (Chinese Super League) no puede presumir (aun) en el concierto del fútbol internacional (cayó 1-7 frente a Real Madrid / 03.08.2011). Y en ella el Guangzhou Yiyao tampoco de un gran palmarés: acaba de ascender y sus mejores participaciones en Primera fueron 2 subcampeonatos y una final de Copa perdida.

Sin duda la eliminatoria mas larga y apasionante de America y tal vez del mundo rumbo a una copa mundial es la eliminatoria de Conmebol , grandes momentos en la historia del futbol se han vivido y recordado.
¿Habra golizas,argentinos sobre valorados, la seguiran chupando?

Calendario Eliminatoria Conmebol Brasil 2014

Fecha No.

Pese a su nombre difícil de pronunciar, el gigante arquero del Chelsea está en boca de toda Europa, subido al podio de los mejores del mundo. Conocido por jugar con un cabezal y con fama bien ganada de atajapenales, busca su 11° título con el cuadro londinense y una revancha con la Selección Checa que se quedó fuera de Sudáfrica 2010.