Deadlines for previewing the final rounds of the 2011 Torneo Apertura have severely hampered my style this week, so without further ado here's a quick catch-up in the main leagues covered by Argentines Abroad. In England's Premier League, Sergio Agüero ... Continue reading →

The weekend just gone saw as many crucial contributions from Argentines as ever in the world's biggest leagues, and a welcome return to form for the usual suspects in the Mexican league after last week's no-show. With the usual contributions ... Continue reading →

As ever, there were a number of Argentine goals during the weekend just gone in leagues across Europe. Oddly, there were none in Mexico this weekend (for the first time since I began accepting contributions for this post!), so Tom ... Continue reading →

With the World Cup qualifiers approaching, it's time to take a look at how Alejandro Sabella's boys and those he's not called up did in the weekend just gone for their clubs. Alejandro Faurlín impressed in defeat in ... Continue reading →

Argentines Abroad has been, to put it mildly, a bit out of sync so far this season. It's become truly, monumentally bad this week and last, though, for a few reasons. For that, I apologise, but I present here the updates ... Continue reading →

Because I've had a somewhat disjointed week of deadlines not being what they normally are, Argentines Abroad is going up ridiculously late this week. All the same, I did receive the normal dispatches from France, Mexico, Portugal and Spain, so here ... Continue reading →

We've got a neat finish from Javier Pastore, Gonzalo Higuaín's hat trick for Madrid, some lovely goals form Mexico and, um, a description of Jonás Gutiérrez's brilliant solo effort for Newcastle United (thanks to the Premier League not allowing videos ... Continue reading →

I've been unable to get Argentines Abroad online so far this week, but my normal contributors have submitted their pieces as diligently as ever, and it would be unfair not to use them. So, if you'd like to find out what ... Continue reading →

This week's Argentines Abroad is late, thanks to the midweek round of matches here in Argentina keeping me busy. Better late than never, though. As well as Lionel Messi's hat-trick in Barcelona's 8-0 demolition of Osasuna, we've got videos of ... Continue reading →

That's not the best headline I'll ever put up on HEGS, I realise, but it is a fairly accurate one, at least. There were a fair few impressive performances by Argentina's foreign legion during the weekend just gone, as action ... Continue reading →

The twenty-ninth episode of Hand Of Pod is, as the milkmaid said to the parson, quite a whopper. That's largely because Sam, Australian Dan and Seba have not one but two rounds of Torneo Apertura matches to look back on, ... Continue reading →

18.08.2011 - Apenas vuelto de su gira europea, el flamante técnico de la Selección Argentina, Alejandro Sabella, hizo pública la lista de (50) convocados para los próximos compromisos.
Dividiendo el asunto en "Selección Absoluta" y "Selección local" (por llamarlas de algún modo), convocó a la primera para los amistosos programados contra Venezuela y Nigeria (2 y 6 de septiembre 2011 respectivamente) y la "Selección local" para enfrentar a Brasil (no fecha FIFA) el 14 y el 28 de septiembre (2011).

Hours after announcing his first Argentina domestic squad for the double-header of friendlies against Brazil next month, Alejandro Sabella has announced his first Argentina senior squad. These players will form the teams to take on Venezuela in Calcutta and Nigeria ... Continue reading →

This piece is the first of a new 'round table' feature which will be appearing here on HEGS and other Argentine football blogs across the internet. Every now and then (probably roughly every two weeks) someone will propose a bunch of ... Continue reading →

Real Madrid "re"-announced their World Football Challenge roster today, and it has some noticeable changes.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka, Iker Casillas, Sergio Ramos, Pepe, Ricardo Carvalho, Xabi Alonso and Mesut Ozil, the headliners of the Madrid side, are all still set to play in Real's USA tour.

A falta de la confirmación oficial por parte de los clubes, ya se puede decir que el portugués Fábio Coentrao será jugador del Real Madrid las próximas cinco temporadas.
El fichaje del luso, hasta ahora en el SL Benfica, parecía embarrado en las últimas semanas, pero su predisposición a jugar bajo las órdenes de José Mourinho ha hecho llegar a buen puerto las negociaciones entre el club lisboeta y el Real Madrid.

Estos son los 12 planteles que a partir del 1 de julio comenzarán a disputar la 43ra. Copa América en Argentina.
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Arqueros: Mariano Andújar (Catania / Italia), Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar / Holanda).
Defensores: Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid / España), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City / Inglaterra), Nicolás Burdisso (Roma / Italia), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona / España), Javier Zanetti (Inter / Italia), Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú / Rusia), Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú / Rusia).

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1º fila (de izq a der): Marcelo Dandrea (masajista), Juan Cruz Souto (utilero), Alejandro Manograsso (videos), Alejandro Rolón (médico), Alejandro Tocalli (PF), Alberto Rodríguez (ayudante), Luis García (kinesiólogo), Martín Tocalli (preparador de arqueros), José Luis Brown (ayudante), Daniel Martínez (médico), Eduardo Gimenez (videos), Mario De Stefano (utliero).

Sergio Batista announced on Saturday the three names to be cut from the 26-man preliminary list for the Copa América. The Argentine press describe it as 'without surprises', but I have to confess I'm slightly taken aback that Diego Milito ... Continue reading →

When the Philadelphia Union agreed with Real Madrd for a friendly on July 23, the team promised its fans that they would see the stars of Madrid and not just back ups. After releasing the official Madrid roster, it's clear that the Union managed to keep that promise.

The Madrid World Football Challenge roster is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Spain), Antonio Adán (Spain)

Defenders: Ricardo Carvalho (Portugal), Pepe (Portugal), Sergio Ramos (Spain), Marcelo Viera (Brazil), Alvaro Arbeloa (Spain), Raul Albiol (Spain), Ezequiel Garay (Argentina), David Mateos (Spain)

Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Argentina), Kaká (Brazil), Lassana Diarra (France), Xabi Alonso (Spain), Sergio Canales (Spain), Pedro León (Spain), Mesut Özil (Germany), Sami Khedira (Germany), Hamit Altintop (Turkey), Nuri Şahin (Turkey), José Callejón (Spain), Roysten Drenthe (Netherlands)

Attackers: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal), Karim Benzema (France), Esteban Granero (Spain)

Manager Jose Mourinho will also be making the trip with Madrid.

Real Madrid is bringing the cavalry for its summer tour of the United States.

Madrid has chosen a first-choice squad for its three games in the World Football Challenge, which includes the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Mesut Ozil, Kaka, Sergio Ramos and Iker Casillas.

The biggest omissions are Argentines Angel di Maria and Gonzalo Higuain, who will be participating in Copa America.

*Galaxy defender A.J. DeLaGarza was re-signed to a new multi-year contract, the club announced today.

The versatile 24-year-old, who can play either full back or in central defense as he did in college at Maryland defender, is on track for a career high in starts and minutes in his third year with the club.

Long-term HEGS readers will remember that in 2007, 2008 and 2009 I ran an award to find the Best Argentine Abroad according to my readers. This year, in an attempt to widen the voting, the award (which in 2009 was the ... Continue reading →

01.06.2011 - Con goles de Uche (´9 y ´39), Obinna (´26) y Emenike (´51) Nigeria venció (4-1) a Argentina (sub25)(Boselli ´98 penal) en Abuja.
Amistosos que engordan la billetera, adelgazan el prestigio (y la cotización) de próximos amistosos y manifiestan la desorientación de Sergio Batista (DT) a la hora de definir a qué jugar.

Here is Argentina's official roster for the Copa America games starting in July 2011.
Goalies:
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar), Carrizo (River), Mariano Andujar (Catania).
Defenders:
Javier Zanetti (Inter), Nicolás Burdisso (Roma), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Marcos Rojo (Spartak Moscú), Nicolás Pareja (Spartak Moscú), Luciano Monzón (Boca), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City) y Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid)
Midfielders:
Esteban Cambiasso (Inter), Ever Banega (Valencia), Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Javier Mascherano (Barcelona), Javier Pastore (Palermo), Lucas Biglia (Anderlecht), Enzo Pérez (Estudiantes), Valeri (Lanús)
Forwards/Strikers:
Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Angel Di María (Real Madrid), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid), Gonzalo Higuaín (Real Madrid), Diego Milito (Inter) y Carlos Tevez (Manchester City)

Sergio Batista has just announced a preliminary squad for the 2011 Copa América which starts in Argentina one month tomorrow which will be trimmed slightly to 22 players for the final squad. Carlos Tevez, after the amazing about-turn ... Continue reading →

31.05.2011 - Batista dio la lista (previa) de los convocados para la Copa América (2011) con 26 nombres de los que se borrarán cuatro. Los entrenamientos comienzan el 8 de junio en Ezeiza.
ARQUEROS:
Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar, Holanda)
Juan Pablo Carrizo (River Plate)
Mariano Andujar (Catania, Italia).

In early June, a side representing Argentina will play friendlies away to Nigeria (on the 1st, in Abuja) and Poland (the 5th, in Warsaw). It won't be a full Argentina team, but it's infinitely more worthwhile than the ‘local selección' ... Continue reading →

This week saw confirmation on Tuesday that two Argentines Carlos Tevez and Pablo Zabaleta will feature in next season's European Cup; at least assuming Tevez stays with Manchester City, who beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 to confirm a top ... Continue reading →

We've a new correspondent on Argentines Abroad this week, to give us a more in-depth view of Italy's Serie A, in which there was some decent Argentine action this week. In Spain, Sergio Agüero scored yet again for Atlético Madrid, closing ... Continue reading →

There wasn't a great deal of Argentine action last weekend, which is part of the reason this edition of Argentines Abroad is going online so late. Carlos Tevez hobbled out of Manchester City's Premier League game against Liverpool early on ... Continue reading →

Argentines Abroad is late this week because my birthday on Monday has ended up being celebrated in some form or another for what seems like most of the week so far. It's well worth getting this online now though, however ... Continue reading →

There is no place for Carlos Tevez or Sergio Aguero in the Argentina squad that coach Sergio Batista brings to New York for Saturday's friendly against the U.S.

Injury has kept Aguero out of some recent squads -- he has not played for his country since coming on as a substitute and scoring against Spain last September.

The Argentine coach, Sergio Batista, has chosen the 25 players he will bring to his two friendlies against the United States & Costa Rica. Again, no sign of Carlos Tevez
Schedule:
Argentina Vs United States (March 26 in New Jersey, USA)
Argentina Vs Costa Rica (March 29 in Costa Rica)
Goalie:
Mariano Andújar (Catania-Italy)
Adrián Gabbarini (Independiente-Argentina)
Agustín Marchesín (Lanús-Argentina)
Defender:
Javier Zanetti (Internazionale de Milán-Italy)
Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid-Spain)
Nicolás Otamendi (F.

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Almost three years after being part of the Argentina squad that Tim Howard shut out in a memorable 0-0 tie at Giants Stadium, Lionel Messi will be returning to New Jersey to try again to beat Howard and the U.S. men's national team.

Messi, Real Madrid's Angel DiMaria and Palermo's Javier Pastore are just some of the names on a star-studded squad called up by Argentina to take on the United States (March 26th) and Costa Rica (March 29th).

On Friday, Argentina coach Sergio Batista announced his roster for the two-game series in the United States. Argentina open against the USA at the New Meadowlands on March 26th before travelling to Costa Rica to open the new National Stadium on March 29th. GK: Mariano Andujar (Catania), Adrian Gabbarini (Independiente), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar) DEF: Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Pablo Zabaleta (Manchester City), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Gabriel Milito (Barcelona), Nicolas Otamendi (Porto), Federico Fazio.

Argentina's national team on Friday announced its roster for two exhibition games in the United States later this month. Argentina will play the United States on March 26 at New Meadowlands Stadium, then cross the country to play Costa Rica on March 29 at San Jose, Calif.

The roster for the games includes familiar names like Lionel Messi and Javier Mascherano of Barcelona and the 37-year-old Javier Zanetti and Esteban Cambiasso of Inter.

He's not in Argentina's squad to face Portugal on Wednesday, of course, but Carlos Tevez celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a first half hat trick against West Brom for Manchester City, and on the very same day the world's ... Continue reading →

Sergio Batista has announced his first Argentina squad as permanent boss, having been only caretaker manager when he named the squad to face Brazil late last year. When Argentina take on Portugal in Switzerland on the 9th February, they'll do ... Continue reading →