Este es el fixture completo de la 8va edición de la Copa Sudamericana.Participan 32 equipos de los 10 países miembros de la Conmebol. Esta vez no hay invitados de la Concacaf.Aquí todo el programa de partidos de la Copa Sudamericana 2009, que concluirá el 2 de diciembre:
FASE PRELIMINAR
26/8 - Belo Horizonte: Atlético Mineiro 1 - 1 Goiás
16/9 - Goiania: Goiás 1 - 1 Atlético Mineiro / Goiás clasificó por penales 6-5
5/8 - Bogotá: La Equidad 2 - 2 Unión Española
25/8 - Santiago: Unión Española 1 - 0 La Equidad
13/8 - Salvador: Vitória 2 - 0 Coritiba
15/8 - Curitiba: Coritiba 2 - 0 Vitória / Vitória clasificó por penales 5-3
4/8 - Santiago: Universidad de Chile 2 - 1 Dep. Click to continue reading...

Se disputa en Nigeria el 13er Campeonato Mundial Sub 17 de la FIFA (Sub 16 hasta 1991). Nigeria es, precisamente, el último campeón y el país que comparte con Brasil el podio de la categortía, con tres copas cada uno.
Son 24 selecciones Sub 17 que juegan 52 partidos en ocho estadios de ocho ciudades: Abuja, Lagos, Bauchi, Calabar, Kano, Kaduna, Ijebu Ode y Enugu. Click to continue reading...

Después de pasar el trago amargo de ver perder a nuestra selección en la fase de octavos de final del mundial de la especialidad celebrado en Nigeria, nos queda ver como quedaron conformados los cuartos de final en donde resaltan algunos partidos.

Dentro de las sorpresas de esta ronda nos topamos con la eliminación de las selecciones de Argentina y Alemania, además de la ya reconocida selección de Estados Unidos y nuestra Selección Mexicana.

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Good

Copa Sudamericana Cerro Porteno and River Plate Uruguay, through to the semis

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=694236&sec=global&cc=3888

Bad

Warner and the handbags

http://www.sportsfeatures.com/index.php?section=olympic-article-view&title=Jack%20Warner%20handbags%20England%27s%20bid%20to%20host%202018%20World%20Cup&id=46178

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Pensar en que a alguien le apoden "La Fiera" casi llegamos a concluír que debe ser un sujeto al borde de lo irracional, pero en el caso de Diego Aguirre fué un goleador incisivo pero que su vida personal muestra educación y cultura, abandonó los estudios de Odontología y ha dado clases de piano, ya que se recibió como profesor de piano y solfeo, como decía Beethoven:

"Quién toca piano puede escribir cualquier cosa".

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Before kick-off, Uruguay vs Argentina, World Cup 2010 qualifier. Centenario Stadium, Montevideo, Uruguay. October 14th, 2009.

Photo credit: Joelr on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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Thanks to Jack McInerney's second goal of the tournament and a second consecutive shutout, the U.S. Under-17 National Team has topped the UAE 1-0 to finish second in group play.Provided Italy gain at least in draw in their ongoing match with Uruguay, they will be the Americans' World Cup round of 16 opponent. Click to continue reading...

This morning FIFA confirmed the match referees who will be in charge of the CONCACAF/CONMEBOL playoff. Alberto Undiano Mallenco, who is from Spain, will direct the first leg. He was the match referee for the 2007 U-20 World Cup final, the most recent Real Madrid-Barcelona match, and a number of UEFA Champions League matches. Click to continue reading...

As I expected, René Simões has promoted some players from Costa Rica's U-20 side to the senior team for the big playoff against Uruguay. The inclusion of Bryan Oviedo was not a surprise, as he was one of the Ticos' best players in Egypt. The selections of Mena and Gamboa indicate that Simões wants to bolster his defensive unit, especially in the central positions. Click to continue reading...

Both Costa Rica and Uruguay are making their arrangements for the World Cup playoff next month and scrambling to find out as much about the opponent as possible. René Simões is in Brazil right now, but he made a side trip to Montevideo with his head trainer to reserve training and living accommodations and do some additional scouting. Click to continue reading...

According to the Madrid newspaper Diario AS, Maradona does not want the upcoming friendly against Spain to be played in Atletico de Madrid's stadium.

Maradona wants the game to be played in Real Madrid's stadium because he does not want to be in a stadium full of Atletico fans and have to deal with being pressured by the fans to include Sergio Aguero in the lineup.

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23 teams have now qualified for the World Cup. Only nine places are left for sport's biggest show. Australia will be feeling some empathy for Costa Rica as they face a playoff against Uruguay for a spot. Uruguay finished fifth in South American qualifying while Costa Rica finished fourth ... Click to continue reading...

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Maradona appeared on the Argentine Channel 7 program, "6 7 8″.

Maradona talked about the attacks on him by the Argentine media after his controversial press conference, about Bilardo, Veron, the difficulties of being a national team manager, how he chooses players, and the rumors that Bilardo made the substitutions against Uruguay.

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World Cup qualification in South America came to a close with only one change from the previous two campaigns. Brazil, Paraguay and, in the end, Argentina made it through once again, while Uruguay claimed fifth spot, the play-off position, for the third time running. The sole modification is that Chile have qualified instead of Ecuador. Click to continue reading...

Probably not...which is a shame. It's got a really good goalscoring record against one of the top teams in the Premiership.

Anyway, here's the line up for the UEFA playoffs: all of them kick off at 7pm GMT on Saturday November 14th 2009.

Greece v Ukraine

Ireland v France

Portugal v Bosnia & Herzegovina

Russia v Slovenia

It's also worth noting that on the Saturday the second leg of the New Zealand/Bahrain (0-0) playoff kicks off at 7am GMT that Saturday and the first leg of Costa Rica v Uruguay kicks off an hour later than the European games.

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Maradona's comments and behavior after the Uruguay game and his perrformance as national team manager are subjects of much debate in the Argentine media right now.

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Just a day after the Hexagonal concluded, René Simões released his list of players for the playoff against Uruguay next month. He didn't have any players from the Costa Rican U20 squad, but maybe he'll add to this list at a later time. Click to continue reading...

Esta semana hemos asistido a la clasificación definitiva de Argentina para el mundial. Cualquier otro año esto no habría sido noticia, pero el bufonesco espectáculo protagonizado por su seleccionador ha dado mucho de que hablar, y dará mientras la federación Argentina no tome la decisión de cesarle. Click to continue reading...

Diego Armando Maradona demostró una vez más que es "un jugador de futbol disfrazado de tecnico". Una vez más Diegote salió a hacer de las suyas, esta vez luego de que los jugadores argentinos consiguieron una "histórica y agónica victoria ", ya que Argentina no ganaba desde hace mucho tiempo en partidos oficiales en Uruguay y además para nada un dato menor , clasificandose para el proximo Click to continue reading...

(Lo sfogo di Maradona al termine della gara con l'Uruguay)
Maradona non ritratta, anzi, rilancia. Il Ct dell'Argentina non chiede scusa per l'invito "a sfondo sessuale" rivolto ai giornalisti, nella conferenza stampa approntata al termine della gara vinta contro l'Uruguay. Il Pibe de Oro, protagonista del "duro" sfogo ha chiarito il suo pensiero a Radio Continental: "Non ho nulla di cui scusarmi. Click to continue reading...

After a long qualifying phase in North and South America, Uruguay and Costa Rica will have to deal with replacing suspended players for the first leg of the CONMEBOL/CONCACAF playoff. Uruguay will have to go without Andrés Scotti, Diego Pérez, Maximiliano Pereyra, Martín Cáceres, and Cristian Rodríguez. Click to continue reading...

That was Honduran radio as the final seconds ticked off the clock in the USA-Costa Rica game. Had Costa Rica won, Honduras would have played Uruguay in a two-game playoff to reach the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Costa Rica didn't win, as you know, and Honduras qualified to the upcoming "Mundial" automatically. Click to continue reading...

23 nations are in the World Cup. That leaves 9 spots. And by November 18th, we will know who is going to have fun next summer and who only be playing friendlies. 19 nations are still alive. They are:

New Zealand, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Uruguay, France, Ireland, Portugal, Greece, Slovenia, Russia, Bosnia, Ireland, Ukraine, Cameroon, Gabon, Tunisia, Nigeria, Algeria and Egypt.

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¿Está solo?
Sobradas demostraciones ha dado Maradona (o Dios) de que no puede ser el DT de nuestra selección en el mundial.
Ha sido capaz de tomar un equipo en el tercer puesto de la clasificación mundialista y terminar en el cuarto después de haber soportado los amenazantes embates de Uruguay y Ecuador. Click to continue reading...

El próximo 24 de Octubre da inicio el campeonato del mundo Sub 17 en Nigeria.
Con un total de 24 naciones participantes buscarán llegar a obtener la Copa y de paso que los jugadores sean observados en lo que serán las próximas estrellas del mundo.
La justa de ha dividido en un total de 6 grupos. Click to continue reading...

Diego Maradona's outburst leads to FIFA hearing

By Jerome Pugmire, AP Sports Writer

CAIRO — FIFA president Sepp Blatter says Diego Maradona's profanity-filled tirade on live television after Argentina qualified for next year's World Cup will lead the organization's disciplinary committee to open a case against the former great.

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Na história das selecções nacionais são incontáveis os momentos de falta de acordo e de interesses inconciliáveis com os clubes. Compreende-se e aceita-se desde que ambos aceitem as regras instituídas pelos organismos internacionais. Este caso não é diferente de todos os outros. A Federação do Uruguai pressionou, o atleta naturalmente desejava-o, o clube tentou defender-se. Click to continue reading...

This is the kind of firestorm that Maradona has ignited in Argentina.

Anyone still remember that Argentina defeated Uruguay and qualified to the world cup?

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.What a dramatic turnaround? Well it seems a never ending saga with Diego Armando Maradona being inside a football stadium, be it in the field or out of it. Argentina scraped 0-1 past Uruguay, who were reduced to ten men. However, it was overall a poor match in terms of football qualities. Lionel Messi again failed [. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you watch the latest and greatest in Nike ads with Sir Cesc...... Once again: Martin Caceres is an idiot. (Dirty Tackle) Finding a star who would flop Sheva-style in the Prem. (EPL Offside) The worrisome increasing influence of Sir Alex. (Studs Up) The proposed Atlantic League really, really gaining steam. Click to continue reading...

It didn't take long for the Argentine media to respond to Maradona's foul mouthed attack after last night's win over Uruguay.

Here, Luis Ventura of TV channel AMERICA, with his response.

Horacio Pagani of TyC Sports with his take on Maradona's verbal assault of the media.

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The 2-0 first-half deficit made it seem unlikely, but the US were able to battle back to match points with Mexico, and therefore, win the group. Well done, boys! Here are some thoughts from the game:

-It was great to see the US create so many chances. You'd like to see us finish more of those (obviously), but on another day, it could have easily been 5-2.

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A Uruguay le quedo grande el partido, desde fuera parecía que tenían todo para ganar el partido ante argentina pero todo eso se convirtió en una presión que no pudieron controlar y terminaron conformándose con el repechaje.

Este fue el único partido de las eliminatorias sudamericanas que vi completo, no es que no me llamen la atención, al contrario, simplemente es inconcebible que no haya alguna televisora interesada en transmitir esos partidos en México, ya no pido gratis, hasta ppv pero nada, que fox los trasmitía?

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Jimmy Conrad celebrating with his USA teammates after last night's tie.
I'm sure most of you saw the United States' dramatic come-from-behind tie last night against Costa Rica in Washington, D.C. Ives Galarcep broke down the performance at ESPN Soccernet. The tie helped the USA win the CONCACAF qualifying group and allowed Honduras to move into 3rd place and qualify automatically to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

As coaching goes, Fabio Capello and Diego Maradona could not be more different. In short one is brilliant, the other is not. However, they do have quite a few similarities:

- Both are hated by many.
- Both were accomplished footballers.
- Both love spas.
- Both draw the consistent ire of the Italian tax authorities.

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