Qualifying for the World Cup 2010 in South Africa: Venezuela are meeting  Brazil Sunday October 12th. Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here   Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 today  Don`t forget to sign up 11×2.com - the next big football site Click to continue reading...

In his latest interview with Gazzetta dello Sport Ronaldo talked about his future, his discussions with Paris St Germain and Manchester City and his gradual return to fitness. Although he's quite circumspect about his future - he's full of praise for PSG, City and Flamengo - it's clear that his priority is to get back to [. Click to continue reading...

Have you ever known that the percentage of outlandish news and rumors seems to spike during international breaks? You know, stuff like finding Cesc & Sergio Ramos dotting Milan's lineup next year. Or seeing Juventus switch their interest from one Merseyside-based Spaniard (Xaba) to another (Rafa). Click to continue reading...

Domestic football takes a break this week as World Cup qualifiers take place all around the globe. Damon still holds a healthy lead in the predictions battle race but with 8 games to predict this week Damian must fancy his chances of making a comeback. 08/09 Podcast 9 DB DF RES Sweden - Portugal 1-0 Romania - France 1-0 Bulgaria - Italy 1-1 Germany - [. Click to continue reading...

So I just read something on the internet --and since it's on the internet it has to be true-- that FC Dallas made an offer to Bayern Munich's Zé Roberto. I'm not comparing the two but didn't they learn their lesson last time they signed a Brazilian international left-winger?

And speaking of the Denilson Disaster™, here's something to chew on. Click to continue reading...

First, if you haven't yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were the international legends in my quiz? Every one of them was guessed by someone among our readership, but all of them were not guessed by any one person. [...] Click to continue reading...

Futsal, FIFA's officially sanctioned version of Five-a-side football, may not be as widespread (or receive as much TV coverage) as the 11 vs. 11 "real thing", but its popularity is very much on the rise. A popularity which can only grow further, with the 6th edition of the FIFA Futsal World Cup kicking off last [. Click to continue reading...

Dunga, fairly or not, is feeling the heat for the Selecao's performances the last couple of matches.  He decided to make some changes for the next two qualifiers.  The most obvious move was replacing Ronaldinho for Kaka.  The two AC Milan playmakers seem to be meshing well after their performance in the Rossoneri's 1-0 win [. Click to continue reading...

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Originally uploaded by BoardBugui En Alemania 2006 tenia su propia estación, ahora el rey Pele ha sido invitado a participar en la inauguración del museo del fútbol.

Antes que por Sao Paulo, esta exposición ya visitó Brasilia, con motivo de los actos de celebración del cincuenta aniversario de la conquista del Mundial de Suecia de 1958. Click to continue reading...

Things could not have been worse for Ronaldinho coming into the latest edition of the Derby Della Madonnina.  He was still not at the level that people though he could be at, but then the big stab in his heart came midweek. Brazil coach Dunga left the AC Milan midfielder out of his 23-man callup for [. Click to continue reading...

Here's a classic Brazil-inspired set for our Soccer Babe of the Day that we found via a search of Image Shack. Click on the thumbnails for larger versions of the images. Please note that this set is missing a few of pictures that would violate WordPress' mature content policy. You can download the full picture [. Click to continue reading...

Corinthians striker Detinho is the player being linked with a transfer to Arsenal after Richard Law told a Spanish newspaper that a deal is "progressing well" with a "Carlos Vela type-player". Brazil based scout Sandro Orlandelli has been keeping tabs on the highly-rated 19-year-old with the speedy forward reportedly keen to make a move during the [. Click to continue reading...

The Daily Mail today reports that Robinho was swanning off to Brazil whilst his new Man City teammates were getting shamed by Brighton in the Carling Cup... The Mail reckons Sparky Hughes gave his big-money signing special dispensation to leave, saying: Sportsmail understands that Robinho, 23, had been given permission by manager Mark . Click to continue reading...

FC Dallas has announced that the return leg of the Rio Grande Plate will be held at Pizza Hut Park on Tuesday, October 14th. The friendly home-and-away series against Mexican club Tigres UANL started between the two clubs in 2006, with FCD prevailing in penalty kicks that year after the clubs ended regulation tied 2-2 on-aggregate. Click to continue reading...

 Brazilian national team coach Dunga made headlines when he left Ronaldinho out of his 23-man roster for the upcoming World Cup Qualifiers against Venezuela in San Cristobal and against Colombia in Rio in a little less than three weeks."(Ronaldinho) lacks training time with his new  team.  We hope that he will come back to being [. Click to continue reading...

Dunga has called up 22 players for Brazil's upcoming World Cup qualifier matches vs Venezuela in San Cristobel on October 12th and three days later vs Colombia in the estádio Maracanã in Rio ... Click to continue reading...

Shalke have fined their right back Rafinha $1,000,000. His crime? Going AWOL from club duty to represent Brazil at the Olympics. Rafinha is basically a victim of the CAS ruling that clubs didn't have to release under-23 players for Olympic duty. But still, one million dollars? That's a hefty sum even for a top flight footballer. Click to continue reading...

A week ago I asked you, the readers, if Chelsea needed to sign a short-term replacement for Essien. A hefty 44 percent of you said we should ink free agent Stephen Appiah if he were interested. Some 43 percent of you said we need not delve into the market.

Well, neither of you got your wish.

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As good as Manchester United were last year, and they were very good, their off the field shenanigans, mostly those involving Portuguese speaking attackers and their hooker-a-thons, left something to be desired. Not exactly getting off to a shining start in the department this year either because Anderson had a drug dealing buddy of his [. Click to continue reading...

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New York Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas and defender Gabriel Cichero have been called up by the Venezuelan national team for its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Brazil (Oct. 12) and Ecuador (Oct.

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The AFC website mentions the former AEK midfielder in a few articles on its site. Rivaldo Scores at his AFC Champions League Debut The AFC also mentions Rivaldo in some other articles on the site. Click to continue reading...

As football fans we all like a nice rivalry to spice things up, but have these pairings gone a little too far in their mutual hatred of each other? Probably not! 6) Brazil - Argentina Oh boy, when these two nations meet, expect fireworks (and by fireworks I mean violence)! Even ... Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez has never hidden his admiration for South American players. Argentines were at the core of his Valencia side but at Liverpool it is to Brazil that he is turning to with increasing regularity. The surprise arrival of Vitor Flora means that there are now four Brazilians in Liverpool's first team squad (Flora, Fabio Aurelio, Lucas Leiva and Diego Cavalieri).

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Almost half-way through the South American World Cup qualifiers and one of the top 5 issues of this qualifying cycle is the play of Brazil.  Anyone who knows anything about South American football knows that Brazil is going to finish in the Top 4 automatically putting them in The Great Tournament, so why all the heat towards [. Click to continue reading...

According to Agencia Estado, Ronaldinho is in trouble with Milan following reports that he was out partying deep into the early hours of the morning in Brazil last week.







There he is! Click to continue reading...

Don't say it too loudly if you're on holiday in either country, but at the moment the national football teams of great rivals Brazil and Argentina have a little more in common than they'd like to admit. The most recent round of qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup featured a few surprises, but none more so than disappointing draws on Wednesday night for both South American giants. Click to continue reading...

As good as he's been, this could finally be Kun Aguero's "breakout" year. Freshly 20, he was the third leading scorer in La Liga last year. Won the Gold Medal at the Olympics with Argentina this summer as well, scoring two against eternal rivals Brazil in the process. Now he's got 3 Champions League goals [. Click to continue reading...

Or so it seems. Ronaldo, the real/plump one, has dropped an enormous hint that he'll soon be joining Brazilian playtime buddy Robinho in the other side of Manchester as Citeh attempts to woo anyone and everyone in global football toting a name. Perhaps Mark Hughes & Co. should ring up Florentine Perez and ask him [. Click to continue reading...

CD Chivas USA have signed Brazilian midfielder, Dejair. According to the official press release:

"A product of the Botafogo youth system, attacking midfielder Dejair joins Chivas USA from Brazilian club ABC FC of Natal, which he led to the 2008 Rio Grande do Norte state championship. Click to continue reading...

For a club or country wanting some easy PR, hiring a footballing icon to simply attend your game is a pretty surefire way of going about it. Have them sit in the owners box, drink some exceedingly expensive beverages, wave to the fans a couple times during the game, present something insignificant to someone equally [. Click to continue reading...

My WNT article about their upcoming tour is up. As I was writing the article, though, I couldn't help but muse on the what-if scenarios.

What if Greg Ryan hadn't made the goalkeeper switch? What if the USWNT had only lost to Brazil by a goal, and without the team issues that followed Ryan and other team leaders deciding to ostracize Hope Solo? Click to continue reading...

A majority of Offside readers (including myself) voted that Dimitar Berbatov would likely have a better debut for Man Utd than Robinho would for Man City. After all, wasn't Robinho just getting off the plane back from Brazil? It started promisingly with Berbatov laying on a goal for Tevez three minutes into the earlier game, but [. Click to continue reading...

A 3 - 0 win against Trindad and Tobago.Bradley is having a better time now than Dunga - whose head is back on the block after Brazil only managed a goal less draw against a 10 man Bolivian team.

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I spent quite a bit of time last night, searching the web for relevant information on Cuauhtemoc Blanco. I fell asleep mid-story and woke up early this morning to finish it, early as in before 5.

So read it!

It's a bit of a tribute to Cuauhtemoc Blanco for SI.com.

The best part of the story I think is the links to various video clips. Click to continue reading...