Articles tagged with "conmebol"
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Carlos | Apr 4th, 2009
Ecuador's unfortunate results have left us with a miniscule chance of qualifying for the third consecutive time to the World Cup. Many Ecuadorians such as ...
Posted on: Mexico World Cup Team Blog by Al | Mar 12th, 2009
Mexico 5 - Bolivia 1
Before the match started, I told myself "Mexico better score at least four more goals than the opposition... or else". Thanks ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 27th, 2008
It's official: Argentina will host Copa America 2011. Argentinian FA president Julio Grondona (who's been in the job since 1979!) confirmed it yesterday.
Two interesting tidbits ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Oct 21st, 2008
Before we get into the...um...meat of this story, which is the fact that Diego Maradona wants to be the new coach of Argentina... Well, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 27th, 2008
So the latest Brazil squad has been announced, and Ronaldinho's name is nowhere to be seen. Maybe not a huge Shock after the Milan man ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 19th, 2008
Sepp Blatter's been in South Africa this week to a) check on the progress of World Cup 2010 and b) do some of his patented ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 11th, 2008
I really thought Dunga had turned a corner on Sunday, with that 3-0 away win over Chile. But last last night's 0-0 draw with bottom ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 7th, 2008
What a difference a win makes, eh? This morning Brazil were fifth in the CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying group, which only gets you a World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 6th, 2008
One and two met in South American World Cup qualifying today, and Paraguay held on to top spot with a 1-1 draw at home. They ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 5th, 2008
World Cup qualifying returns this weekend, on every continent. It's the big qualifying kickoff in Europe, the start of the final group stage in Asia, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jun 24th, 2008
We're six rounds into World Cup qualifying for the South American CONMEBOL teams, and Brazil is in 5th place out of ten countries. If ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Nov 22nd, 2007
Just my personal opinion, but CONMEBOL World Cup Qualifying is always the most interesting of all the regions. All ten teams in one big group, ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 20th, 2007
First off, congrats to Ivan Hurtado, right, shown celebrating Atletico Nacional's victory in the Mustang Cup.
Moving on, CONMEBOL will ask FIFA to suspend the high ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 6th, 2007
I know this is going to come as a shock to the FIFA people in Switzerland, but there are in fact 10 countries in CONMEBOL, ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 17th, 2007
Ecuador will open World Cup qualifying against CONMEBOL comrade Venezuela. Geez, it's already time to start thinking about South Africa 2010.
CONMEBOL will continue to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 16th, 2007
There is no rest for the weary or for fans of international football. South America's organizing body CONMEBOL has proposed that qualifying for the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Dec 8th, 2006
Ecuador gaffer Luis Fernando Suarez has been honored by Fox as one of the outstanding Latin American football coaches of 2006. The Colombian, who ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 7th, 2006
South American teams will continue to have "all vs. all" qualifiers for South Africa 2010. CONMEBOL has employed the home-and-home approach to qualifying since ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 17th, 2006
Today is the first full day of training for Ecuador's World Cup squad. Coach Suarez's 23 men convened in Quito yesterday. The full ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 4th, 2006
FEF chief Luis Chiriboga confirmed that all ten of the CONMEBOL confederations reiterated their support of the current round robin World Cup qualification scheme used ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 3rd, 2006
"If it ain't broke, fix it." Or so says the High Tinkerer, Sepp Blatter. The South American football confederation, CONMEBOL, has expressed to ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 15th, 2006
It’s worth noting, as mentioned here, that these are the good old days of Ecuadorian international football. It’s not easy to qualify out ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 15th, 2006
Ecuadorian club side El Nacional has asked the Ecuadorian football federation (FEF) to petition CONMEBOL to ban from the World Cup the two Colombian officials ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 22nd, 2006
The history of football in Ecuador is like that of other South American countries, only a lot less so. They are still minnows in ...
