CONCACAF under 20 tournament, results update (29th March 2011) Game 1. USA vs Surinam The USA literally swept Surinam aside in what was a game that will not go down in history and was practically a training session for the USA. Like Guadalupe last night, Surinam were far too innocent – and the lack of experience and quality of their [...]
CONCACAF under 20 tournament in 2011, first results!
The first two opening games of the CONCACAF under 20 tournament 2011 were played last night. Canada manage to come back from losing 0-1 at half time to turn the game round to a final 2-1, Houelche put Guadalupe in the lead in 26 minutes, however in the second half scores from Cavallini and Bassi gave Canada their first 3 [...]
CONCACAF under 20 tournament 2011 predictions
As promised I will be keeping you posted from Guatemala, however, to start things rolling, here is a bit of info. that may be useful for those of you following the CONCACAF under 20 tournament 2011. As those who follow my blog regularly know, I love to stick my neck out and make predictions! As you can imagine, I sometimes [...]
CONCACAF under 20 tournament, Guatemala 2011, World Cup Qualifiers
As the song goes, my bags are packed and I am ready to go! On Monday we have the inauguration of the CONCACAF (North and Central America football confederations) of the under 20 qualifiers for the under-20 World Cup in Colombia starting on the 29th July. I will be following this closely and I shall be keeping you in touch [...]
The Eternal Derby – Вечити дерби !
I travelled to Serbia last week to further cement Beswicks Sports connections in Eastern Europe. Following a previous meeting in London, an affiliation has now been forged with a sports law firm in Belgrade headed by Zoran Damjanovic. Zoran Damjanovic is a well known and respected figure in Serbian football and a former chief executive of Red Star. Discussions also [...]
Harrison Morales Ruiz
Name: Harrison Morales Ruiz Nationality: Colombian Age: 24 – 20 June 1986 Height: 1’89 Weight 84 kg Positions – right-footed centre-half (can also play left side) Foot: Right, good use of left foot. Previous clubs; Quindío, Bogotá (First división, Colombia) Present club: Free Harrison is a towering centre-half with great strength and good vision. He is technically good, excellent in [...]
Champions League quarter final draw
Friday saw the final eight drawn and the final route to the final in May at Wembley. So, here is the Champions League quarter final draw: Chelsea v. Manchester United Inter Milan v. Schalke 04 Tottenham v. Real Madrid Barcelona v. Shakhtar Donetsk Now who are the favourites? Do you think there should be seeding, like in tennis tournaments? How [...]
Latin American Footballers in Europe – this week’s ideal eleven.
Last year’s Champion League winners, Inter Milan, could have almost fielded an entire eleven of Latin American players in the final – which just shows how important Central and South Americans are in the European game. This week’s pick of the action which involved Latin Americans, all over Europe, included players in all positions and could comfortably make up [...]
Gary Medel – Player of the week
Gary Medel, yet another great discovery made by the magical Monchi, director of football at Sevilla, who has discovered such talent as Dani Alves and Keita. Appropriately nicknamed “The Pitbull” for his high work level in midfield, although not particularly tall at 1’71m, this young Chilean player possesses excellent ability in the air and out jumps peers much taller than [...]