http://colombia.theoffside.com News from the Colombian Profesional League Sun, 13 Jul 2008 02:29:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Take care, will ya? I know this blog has been down for quite some time already, but I am going trough a relocation process: I moved back to Bogotá but my computer is still in Barranquilla. So I can't post at large unless is from my home computer. But I ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/be-back-in-a-month.html To the average North American and European fan, South American soccer is little more beyond what these two giants have to offer and the most arrogant ones quickly dismiss the rest of us as if we were talking about the minions of Oceania or the tiny islands of the Caribbean. ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/slip-argentina-and-slide-brazil.html America de Cali's fast-flowing, dominant football is tearing defenses apart and many of its individuals such as Armero, Arango and Ivan Velez are staking a claim to wear the yellow jersey of the NT. Too bad it won't happen for the next two qualifiers games. America's safety on goal ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/red-devils-poised-for-title-yes-in-colombia-too.html After Santa Fe's last weekend 0-1 home loss against La Equidad, the Cardinal's 7th star seems to fade away all over again. Santa Fe's dead last in its group after 2 losses. And who's to blame? The finger points a the usual suspect: the coach. But in this case, ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/cardinal-fallout-begins.html In this day of the official birth of the south american union I'll take the occasion to make the list of (confirmed or potential) representatives of this continent at the Euros, the flaghip tournament of the bloc that the UNASUR wants to model itself after. So far ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/casual-posts/south-american-euros.html Boyacá Chicó F.C. City: Tunja Regular season position: 2 Titles: 0 Best Players: Miguel Caneo, Victor Pacheco, Marcos Pérez Strengths: Surprise of the season. After the financial semi-crisis when Pacheco traveled for a trial over in Canadá (not exactly next door), this team got back together and turned around the season in style kicking some ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/the-power-of-8-group-b.html Equidad, Santa Fe, Envigado and América in group A; Boyacá Chicó, Medellín, Cali and Quindío in group B. Those are the 8 teams that in the next weeks will produce two finalists that in turn will square off for this semester's championship star. Behind were left big sides like Nacional, ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/this-is-it-folks-the-power-of-8-1.html Regardless of how slow or fast this process is, Colombia has become an exporting market in the world of football so here is a list of Colombian players whom after what they have showed this season, might as well end up at a stadium near you. Some of these videos ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/casual-posts/10-guys-you-could-end-up-cheering-for.html Remember last week's post? Well, the traffic jam's still on. It just has different names, and a team like the two-time defending champion, Atletico Nacional, that is remarkably higher on the standing that two matches ago. The greens, because of what they were showing on the field, were candidates for ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/fpc-roundup-ditto.html Ambassadors aside, this was another great matchday for Bogotá as the Insurance Sellers of La Equidad got a home win against Bucaramanga which allowed them so secure their place alongside Santa Fe in the final 8 of the Colombian League. The Cardinals themselves also had the joy of pretty much ... http://colombia.theoffside.com/team-news/fpc-roundup-traffic-jam-at-8th-and-9th.html