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By: Trent | October 2nd, 2007 | 64 Comments »

There are changes afoot at World Cup Blog. Posting is light at least until the changes are implemented. Check out Bob’s main post here.

Many of you have been readers and commenters since the early days nearly two years ago. Thanks!…and I hope you continue to participate in the World Cup Blog community.

After all, 2010 WC qualifiers are right around the corner. ¡Sí se puede!


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Felipe Caicedo Turning Heads

By: Trent | September 13th, 2007 | 11 Comments »

We’ve been high on Caicedo for a long time, and have followed his career in Europe such as it is. Now it seems that some of the big boys are considering vying for his services.
Try these on for size: Valencia, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Milan, Juventus, Fiorentina, Udinese and Palermo. Rumors at this point, but we will keep abreast ... [read]


Honduras 2-1 Ecuador

By: Trent | September 13th, 2007 | 7 Comments »

Ecuador’s very brief winning streak is over, as La Tricolor crashed 1-2 at Honduras in a friendly match held yesterday.
Jorge Guagua’s 88th-minute penalty was not enough to overcome two late Honduran goals, one each by the Italian Serie A-based duo of Julio Cesar de Leon and David Suazo.
... [read]


Ecuador 5- 1 El Salvador

By: Trent | September 9th, 2007 | 13 Comments »

Ecuador have emphatically defeated El Salvador 5-1 in a friendly held today in Quito. It didn’t help that from halftime the visitors were down to ten men, and then spent the last half hour with only nine.
La Tricolor were paced by Cristian Benitez, who is quickly showing that he ... [read]


R.I.P. Jairo Andres Nazareno

By: Trent | September 3rd, 2007 | No Comments »

The latest in what seems like a rash of recent football player deaths is Ecuadorian Jairo Andres Nazareno. Nazareno, who plays for Chimborazo in Ecaudor’s third division, suffered chest pains during a match last week and died of an apparent cardiac arrest.
Thoughts and prayers.
... [read]


LFS: S’up, UDLC?

By: Trent | August 31st, 2007 | 3 Comments »

Ecuador national coach Luis Fernando Suarez is publicly wondering what the hell Reading defender Ulises de la Cruz is up to these days.
UDLC was a no-show for the recent Bolivia friendly, and has thusly been left out of the upcoming matches against El Salvador and Honduras.
Sez the gaffer: “I’m waiting ... [read]


Edison’s Champions League Draw

By: Trent | August 30th, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Ecuador midfielder Edison Mendez learns his club’s Champions League fate as the final eight groups are determined.
PSV Eindhoven will share Group G with Inter Milan, Fenerbahce and CSKA Moscow. No pushovers in the group, to be sure.
Would love to see Edison make some more noise in this year’s CL.
... [read]


Jefferson Perez Update: Still a Badass

By: Trent | August 26th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

We’ve been fans of speed walker Jefferson Perez for nearly as long as World Cup Blog has been extant. So it should be no surprise that we’re stoked that JP has won his third 20k gold medal at this years’ IAAF world track and field championships in Osaka, Japan.
Sez ... [read]


Full Time: Bolivia 0-1 Ecuador

By: Trent | August 22nd, 2007 | 9 Comments »

Thanks, as noted, to Patricio Urrutia. A nice result, to be sure.
Lineups:
Ecuador:
Elizaga
Montaño, Hurtado, Espinoza, Aguirre
Méndez, Urrutia, Bran, Lara
Benítez, F. Caicedo.
Bolivia:
Galarza
Arces, Raldés, L. Méndez, Mojica
Reyes, Sacha Lima, Campos, Vaca
Andaveris, Parada.
... [read]


Half Time: Bolivia 0-1 Ecuador

By: Trent | August 22nd, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Thanks to Patricio Urrutia, whose relatives sometimes read this blog (fo’ real!).
... [read]


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