Uruguayan international Sebastián Abreu left River Plate yet once again. Friday afternoon ¨El Loco¨ met with club officials telling them that he had accepted an offer to go play with Spanish second division side Real Sociedad. The news broke out Friday evening around 7pm (local time). The news came as a [...]

The Spanish media once again are at his knees, but there were many others whose performance reconfirmed why Barcelona are the vedettes of world football at the moment.

Barcelona did not need Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto’o, Victor Valdés, Xavi, Alexander Hleb, Rafa Marquez or Carles Puyol against Atlético Madrid. Still with that in mind, there [...]

After all of the negative news that Uruguayan football got in the tail end of 2008, it is quite refreshing to hear that some players are doing things that give hope. It is great to see that some athletes take on a greater responsibility with their fame and their money. For player like [...]

Juan Sebastián Verón might have called an end to the European leg of his illustrious career a few years back, but he’s quality has not diminished one bit. One the eve of 2009, the former Sampdoria, Parma, Lazio, and Inter star was chosen as the South American Player of the Year by the Uruguayan daily El País

Nestor Gorosito is starting to make his presence felt at River Plate and wholesale changes are ready to be made. One of the first ones that is being reported is that of trying to bring Diego Lugano to the Argentine club during the winter transfer window.
The Fenerbahce defender was under José María [...]

Just found this online and wanted to share it with all of you.
One of the most yelled goals in Uruguayan football history courtesy of Daniel Fonseca.

After a couple of weeks on vacation…I am back and I have to highly recommend the Uruguayan Churrasco that I had at Las Culebrinas in Coconut Grove. To make it short and simple… I had an overload of River Plate cuisine.
I don’t know if that was the straw that broke the camel’s [...]

La Liga Talk interviewed former Rayo Vallecano and Valencia star Fernando Morena about world football. In this second part he talks about his career, his experience in Spain, and how Uruguayan football seems not to be taking off.
http://www.laligatalk.com/audio/Morena2.mp3

Saturday
Peñarol 3-2 Liverpool
PEN: Pacheco (13′, 87′), Asconeguy (48′)
LIV: Rodríguez (62′ og), Figueroa (89′)
Wanderers 3-0 Juventud
WAN: Quagliotti (15′), Charquero (38′), Laserda (60′)

Cerro Largo 2-0 Villa Española
CLA: De Souza (22′), Silvera (27′)
Cerro 1-0 River Plate
CER: Caballero (69′)
Sunday

Racing (U) 2-0 Defensor Sporting
RAC: Balsas (47′), Larrosa (90′)

Central Español 2-0 Bella Vista
CEN: Crossa (50′), Martínez (90′)

Rampla Juniors [...]

Uruguay haven’t beaten Les Bleues in over 42 years. The last time they did was in the 1966 World Cup where the Charrúas came out on top in Group A play 2-1 at White City in London. 36 years later, in the 2002 World Cup, these two teams would lock horns again but [...]