Miami Ultras in New York. Fans visit MLS and watch USA vs Argentina.

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Ultras in New York
Miami Ultras were spotted this past weekend in New York City. A group of Ultras, led by Mitchell Rivera visited the Big Apple to watch the USA vs Argentina match that took place this past Saturday.



But before the USA game Mitch decided to visit MLS digital where he was greeted by David Agrell. The Ultras were given a quick tour and were told that we are the first supporters group to visit MLS Digital. David did tell us that FutbolMLS (The Spanish version of the MLS website) will soon get its own front page link. Mitch asked where does MLSsoccer.com, get the most hits outside the US. David replied that it was from Europe and the Middle East only because gambling is legal and they find that MLS is unpredictable and there is parity in the league.

As you will see in the pictures below there is a collection of scarves there. We found that the Miami Ultras scarf was already amongst the MLS supporters scarves. We don't know how they got it, perhaps from Garber's last visit and meeting with the Ultras in January, but either way it's a good sign of things to come. (Click picture to enlarge)

Below you can see more pictures at MLS, the USA game and around New York.

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USA vs Argentina watch party at Mickey Byrne's Irish Pub

Hola Amigos! You wanna see some good futbol? Then come to Mickey Byrne's Irish Pub in Hollywood this Saturday March 26 at 7:00 pm to see the USA vs Argentina game.
This event will be hosted by South Florida United which is an umbrella group that wants to bring all South Florida Soccer groups together. So far the SFU consists of the Miami Ultras, Flight 19 and City of Sunrise Elite. But they invite all groups and fans to join. It's about coming together to celebrate the beautiful game no matter who you support!

Here is a brief description:

Who are the South Florida United?
South Florida United (SFU) is an independent supporterʼs association, supporting all soccer in South Florida, primarily the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL. The group also fully supports and actively pursues the return of a Major League Soccer franchise to the South Florida area. SFU consists of both independent fans as well as supporter subgroups that represent different aspects of South Florida.

The SFU logo represents all of South Floridaʼs soccer fans coming together for one cause: to support local soccer. The nuclear symbol represents the high energy and passion of South Floridaʼs soccer fans joining together to produce an unmatched, unified force, as well as being a nod to the old Miami Fusion. The 3 area codes represent Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties, and the colors !represent our support of our current team, as well as the most successful team of the past, the Strikers.

How to Join
New members can join online via the SFU -or- subgroup websites, or join in person at any Strikers game or other SFU event. Membership is free.

For more info go HERE

World Cup 2010 Quarter-finals - games 3 and 4

The third Quarter-final game was played between Argentina nad Germany
The fourth game was Paraguay vs Spain

World Cup 2010 Last of 16 - games 3 and 4

The third game played in this phase (last of 16) was Germany vs England.
The fourth game was between Argentina and Mexico

World Cup 2010 Group B games 5 and 6

The last games in the Group B were played between Nigeria and Korea Republic
and Greece and Argentina.

Here is the final ranking in this group:

1. Argentina ............ 9p ... 3 3 0 0 ... 7-1 ... +6
2. Korea Republic ... 4p ... 3 1 1 1 ... 5-6 ... -1
3. Greece ................. 3p ... 3 1 0 2 ... 2-5 ... -3
4. Nigeria ................ 1p ... 3 0 1 2 ... 3-5 ... -2

World Cup 2010 Group B games 3 and 4

The games from the Group B in the second round were Argentina vs Korea Republik
and Greece vs Nigeria

World Cup 2010 Group B - games 1 and 2

The first games in the Group B, Korea Republik vs Greece
and Argentina vs Nigeria

World Cup 2010 Group B plate

Here is the Group B plate containing Argentina, Nigeria, Korea Republik and Greece kits.

Argentina World Cup 2010 fantasy kits

Name: Argentina
Confederation: CONMEBOL (South America)
Stadium: El Monumental, Estadio Dr. Lisandro de la Torre
Kit manufacturer: adidas

The second team for the World Cup project (still at the begining) is Argentina. I will not write about their qualification campaign (there was written enough about it) but only about the design. The style is similar used on River and Scotland kit, with the three adidas stripes on shoulders as a continuation of the stripes from the shirt. The same feature is repeating on the short's back. The round neck is simple, white and the trims on the sleeves are light blue. The colours are the traditional for Argentina, light blue and white striped shirt, black short and white socks.
I added two more variants for the home kit, one with white short and socks (for the games against teams with all black or other dark colours, ex. New Zeeland, Spain)
and the second with black short and socks (used in games against teams with white socks, ex: Serbija, Chile)
The away kit (or second choise kit) has blue shirt with light blue adidas stripes on shoulders and trims, white short and blue socks. The design is the same as the home one.
For the second kit can be used the black short as change variant.

C.A. River Plate fantasy kits

Full name: Club Atlético River Plate
City: Buenos Aires
League: Primera División Argentina
Stadium: El Monumental
Fouded: 1901
Shirt sponsor: PETROBRAS, LUBRAX, PokerStars.com
Kit manufacturer: adidas

This is the team that win the argentinian league 33 times. Their traditional kit is white shirt with red diagonal band, black short and white socks. For River's kit I made an atypical design with the three stripes as a continuesion of the diagonal band. The three stripes on the short follows the shirt's design. The socks I left simple only with red turnovers.
A very often used version of the home kit, with white short.
The away kit is opposite to the home one, with black shirt and socks, white short. The red parts from the home kit can be found here, the only change is the red V neck and the trims.
An all black away version.
Following the advices from FSC site where I posted initialy as red shirt with black band, I made a different third kit, red shirt with three black vertical stripes, red short and red socks.

Boca Juniors fantasy kits

Full name: Club Atlético Boca Juniors
City: Buenos Aires
League: Argentine Primera División
Stadium: Estadio Alberto J. Armando
Fouded: 1905
Shirt sponsor: MEGATONE
Kit manufacturer: NIKE

Boca Juniors, team with a beautiful colour combination. Initially I drew a design for a retro kit in blue colour, but then I hade an inspiration and made this one, using their actual dark blue. And I'm glad I do that because I'm very satisfied with it and also the kit was very apreciated on the FSC site.
The away and third kit are the same with the home kit (it's specific for my kits to use a same template for home, away and third kit, instead of using two or three templates for all the teams).
The third kit can be used against yellow-blue teams.

USA over T and T with Video, Miami FC wins pre-season game and more...

First of all our good friend Julio Caballero of the Miami Ultras gave us the heads up that Miami FC won their preseason match vs Barry University 3-1. More on that later today.

I'm still shocked to see how Maradona's Argentina lost 6-1 to Bolivia! I don't want to talk bad about Bolivia but no way are they that good to beat Argentina so bad. It's going to be fun reading what the Argentine press says about Maradona.

Did you kids see Jozy Altidore tonight? He was on fire! It's good to see the future of U.S. Soccer looking so bright. Though he was born in Jersey (of all places) he comes out of South Florida folks, Boca Raton to be exact. We'll take any credit we can get for any player who is as good as this 19 year old striker. Altidore scored his hat trick off of Landon Donovan assists. (Final Score USA 3 T & T 0)

"He's a player (Altidore) that, you know, we have known for a while is going to be a big part of our team going forward, but things need to be earned. Things need to come at the right time," U.S. coach Bob Bradley said. Read more here ESPN

I don't know Bradley, I think Jozy Altidore has earned his spot as a starter, not only because of the hat trick but because he came off the bench against El Salvador and scored. Call me crazy but 4 goals in 2 games is enough to have "earned" a spot to me!
Check out the highlights:

Maradona a Grandfather! Soccer star Sergio Aguero proud dad

Will the kid play Soccer?
MADRID, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Diego Maradona became a grandfather on Thursday amid expectations the new arrival may one day follow in the Argentina great's footsteps.
Maradona's daughter Gianina gave birth in Madrid to son Benjamin, whose father is Argentina striker Sergio Aguero.
The Atletico Madrid player has often been likened to World Cup winner Maradona, who now manages the national team.

Here is the rest by Reuters

Maradona video by Manu Chao "La Vida Tombola"

In a tribute to Maradona, Manu Chao (Born José-Manuel Thomas Arthur Chao on June 21, 1961 in Paris, France) dedicates a catchy tune to one of his idols.
Manu, of Spanish (Galician-Basque) origin, develops a video grasping the many facets of Maradonas past, showing us a glimpse of highlights that demonstrate the greatness of a player many consider to be the best to ever walk this planet.
Diego Armando Maradona was born on October 30, 1960 in Lanus, Buenos Aires and is the current coach of the Argentine National Side.

To sum it up MANU Y MARADONA...GRANDES!!!!!
See the video:

Lionel Messi : Maradona Reborn

Lionel Messi (born 24 June 1987 in Rosario) is an exciting Argentine soccer player, who currently plays as a second striker for FC Barcelona. He has shown remarkable ability for a player so young, and is often touted in the media as "the new Diego Maradona".

On December of that year, the Italian newspaper Tuttosport awarded him the Golden Boy 2005 title for the best under-21 player in Europe, ahead of Wayne Rooney and Lukas Podolski.

In this series of posts we shall look at the most promising young players who will soon capture our imagination and be the biggest stars of the game. As of this writing we are still awaiting Jose Pekerman’s decision and hopefully we get to see this kid play in the upcoming World Cup in Germany. We continue with Lionel Messi. (This is an advance posting.)

The guy who idolise Diego Maradona won the adidas Golden Shoe award as top scorer, and the adidas Golden Ball as best player in 2005 when he led his team during the FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands.

Spotted at a very young age, Barcelona saved the dreams of this kid when they funded his medical treatment from a hormone deficiency illness at the age of 13. He returned the favor four years after by becoming the youngest league scorer in Barcelona’s history at the age of seventeen years, ten months and seven days.

This kid has the strength to play rough against veteran opponents and sees the playing field on an extraordinary vision.

People are clamoring for his inclusion in the Argentina side in the upcoming World Cup competition. Although he says that Brazil are the favorites, there is no indication that Argentina would give in easily.