Lawrence Cohen

When it comes to explaining soccer in this Beginner's Guide to Argentine Primera División, the league is more complicated than leagues from other parts of the world. Few countries can say that soccer intersects with every facet of daily living like it does in Argentina. “Which club do you support” is the one of the […]

When it comes to explaining soccer in this Beginner's Guide to Argentine Primera División, the league is more complicated than leagues from other parts of the world. Few countries can say that soccer intersects with every facet of daily living like it does in Argentina. “Which club do you support” is the one of the […]

I'm always surprised when I hear stories about how some people never knew that their closest friends were involved in corruption.  In the modern world, let’s forget about soccer for a second, how can you NOT know something is going on right next to you with the amount of information that is available to us […]

Arsenal are close to a deal to sign Colombia national team goalkeeper David Ospina from French club Nice. The club president of the Nice team, Jean-Pierre Rivère, revealed, "There is still no agreement, but we are not far." But if and when a deal is reached, what can we expect from Ospina? When 17-year-old Ospina put […]

Juan Román Riquelme was always a personality that intrigued many in the soccer world.  His unparalleled skill and penchant to virtually will the ball wherever he wanted made him such an attractive footballer to watch on any pitch he played on throughout his career. In the next few days, when Riquelme is presented on the […]

Colombia's young James Rodriguez set up the ball. He looked up and knew exactly where he was going to place his corner kick.  What was amazing about that play was that the ball ended up in the back of the net, one of the more amazing goals scored by this 12-year-old (see video below). Two […]

Enner Valencia’s goal against Honduras this past Saturday made the small town of Ricaurte in the north of Ecuador go into a frenzy. This small town is closer to Colombia (11 miles from the border, to be exact) than it is from Guayaquil, but his success made that the epicenter of Ecuadorian soccer. His goal […]

SETE LAGOAS, BRAZIL – Since Monday, there was a great deal of tension at the Uruguayan national team camp at the JN Resort in Sete Lagoas. It was tension that was intoxicating. Oscar Washington Tabárez was very short with his answers and was very standoffish with the domestic media. The international media was shuttled off […]

BELO HORIZONTE – The Uruguayan FA released a video to intensify their country's support as the squad continues to prepare for the world cup in Brazil. "We know the World Cup is going to be difficult. Some say that it is going to be impossible. They talk about the group of death, faraway matches and […]

Rumors swirled over Argentine camp this week after PSG forward Ezequiel Lavezzi was given permission to leave  for “personal reasons” at the same time that FIFA decided to do a surprise drug testing at the Argentine training complex in Ezeiza. When Lavezzi was excluded from the testing, the rumors were rampant as to why this […]