Tickets on sale for Italy's USA tour against Ecuador, Venezuela

Italy is making its long-awaited tour of the USA in March, and tickets are now on sale for the two games the Euro 2020 winners are playing. As the side begins its quest to defend that title, Gli Azzurri is playing a pair of South American opponents. Originally, Italy scheduled contests against Peru and Ecuador. […]

World Soccer Talk's Venezuela National Football Team TV schedule has every Vinotino match airing in the USA. Venezuela are one of the national teams (like Italy or the Netherlands) whose traditional kit colors don't match their national flag. The nickname "La Vinotino" translates to "The Red Wine," which comes from their burgundy uniforms. They chose […]

World Soccer Talk's Venezuela National Football Team TV schedule has every Vinotino match airing in the USA. Venezuela are one of the national teams (like Italy or the Netherlands) whose traditional kit colors don't match their national flag. The nickname "La Vinotino" translates to "The Red Wine," which comes from their burgundy uniforms. They chose […]

World Soccer Talk's Venezuela National Football Team TV schedule has every Vinotino match airing in the USA. Venezuela are one of the national teams (like Italy or the Netherlands) whose traditional kit colors don't match their national flag. The nickname "La Vinotino" translates to "The Red Wine," which comes from their burgundy uniforms. They chose […]

Rome (AFP) – David Okereke scored within the first minute as Venezia frustrated European hopefuls AS Roma 1-1 at the Stadio Olimpico hours after being relegated from Serie A on Saturday. Salernitana's 1-1 draw at Empoli earlier in the day had sent down bottom team Venezia who had rejoined the top flight last summer. Spezia […]

Montevideo (AFP) – Second half substitute Edison Flores gave Peru a smash and grab 1-0 victory away to goal-shy Colombia as goalkeeper David Ospina's gaffe cost the hosts in Friday's World Cup qualifier. Salomon Rondon scored a hat-trick as rock bottom Venezuela thrashed 10-man Bolivia 4-1. Peru barely had a shot on goal all match, […]

Montevideo (AFP) – Argentina maintained their unbeaten start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, cruising to a 3-1 victory at 10-man Venezuela on Thursday night. But Brazil continued their perfect start to qualifying with a seventh win out of seven as Everton Ribeiro scored the only goal in a 1-0 away victory over Chile. In […]

Montevideo (AFP) – Argentina maintained their unbeaten start to their World Cup qualifying campaign, cruising to a 3-1 victory at 10-man Venezuela on Thursday night. In his first match for his country since moving to Paris Saint-Germain, Lionel Messi struggled to stamp his authority on the match in Caracas, but it mattered little. Lautaro Martinez […]

Caracas (AFP) – Venezuela's Portuguese coach Jose Peseiro has resigned less than two weeks ahead of a triple-header of World Cup qualifiers, because he has not been paid for a year, the country's federation said on Friday. "Yesterday (Thursday) we received a letter from the technical director rescinding his contract," said Jorge Gimenez, president of […]

San Cristobal (Venezuela) (AFP) – Already-eliminated Venezuela stalled Colombia's 2018 World Cup qualification drive here Thursday, grinding out a 0-0 to frustrate their star-studded opponents. Colombia, second in the South American standings, struggled to find a way through a rugged Venezuelan defence at San Cristobal's Pueblo Nuevo Stadium. Colombia badly missed the invention of injured […]

June is an extremely critical month for the USMNT. Bruce Arena has come in for his second stint as manager and settled things down after a disastrous start to World Cup Qualifying that resulted in the firing of Jurgen Klinsmann. Arena got a win and a draw in the January Camp and managed to grab […]