Real Madrid and Barcelona will battle in the El Clasico rivalry this weekend with the winner taking over first place in the Spanish League standings. Latin Post compares the two teams and lets you vote on who will win.
The UEFA Champions League is without a doubt one the single biggest soccer tournaments in the world. Every year European teams battle it out to be named the single best squad of the continent. There are just eight teams remaining, and all English Premier League teams have been eliminated.
Barcelona striker Luis Suarez is used to being the center of attention. He's one of the best players in the world, he's been the center of constant controversy, and he recently came out explaining why he left Liverpool FC for FC Barcelona .
Week 26 of the 2014-15 La Liga season is complete, and Barcelona was the big winner. Thanks to Lionel Messi's hat trick, Barcelona is now in first place ahead of Real Madrid. Latin Post breaks down the exciting Week 26 of Spanish League soccer.
Barcelona is headed to the Copa del Rey final after taking down Villarreal 3-1 Wednesday in the second leg of the semifinal for a total aggregate win of 6-2. The team is now headed to the competition's grand finale for the second straight year and the fourth time since 2011, and slated to take on Athletic Bilbao, which took down Espanyol 2-0 in its semifinal. Here are some major takeaways from this contest for Blaugrana.
The BBC dominated 2013-14 while Barcelona's duo of Neymar and Messi struggled to find consistency and balance in attack. This prompted Blaugrana to find a third piece to the puzzle in Suarez. Now both groups have played ample time together and the question beckons - which big three is better?
The Men's FIFA World Cup may be over, but the women will be playing this summer. Also being held this summer is the Copa America and the Gold Cup. Three of the biggest soccer tournaments in the world will be held this summer with the drama higher than ever.
A year ago, Barcelona struggled mightily to take down Atletico Madrid and wound up losing the Spanish League title on the final day of the season because of this weakness. Barcelona will of course remember being eliminated from the Champions League in the quarterfinals against Atletico as well. A year ago, Los Cules simply had no means of passing around the defensively structured Atletico side.But this season, the Catalonian club is finding a lot of luck against its emerging rivals. A 3-1 win in the league a few weeks ago was one big story, but the 1-0 win on Wednesday only added to Barcelona's resurgence. How have they done it? Is there a formula for success brewing here?
Throughout the history of the Ballon d'Or, only five South Americans have managed to win the big award. Ronaldo and Lionel Messi are the only two of this quintet to win the award more than once, while Brazilians Rivaldo, Kaka and Ronaldinho each won the award once. Which means that only two South American countries have claimed the Ballon d'Or as their own in the history of the award.
It was another great soccer week in La Liga. Both Real Madrid and Barcelona picked up big wins, but Atletico Madrid lost. For the first time in a long, Cristiano Ronaldo was held scoreless. Latin Post.com breaks down Week 18 of the 2014-15 La Liga season.
Luis Suarez's time in Barcelona has not been what most have expected. And as a result, the Uruguayan, who already has a target on his back every time he steps on the pitch for his biting antics, is under ever increasing scrutiny at one of the most challenging places to play in the world - the Camp Nou.
Can Barcelona B save Barcelona during its transfer ban? Barcelona's transfer ban is a huge issue for the legendary Spanish side. The team will be stripped of the opportunity to buy up reinforcements for its squad for the next year, forcing it to rely on the mixed bag that it currently has.
On Tuesday, the Court of Arbitration for Sport announced that it would reject Barcelona's had its appeal to have its year-long transfer ban removed, thus leaving the team without the ability to make a single transfer in 2015. Barcelona had been found guilty by FIFA of signing underage overseas players and was thus sanctioned. So how exactly does this affect Barcelona over the long run and in the short run?
One of the best soccer teams in the world, Barcelona, has lost their appeal to overturn a 14-month transfer ban. Barcelona was previously found guilty of signing players under the age of 18. This could spell trouble for Barcelona in the near future.
Anytime that the idea of best player in the world is brought up the list starts and ends with two names - Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. When looking at 2014, picking the top player between Messi and Ronaldo seems like a futile and uninteresting task. So instead, Latin Post.com's David Salazar and Edwin Molina, as part of our Best of Soccer in 2014 feature series, are looking at players not named Ronaldo or Messi, who deserve some credit in 2014.
The soap opera that is sports always rivets for what takes place on the battle field. But often times the stories that take place far away from the pitch are just as unique and special. They make for some interesting conversation and add an element to the world of sports that moves into the social, political and economic realm.This year featured a number of off-pitch events that continued to elevate the dynamics of soccer and add new elements that are rarely discussed. As part of our Best of 2014 feature series, writer David Salazar and Edwin Molina look at two off-pitch events that really brought the soccer conversation to a new level.
When Barcelona picked up Luis Suarez this summer, there were expectations that he would form a three-headed monster alongside Lionel Messi and Neymar.But Suarez has been slow to start this year. Can he still thrive alongside his fellow Barcelona superstars?
Manchester City, playing without Yaya Toure, Vincent Kompany and English Premier League (EPL) leading scorer Sergio Aguero, managed to defy the odds, defeating Series A club AS Roma to advance to the UEFA Champions League Round of 16. Luis Suarez helped Barcelona beat PSG with an assist to Lionel Messi -- scoring his 75th career Champions League, three ahead of Cristiano Ronald on the all-time scorers list -- and scoring his first goal with the Catalan club since his transfer from Liverpool.
After scoring a hat-trick to break Spain's La Liga all-time scoring record against Sevilla over the weekend, Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick on Wednesday against Cyrus champion APOEL FC on Tuesday to surpass Raul's all-time scorers record in UEFA Champions League history.
The groups for the 2015 Copa America have been announced and feature quite a few interesting matchups. Here is a look at each group and how it might ultimately unravel.
Barcelona and Sevilla will play each other in a critical Week 12 La Liga game. Latin Post.com previews the game, breaks down the teams and predicts who will win.
