Boca juniors is an argentine sports club based on the neighborhood named la boca in buenos aires. There are many activities in the club, but it is most known as a football team, that was promoted in 1913 has always played in the argentine primera división.
Boca juniors being on of the most successful football team in the argentina and the world having more the 50 official titles. After winning over 50 titles it is ranked in the top 25 in the IFFHS’s club world ranking. it has also been ranked the best south american club in the past decade, now currently ranked 6.
Five italian immigrants on 3 april 1905 met in order to found a club. Three of those men took lessons with Patrick McCarthy, an irish footballer and boxer that arrived in argentina at 1900. The teams first jersey was white with black vertical stripes and a light blue shirt and later another striped shirt. One year later Boca Juniors had a game with a team with the same shirt color, co they have decided that the team that lost changed the shirt’s color. Boca lost and decided to adapt the color of flag of the first boat to sail into the port of La Boca. The first boat to sail was a swedish boat so the teams new colors were blue and yellow. The first version had a yellow band, in which changed to a yellow horizontal band.
In 1908 an affiliation request was sent from Boca to the Argentine Football Association, it was denied. the first stadium was located in Isla Demarchi. Boca was eliminated three times, with two on the semi finals against racing losing the opportunity of going the La Primeira División. Until the Argentine Football Association changed the rules and instead of having six team in La Primera División up to 15.
Boca juniors’ first title was in 1920 after defea...
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...ng very well, until 2005 Alfio Basile was the new coach and winning the Recopa Sudamericana and the Apertura in 2005 and Clausura in 2006 and the Recopa Sudamericana on 2006. On 2007 Miguel Ángel Russo as new coach and Juan Román Riquelme came back to the club and won the Copa Libertadores. And lost the international cup, so Miguel Ángel Russo left and Carlos Ischia became the new coach. winning the 2008 Recopa Sudamericana, 2008 Apertura. Until 2011 Boca didn’t win another title, until Julio Falcioni was the new coach and won the Superclásico against River. Until Agustín Orión came back from loan and became the new goalkeeper, as well as Rolando Schiavi the new center back came also. After 3 years with no achivement Boca Juniors won the Apertura without losing a game. Until Boca was in the finals of the Copa Libertadores and lot in the finals agoianst Corinthians.
The Toronto Blue Jays baseball team was founded in the 1970s and experienced support from the fans during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1992 and 1993, the Jays won back-to-back World Series, yet in 1994, the team faced setbacks. The team had a losing streak, there was a major league baseball strike, and no World Series was played. At the same time, gambling came to Toronto, and the team had to compete for the fan's time. Also, players' salaries skyrocketed at a time when the Canadian dollar fell in value. How could the Toronto Blue Jays adjust ticket prices to improve financial performance and increase fan attendance?
Doroteo Aranga learned to hate aristocratic Dons, who worked he and many other Mexicans like slaves, Doroteo Aranga also known as Pancho villa hated aristocratic because he made them work like animals all day long with little to eat. Even more so, he hated ignorance within the Mexican people that allowed such injustices. At the young age of fifteen, Aranga came home to find his mother trying to prevent the rape of his sister. Aranga shot the man and fled to the Sierra Madre for the next fifteen years, marking him as a fugitive for the first time. It was then that he changed his name from Doroteo Aranga to Francisco "Pancho" Villa, a man he greatly admired.
Many people see the Atlanta Braves in different lights, by asking diverse people about them, you will get some vastly dissimilar answers. If you ask any young person who the Atlanta Braves are, you will most likely hear something like this: The best overall baseball team since I’ve been alive. But if you ask an older wiser person who the Atlanta Braves are, here’s the answer you’ll probably get: A baseball team that has come back incredibly from they’re not so grand past, a great story of a worst to first baseball team. However if you go to an informed person, someone who knows all about the Atlanta Braves and ask them the same question, I’m sure you’ll get an answer like this: The Atlanta Braves are a team with rich history, great victories, and superb leadership that has allowed them to capture 12 consecutive division titles.
...ere is an avid sports community in Ecuador. Football, or soccer in American terms, is very prevalent in Ecuador. The national football team, coached by Reinaldo Rueda, has earned the nickname la tri, or tri-color, after their yellow, blue, and red uniforms. Their FIFA rating is currently #23 in the world. Their highest FIFA ranking to date was #10 in April 2013. They won second place in the FIFA World Cup in 2002 and 2006.
When we look at the men’s team however things are not looking very good for them. Having no success other then winning the CONCACAF gold cup in 2000, the men have failed to qualify to the World Cup since 1986. Furthermore, the men are ranked 112th in the world and are behind countries according to the FIFA standings like Punta Cana and Haiti.
The South American States are most famous for this form of soccer. Brazilian players like Ronaldo and Maradona remain world legends because of their techniques in the pitch like the use of tricks, overhead kicks and back-heels (Mason, Ix).
The Spanish met up in present-day Uruguay in 1516. The indigenous social orders' inability to triumph, joined with the nonappearance of gold and silver, limited their settlement in the zone in the midst of the sixteenth and seventeenth many years. Uruguay then transformed into a zone of contention between the Spanish and Portuguese spaces. In 1603, the Spanish began to present cows, which transformed into a wellspring of wealth in the region. The essential unchanging Spanish settlement was set up in 1624 at Soriano on the Río Negro. In 1669–71, the Portuguese manufactured a fortress at Colonia del Sacramento. Spanish colonization extended as Spain attempted to limit Portugal's augmentation of Brazil's edges. Montevideo was set up by the Spanish in the mid eighteenth century as a military stronghold in the country. Its trademark harbor soon framed into a business range fighting with Río de la Plata's capital, Buenos Aires. Uruguay's mid nineteenth century history was formed by persistent fights for quality in the Platine region, between British, Spanish, Portuguese and other boondocks powers. In 1806 and 1807, the British equipped power tried to seize Buenos Aires and Montevideo as a noteworthy part of the Napoleonic Wars. Montevideo was included by a British force from February to September
penalty kick on the 34th minute of the game against Vasco da Gama and dedicated it "...para as criancinhas pobres do Brasil...." (to the poor little children of Brasil) and to the elderly and suffering peoples of Brasil. Pelé also participated in what is known to be the "Golden Age" of the Libertadores Cup from 1960 to 1963, during which the great Uruguayan team Peñarol faced the legendary Santos for the final games. Peñarol won in 1960 and 61, while Santos took the championship the other two years.
their helmets in 1948. In the 1950 season the Rams were the first team to
Latin America is rich with stories and legends. Many are said to have been originated from the time of the Conquistadors or the indigenous era. One story or legend that has surpass all other folklore and the times, in all parts of Latin America, is that of “the weeping woman” or best known as “La Llorona”. Her sad story is said to have originated in a small town in Mexico. It was said that in this small humble town, there lived an enchanting young girl. She was by far the most beautiful young girl in all the nearby villages. Just as her beauty was recognized through out all Mexico so to was her name. The older Maria got, her beauty seem to increase and sparkle like priceless rubies and gems. But unfortunately her heart was black and full of pride. No man was suitable and they were beneath her beauty to even be glanced by her eyes. Until one day there rode into town a dashing young stallion of a man riding on his half wild horse. Some say that he claimed to say “He thought it wasn't manly to ride a horse if it wasn't half wild”. http://www.literacynet.org/lp/hperspectives/llorona.html. This young man was not just handsome but wealthy and played the guitar while singing with his majestic voice. In one glance, Maria knew that this was the man she would marry. She didn’t make it easy for him to woo her. This young man would serenade beautiful melodies out side her window and present her with gifts from afar. Maria would ignore every thing the young man did to get her attention. Finally this young man conquered her love and it wasn’t long before they both got engaged and married. Years went by and Maria bore him two kids. This ...
Football, or soccer, was brought to Brazil by Charles Miller from England. The game became popularized during the Vargas era, where teams and clubs were formed by communities to compete. Vargas believed soccer united people of different racial groups, classes, and political parties and brought together people of different backgrounds to share the love of the game. Soccer created a sense of Brazilian nationalism, for members of all different communities shared the common passion of the sport. On discussing soccer as a unifying force in the Vargas-era, Kittleson stated in “The Country of Football”, “This way of thinking about soccer fit in with the centralizing and nationalist aims of the Vargas government. In a May Day speech in 1938, Vargas proclaimed “A country is not just the conglomeration of individuals in a territory; it is, principally, a unity of race, a unity of language, a unity of national thinking”. Embracing soccer served as a means of fostering this unity, as well as attempting to control it” (Kittleson, Chapter 1, 50). Vargas highly valued this notion of
Every four years the World Cup is held in a different country known as the host cou...
A lot of Latinos love soccer. I spoke to a workers there her name was Angelica Ramirez. She was the second generation Latina. Her father was an immigrant from Mexico. I asked her how it felt to be a second generation Latina. She said she has been in America her whole life. She knows her parents struggled but that why they came over here to make their lives better. She said he father open up the San Jose outdoor league and that just bloomed for him. They had so many people join to play in the league. They have had the San Jose since she can remember. At least 15 years now. Not to long ago her dad open up the indoor facility and it's done well too. Ramirez said she is proud to be Latina but with social media talking down on Hispanics it can get hard to hear. Just because she knows her father and family worked hard to get where they are. The facility is affordable for Latinos to do. It just $2 dollars to enter the indoor place and if you want to join a team it is $20 dollars but that lasts all season. They also sell food for the fans to enjoy while they watch the family member place. In one of the booths they sale socks, jerseys, and soccer shoes that people can buy. Behind another booth they sale drinks, Mexican bread & coffee. They also sold candy and my favorite corn in the cup! They had a good variety of
In 1516 Uruguay was discovered by the Spanish explorer Juan Díaz de Solís. He was killed that same year by the Charrua, a local native tribe. Future attempts to colonize the territory during the 16th century were discouraged by this native tribe also. In 1624 the first permanent settlement was made by the Spanish on the Río Negro at Soriano.
FC Barcelona is one of the premier soccer clubs in the world. Many of the best players in history have donned the red and blue of Barcelona and made the Catalonian fans proud. As a team, they have won countless of trophies and triumphed over rivals. Much of their success can be credited to their renowned youth academy, La Maisa. It has brought countless of talented players such as Messi, Iniesta, and Puyol throughout the ranks of La Maisa, the youth academy.