Vamos los Pibes: Emanuel Mammana

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT When a player earns a first international cap before they’ve made their club debut, people sit up and take notice.  Combine that with the relative… Continue reading →

Vamos los Pibes: Gaston Guruceaga – future heir to Muslera

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT Uruguay have a long and storied history in producing goalkeepers from Roque Maspoli, a key figure in the Maracanazo that saw Uruguay win the 1950… Continue reading →

U20 World Cup Review: New Look Brazil the pick of South Americans

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT Having spluttered and stumbled to a 4th place finish in the Sudamericano earlier this year, expectations surrounding Brazil were surprisingly low for one of the perennial… Continue reading →

Vamos los Pibes: Rodrigo Amaral

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT Yet to make his first team debut for Nacional, Amaral is nevertheless one of the most highly regarded youngsters in South America.  Frighteningly prolific at… Continue reading →

2015 Sudamericano U20 Review: Correa inspires Argentina to title

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT Having suffered an ignominious early exit on home soil two years ago, Argentina returned to form to capture their first Sudamericano U20 title in 12… Continue reading →

2015 Sudamericano Sub20: Ten to watch

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED ON JUST FOOTBALL The South American U20 championship begins this week in Uruguay and offers the chance to catch a glimpse of some of the continents hottest prospects in action. … Continue reading →

Nicolas Castillo: Club Brugge’s Chilean Hitman

ARTICLE FIRST FEATURED AT OUTSIDE OF THE BOOT With the likes of Arturo Vidal and Alexis Sanchez at the top of their game and the national team back to its high-tempo best under… Continue reading →

Under-20 World Cup 2013 Best XI

FULL ARTICLE FEATURED AT BACK PAGE FOOTBALL France emerged victorious from a penalty shootout with Uruguay to win their first ever U20 World title in Istanbul on Saturday.  After a slow start to… Continue reading →

Sudamericano Sub20 2013: Talent rose, Brazil and Argentina sunk, and Los Cafateros shone

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE AT AFOOTBALLREPORT.COM Much like the most recent Copa America, the under-20 South American Championship also saw its fair share of surprises as the continental apple cart was well… Continue reading →

A selection of South American U21 starlets

With the South American U20 Championship kicking off later today, top scouts will be keeping a keen eye on all the action as the look to unearth the next gems.  Of the following… Continue reading →

NextGen Series: The Stars of Tomorrow

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 02/04/12) The inaugural NextGen Series tournament finished last week with Inter beating Ajax on penalties in the final after a gripping 1-1 game couldn’t separate… Continue reading →

2011 Under-20 World Cup Team of the Tournament

(Article first featured on In Our Humble Opinion 05/09/11) Having watched a fair amount of this summer’s U20 World Cup in Colombia, I thought I’d offer up my team of the tournament.   Without… Continue reading →