Copa America Trophy in Miami - Play Guru del Futbol Copa America

COPA AMERICA TROPHY ON DISPLAY AT AVENTURA MALL THIS WEEKEND
AVENTURA, Fla. – June 30, 2011 – Copa America kicks off in Argentina on Friday, but South Florida residents and visitors will have a unique opportunity to view the soccer tournament’s prestigious trophy this weekend at Aventura Mall. MasterCard Worldwide, Copa America’s official card and preferred payment method, will display the trophy in Aventura Mall’s Center Court from noon to 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 2, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, July 3. Guests will receive a complimentary photo with the trophy. Following a seven-month, 14-city journey throughout Latin America, the Copa America Trophy Tour, sponsored by MasterCard, will make its only U.S. stop at Aventura Mall. Since December, more than 130,000 people in countries such as Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru have viewed and been able to take photos with the trophy. The trophy will return to Argentina Monday in time for the kickoff of the long-awaited tournament, which runs through July 24. The Copa America Trophy was originally donated to the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL) in 1916 by Argentina’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The trophy, which was crafted by a Buenos Aires jewelry shop at a cost of 3,000 Swiss francs, is silver with a wooden base and contains small plaques of each Copa America winning team. Twelve national teams from South America (plus Costa Rica and Mexico) will compete for Copa America. Soccer powerhouse Brazil is the two-time defending champion.For more information, visit www.ca2011.com.

Guru del Futbol - Copa America game
From the makers of NASLGuru comes the latest Guru game. This time, its the Copa America version. 12 teams compete for the trophy of the oldest running soccer championship in the world and you can prognosticate the results in this fun game. You can even log in using your facebook account.
The game is catered to the South American crowd and in Spanish but it's easy to figure out. After logging in go to "Predicciones" to make your predictions. You have 3 options Local (Home team) Empate (Tie) and Visitante (Visitor) click on your desired winner and below predict the goal diffrence. It's that simple! You can even go to the "Estadisticas" tab for statistics. If you're not sure about your predictions and want to see what everyone else predicted then use this tool.
Be sure to visit and play Guru del Futbol - Copa America.

Don't forget to also play NASLGuru and win a North American Soccer League team jersey every month!
Check out April and May's winners: Puerto Rico Islanders fans José Alvarado and Francisco Díaz.

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Stupid Futbol tricks that work by Burrito

Hola amigos! Burrito, your favorite and only blogging chihuahua mix futbol fan here with the latest stupid futbol video. This one is approved by Chuck Norris! ---->
Si, here is something not to do while playing Futbol. This young Chileno player must have gone to the Cristiano Ronaldo school of acting! In the following clip you see what a pendejo this carnal really is... It is in Spanish pero no problemo just look at the video: The ref fell for it and called the foul!
Next week Burrito bring you another "Stupid Futbol tricks that work" Hasta los huevos!

Uncle Ed's Mother's day preview: Mom meets Ecuador national team

Yesterday I picked my mom up from MIA and boy did she have a great story to tell me. She had flown on the same plane as the Ecuadorian National team which was headed to New York where they will play at a sold out new Meadowlands Stadium on Friday versus Mexico.

My mom is so cool she had a few of the players sign autographs for me and she took pictures with them too.

Here she is with defender and captain of the team Ivan "Bam Bam" Hurtado. A World Cup veteran, Hurtado has played in Mexico, Qatar, Colombia, Spain and currently plays for Ecuadorian champions Deportivo Quito. Hurtado has played for Ecuador more then any player in that country's history (163 times so far).

Ulises de la Cruz is another world cup veteran and is poised to complete his 100th appearance for the Ecuadorian national side. De La Cruz has played for Cruzeiro of Brazil, Hibernian in Scotland, Aston Villa, Reading and Birmingham City in England and currently plays with South American champion LDU Quito. Ulises is also known in Ecuador for his charity work and has been named a UNICEF ambassador.
Jaime Ivan Kaviedes is perhaps the most traveled player in Ecuadorian history. Having played for almost every major league in the world and scoring in a world cup. In 1998 Ivan was the highest scorer in the world with 43 goals in one season for Emelec in the Ecuadorian league. In 1999 he moved on to Italy with Perugia, then Spain with Celta de Vigo, Mexico with Puebla then back to Spain with Real Valladolid. Portugal with Porto, Crystal Palace in England, Argentinos Juniors of Argentina and more. Currently with Macara in Ecuador he is rumored to be headed to MLS in July.My mom rocks!

Toronto lost out on Perlaza, I wish Miami FC could pick up Kaviedes and more

Toronto FC took too long making up their mind about Ecuador defender Jose Luis Perlaza as reported by Ecuadorean site CRE Satelital
Rumours on many sites indicated Perlaza was on Trial with Toronto but it seems they will miss out on this player. CRE continues that Perlaza, who used to play for Olmedo of Riobamba, is out of the country but will return in the next few days to be part of Barcelona SC of Guayaquil who have signed him for the remainder of the year.

On other news another Ecuador player and World Cup Veteran; Ivan Kaviedes was not able to sign with Liga of Portoviejo also of Ecuador. It seems today was the last day to signs players in that league and he remains free.
This striker/midfielder is one of the most experienced players in Ecuador having played in Spain, Italy, England, Mexico among other countries. This is a player I wish Miami FC could sign. Seems like Kaviedes is desperate to get playing minutes and at 31 he doesn't have much time to waste. MLS and USL teams need to hurry before some Middle East league with big bucks lure him!