WHEEE! I AM GOING TO A PRESEASON FRIENDLY!!!

This Friday, August 8th, I am going to a preseason friendly game here in Toronto between two South American teams:

Millonarios of Colombia vs Barcelona Sporting Club of Ecuador

Both are really good teams in their respective countries, but I didn't know that much about them. Fortunately, GOLTV has shown a couple of their league games during the past couple of weeks, so I have been able to familiarize myself with each team.

My favourite team in Colombia (and one of my world favourites - they are very exciting to watch) is Deportivo Cali, and 'Millos' has recently transferred a forward, Milton Rodriguez, from Cali. He's an experienced player whom I liked a lot at Cali. They also have Leonardo Castro, an exciting young goalscorer.

However, I am more excited about Barcelona of Ecuador. (Even though we will be sitting on the Colombian side!) Barcelona has two Argentine players: Rolando Zarate, who used to play for Real Madrid and has been transferred from River Plate, and Marcos Mondaini, a hottie who comes in from Boca Juniors. They also have a cute GK named Pablo Santillo, and an exciting new forward, Pablo Palacios.

The Ecuadorian league is a good one, with LDUQ, one of their teams, winning the Copa Libertadores this year. So I am quite excited about seeing this game. It should be good!

Here is a picspam of some of the players I will be seeing, below the cut:

( MILLONARIOS OF COLOMBIA VS BARCELONA OF ECUADOR )

OTHER REASONS TO WATCH THE OLYMPICS BESIDES FOOTBALL

Yes, there are other reasons to watch the Olympics than football! Believe it or not!

For instance, there is diving. (And swimming, I suppose, would produce the same sort of eye candy.) But here in Canada we have this Olympic diver, Alexandre Despatie, who is one of our best shots to win a gold medal. He is also exceptional to look at. Enjoy his picspam below the cut! Here is a teaser:



( ALEXANDRE DESPATIE )

ARGENTINE PLAYER PROFILES: Lauturo Acosta and Sergio Romero

Continuing with my Argentine player picspam series, here are two more of the Argies representing the U23 Olympic team.

First, Lautaro Acosta was born March 14, 1988 and played for Lanus. He won the 2007 Apertura with them before moving to FC Sevilla in Spain in May, 2008. Lautaro is a winger of great speed, who can also play central striker.



Second, Sergio Romero is a goalkeeper with AZ Alkmaar in the Dutch league. He was born February 22, 1987. He started out with Racing Club and moved to AZ in 2007. Sergio was the goalkeeper for the U20 squad who won the U20 World Cup in 2007.



( MORE PICS UNDER THE CUT )