The Daily Drool: Champions League Group D – Manchester City’s Javi Garcia

Defensive midfielder Javi is a former canterano who played for Castilla and the first team of Real Madrid. He’s been with Manchester City since 2012. He has represented Spain at the U16, U17, U19, U20, U21 and senior levels.

La Roja Ready for Finland

Soldado’s got a hold of Iker and someone’s got a hold of their wedgie…we see you unidentified male in the upper right corner! La Roja finished up their preparations for tomorrow’s WC Qualifier against Finland….can we get a big win, boys??

A Big Ol’ La Roja Pick-Me-Up

With all the La Liga/transfer drama & sadness, International Duty couldn’t have come at a better time. Hopefully the magic of La Roja & their pretty pretty can drag us out of depression and mourning for a few moments. This is a big post with a lot of compiled shizz, so I aim to bring smiles to your faces at least once! Here we go, awful outfits, handsome faces, and singing…yes, singing.

Memorial Day Bits & Bobs

Hope everyone in the US enjoyed their Memorial Day! I know I did. It was a beautiful sunny day and we had a fantastic view of the NY harbor from watishista DK’s roof deck. I’m sleepy from the heat and ready to get some sleep but first a few things…

First and most importantly, Robbie Rogers was subbed in for the last 13 minutes of the LA Galaxy’s 4-0 win over Seattle Sounders. In that moment, he became the first openly gay male to play in a major American professional sport. He was greeted with a standing ovation. I am so incredibly pleased for him. There’s a fan support page for him on Facebook if you want to go and send a little note of encouragement.

A Friendly 2-0

On Saturday, we said hello to the many new faces of La Roja and yesterday we said goodbye to most of them. All the newbies got some play time and took the spots of either the injured or those still on club duty, which is why it was no surprise that it took some time to figure out how the team was going to work and get the job of winning done. They succeeded in the end, with the subs at halftime making the major difference. With two more friendlies to go, the boys have got two weeks to get the Spanish machine running perfectly!

Daily Overdose Of La Roja Part II

Business as usual, I see!

The jokes write themselves people. This really is the easiest sport in the world to perv on, isn’t it? Anyhow, gird your loins and pour a drink. Two more parts of La Roja to soldier through and then we get to the other national teams.

UPDATED: La Roja Boys, Boys, Boys!

To Las Rozas, the boys go! International duty begins today, as it’s time for La Roja to prepare for their upcoming friendlies against Serbia (I almost wrote Sergio, why did I have to open up with this pic?!) on the 26th, and South Korea on the 30th. Some very happy news? Tormata will join the group on the 25th! Well, maybe it’s not so happy news for Sergio…but maybe if he ditches that awful red jacket, that even his hair is trying to get away from, Nando will only have eyes for Sese.