On our summer vacation, we went to Argentina.  While we were in Argentina we heard about the Boca Juniors playing River Plate.  It was a soccer game.

CABJ stands for Club Atlético Boca Juniors.  It is a soccer team in Buenos Aires that plays in a neighborhood called La Boca.  It is one of the best teams in the world.  They have won the Argentina championships 25 times and have won 18 titles outside of Argentina (tied for most with A.C. Milan).

Boca Juniors has a big rivalry with River Plate.  Our tour guide in Buenos Aires told us a great story about how the rivalry started.  It started when Boca Juniors and River Plate both wanted the stadium in La Boca.  So they decided to play a game … and said that the winner gets to stay and the loser has to go.  Boca Juniors beat River Plate (she said 3-0) and River Plate moved to the North of Buenos Aires and built their own stadium. 

Boca Juniors couldn’t decide what their colors should be.  They were fighting and fighting.  I want red. I want blue.  Finally, they said the first boat that comes, the colors on the boats flag will become our colors.  The next morning, a boat came in and the colors were blue and yellow because the boat was from Sweden.  So their colors are now yellow and blue like you see in my shirt.

This is a photo of Boca Juniors fans watching a game.  I think this is how they celebrate when they score a goal. 

Here is a picture I took of their stadium in La Boca.