On October 10, 2009 I married my lovely wife Renae.
On November 15, 2009 I got married to Futbolist LLC.
And I’ve shared my marriage since then. [click to continue…]
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Where would American soccer be without… is dedicated to the people, places and things that have been instrumental in the growth of soccer in the United States. The growth of the game in the US has not taken the most conventional route and this series hopes to pay homage to those who came before us in making the beautiful game truly beautiful in the United States.
Today’s we follow up last week’s message board post with an entry inspired by an old forum thread, Where is Lionel Bienvenue, or more importantly Where is his EPL Review Show?
What athlete did you most want to be when you were growing up?
As a child, when I started to play a sport I immediately pretended to be a professional athlete from that sport. In hockey it was Darren Puppa, in Baseball it was Ryan Klesko, in football it was Jerry Rice, in basketball it was Christian Laettner…
However, when I played soccer, I didn’t play as anyone. [click to continue…]
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Where would soccer be without… is dedicated to the people, places and things that have been instrumental in the growth of soccer in the United States. The growth of the game in the US has not taken the most conventional route and this series hopes to pay homage to those who came before us in making the beautiful game truly beautiful in the United States.
Today’s maiden voyage takes a brief look at what one person calls the ‘nerve center’ of soccer in the US, the message board/forum.
With clubs and companies scrambling to integrate the latest bells and whistles from social media into their website, the overlooked simplicity of soccer forums remain an integral part of our American Soccer landscape.
In the United States, as soccer began to take hold and grow, message boards such as BigSoccer sprang up to provide a community for everyone interested in the beautiful game. Big Soccer was referred to as “arguably the nerve center of American soccer”, by Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch. Other sites continue to provide places for fans to meet and discuss, such as Xtratime.com or fill a niche, such as DIIIkicks.com (which finds itself in a state of disrepair at the moment).
Message boards provided soccer fans with their own community when the internet was still in it’s infancy. They were easy to manage, and the content which was originally generated from the message board creators shifted to the fans, who soon constructed their own topics and theories on what was happening in soccer in the United States. Gone were the days of having to suffer through endless discussions about how soccer would never grow in the United States and welcome to the days where your voice could be heard and where you could find fans who shared the same passion. [click to continue…]
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