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Monthly Archives: December 2010
From a Bit of Kindling to an Open Flame (Part 3)
Happy holidays! Notice anything new? Coughs. Prairie Rose Clayton, known in the US soccer community as “she who makes banners”, was kind enough to make our new and improved Futfanatico image for a most reasonable price. Prairie is highly talented … Continue reading
Landon Donovan Files Suit for Fan Support
Don’t make that face. Don’t lie to me. As an individual with a blog and access to Google search analytics, I know the superficial truth and the deeper truth. You hate Landon.The phrase “Donovan is a b$$$ch” populates my website … Continue reading
Italian Tactics: Pride of the Terran Race
The hero’s journey often is a quest for identity. Part affirmation, part reconceptualization, we must struggle to define ourselves from cradle to grave. In the latest Pusky series, I revealed little but the question remains: what makes this site special? … Continue reading
My Favorite Moment from Soccer in 2010
Yes, I am slightly biased. Ever so slightly.
Pusky Rekindled – The Interview – Part 2
Two large gaps in the soccer blogosphere threaten to engulf us all. First, the spirit of the classic CNN-interview-own-journalist-as-expert. Second, the feelings shared by real celebrities as the “fake-celebrity-twitter” contagion. I had hoped for help from Pusky, but he batted … Continue reading
Sepp Blatter's Treatise on Spiritual Eroticism
Sepp Blatter caused a bit of a fuss as the anglo-saxon press photoshopped a quote about “gays not having sex” while in Qattar. While the FIFA committee deserves blame for selecting a country with human rights not in conformity with … Continue reading
Ferenc Pusky: Re-kindling the Old Flame, Pt. 1
Ironically, the most important and rewarding aspect of blogging is the social interaction. Ironic because, on the one hand, I will never see any of my readers or fellow bloggers. Aside from their gravators and bigsoccer profiles, that is. On … Continue reading
United v. Arsenal: Hetero Masculinity Defined
As an American fan of Manchester United, I am a fake. I was neither born near the city of Manchester nor lived during the time of Busby’s boys. The Munich disaster is a black and white picture on a wall … Continue reading
Feel the Wrath of Andrei's Arsha-Vengeance
Arsenal sits top of the English table and the fleet-footed Frenchman Nasri dances to the praise of pundits the world over. Including me. However, a stocky and quick-thinking Russian also deserves some love. Other blogs would debate about Andrei’s recent … Continue reading
James Bond Meets The Firm Meets Ecuador
No, the title is not an upcoming project from MGM. Rather, it is an approximation of the “Chila” fake identity scandal that is rocking Ecuadorian futbol at the moment. One of the top teams, Liga Universitaria, apparently coerced a player … Continue reading