Don´t let the archives fool you, Futfanatico is one year old today! A little over a year ago, a hurricane struck the town of Houston, TX, forcing my relocation to Waco, TX and giving me a week of nothing to do. So why not start a soccer blog with my friends Santi and Giacomo?

The initial posts centered on game recaps, but we eventually evolved-retrogressed to more opinion pieces and unusual comparisons. Santi has not written for awhile – good luck with the PhD. Giacomo has also entered grad school and fallen off the planet. But we have enjoyed guestposts from Nick of FistedAway and Joel of SoccerAddictNews.

I must confess, though, that my initial online soccer site crush was the wonderful worldcupblog. Since then, I am thankful to RunofPlay and SportisaTVshow for opening my eyes to the endless bounds of sports media analysis. I shudder to think of my Catholic, discipline days of cranking out 10 paragraph game recaps. Although the trackbacks were bountiful. Sigh. Gasp. Sigh. Hiccup.

Also, since the recent move to wordpress, Ahmed of SoccerLens has been most helpful as well as the ranter of reds.

I look forward to another year of soccer analysisery, and will be taking off next week to recharge the batteries and enjoy a vacation with the missus and kids. No posts. You´ll survive.