Culture of Soccer Reader Roll Call
Since I started this blog at the beginning of the year, I’ve been surprised and honored by how the readership of my blog has grown. I’ve been curious to know who exactly these people are who are taking the time to read my website. So, inspired by Ives Galarcep, I’d like to do a Culture of Soccer Roll Call. I’ve gotten to “know” (such as one can on the Internet) some of you through your comments, emails, etc., but I’d like to know more about other readers with whom I have not communicated.
Below, if you would be so kind, please tell me your name (first name or posting nickname is fine) and where you live. If you have a website of your own, feel free to list it. I’m always looking for good new reads.
Thanks for reading Culture of Soccer.
August 26th, 2007 14:34
Ok, I’ll go first. I’m David Keyes and I run Culture of Soccer. I currently live in Takoma Park, MD but am leaving on Tuesday for San Diego.
August 26th, 2007 14:56
I’m reading this from Yorkshire in England. Been subscribed to CoS for a couple of months now. I’m taking a business degree and want to use football as the basis for a small business.
On this same topic, I read the Global Game blog as well
August 26th, 2007 14:58
Trevor Hull
15 years old
west salt lake, utah
August 26th, 2007 14:58
I’m Tony Bleach; I live in Bethlehem, PA, and am an Assistant Professor at Kutztown University.
August 26th, 2007 15:22
Jay from Liverpool
Found your site through reading this Liverpool FC blog:
http://ohyoubeauty.blogspot.com/
August 26th, 2007 15:52
Andrew Cohen
22
Fairfax, VA
I’m a graphic design student @ george mason university. Reading for probably 6 months now, and a fan of the beautiful game since age 5.
August 26th, 2007 16:19
My name is Abby and I’m from Seattle (although for the moment I’m in Vienna, finishing up a two-month European trip).
August 26th, 2007 17:05
Matthew Fletcher
Very recently of Peterborough, Ontario
Class-3 Ontario Soccer Association referee for ten years, and occasional beer-league player. Have only been reading CoS for about a week, found through Gramsci’s Kingdom soccer blog.
August 26th, 2007 17:39
I’m Jason Murphy, a doctoral candidate in philosophy at Saint Louis University in Missouri. I found this site through a google search.
I work on political philosophy and contemporary German philosophy. I hope to look into the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of sport from a normative standpoint. This blog is a marvelous source of stipulated facts for just such a thing.
I try to catch every Tottenham Hotspur game and watch the Houston Dynamo or international matches if ESPN takes them to my home. I need to pare down the sites I visit but I check out the Guardian, SI.com, Sideline Views, and an American site called “the Spur”.
August 26th, 2007 17:50
Bethesda, MD
I’ve been reading the blog since the beginning having read your World Cup blog last summer. Good luck at UCSD, located in my home town.
August 26th, 2007 17:54
Patrick - Columbus, OH
August 26th, 2007 19:18
28, journalist, moved to Brooklyn last week after six years in Manhattan. Big-time Liverpool supporter, would get an Agger wallbanger or fathead if I were still a teenager. Used to run a blog called Slack LaLane with occasional soccer commentary, and I publish a music blog called Hidden Track.
Keep up the solid work.
August 26th, 2007 19:38
My name is John Xavier and I’m 22. Grew up in Providence RI, studied in Winston-Salem NC, and now live/work/study in Washington DC. I studied philosophy and politics in college and am now studying political management before law school.
I became obsessed with the game when I was overseas during the 2002 World Cup and have followed the game religiously since. I’ve traveled to Europe twice to see football and my allegiance lies with Tottenham Hotspur.
Love the posts, keep up the good work.
August 26th, 2007 20:15
Greg from Las Vegas, I’m 30 and I’ve been reading CoS for about a month now. I’ve been watching the World Cup and Copa America since about the early 1990s, but my horizons have been broadened recently with a big upgrade in my satellite programming package.
Favorite clubs are Liverpool FC, Schalke 04, FC Kaiserslautern, Parma and Boca Juniors (watching Maradona for the first time is what drew me into the beautiful game).
I am trying to immerse myself more into MLS and am anxiously hoping MLS expansion comes to Las Vegas. I would love to find a good forum or chat room to talk football with others, but haven’t found one yet, maybe I’ll just stick around here
Great blog btw David.
August 26th, 2007 21:51
I found your site relatively recently, courtesy of Dan Loney. As a local coach notes, I’m trying to create ’soccer junkies’ in Southwest Missouri. Branson (45 min S) just announced they will add High School soccer next year, that’s where we are here in the Ozarks.
When will you be in STL? I may be up there when you come through (family visit) and am quite envious of your opportunity to interview one of the 1950 team.
August 26th, 2007 22:10
Sam M.
29
Las Vegas, NV
I like this site along with the other links through your website.
August 27th, 2007 00:03
Emmett O’Connell, 30
Olympia, Washington
Found your site recently through a bunch of soccer blogs that I’ve recently been subscribing to. Couldn’t tell you exactly.
August 27th, 2007 00:56
David M.
during the school year dallas pa and during the summer south jeresy
August 27th, 2007 04:52
Hi, 21yr old, reading this blog from Belgium. Main thing I like about it is the timeless perspective it offers. Which is akin to what freedarko does for the existentialism of the NBA.
I have a blog of my own, which I don’t update enough. Don’t go there, it’s in some foreign language.
August 27th, 2007 05:20
business student from singapore. found this site through the global game and have been a regular reader since.
big fan of the game and i love it how you explore football from multiple/various aspects of life.
great job =)
August 27th, 2007 09:53
hi, my name is Davis. I’m from Latvia. I’m for first time in this blog, but I’m impressed. very interesting topics..
August 27th, 2007 11:08
Hi,
I’m Marc and a big fan of your site. Sometimes i use your posts (I always put a link) for my own dutch football site: http://www.log-isch.nl.
Good luck with your site!
Marc
August 27th, 2007 13:12
Robert in Southern California — just began a new soccer blog a few weeks as I begin to learn more about the game. Also, I’m as interested in the history and culture surrounding soccer as the game itself, so your blog is perfect for me.
Thanks!
August 27th, 2007 14:42
Ed from DC…just found yer site via BigSoccer. Looking forward to following your roadtrip.
August 28th, 2007 06:04
Hi, my name is Jon, I am 26 years old and I am from Donostia (Basque Country), home of the great soccer club Real Sociedad.
I have been reading this blog for about six months now and I found it through a google search.
The reason why I started reading it, is that I would like to learn how is the situation of soccer in the USA as I would like to apply for a job in a MLS team.
I already have a degree in Exercise Science and in this 07/08 academic year I will finish a master’s degree in Sporting Bodies and Services Management as well as a degree in Business Administration (in fact, I will spend the second semester in Kirksville, Missouri, as an exchange student at the Truman State University).
I have always wanted to work in a soccer club, and I would like to have an experience abroad now that I am still young, before I come back to settle definitively in the Basque Country.
Congratulations on your great blog David.
Greetings from the Basque Country,
Jon.
August 28th, 2007 14:51
Sean from Davison, MI - I’ve read you for about 6-8 months, and love what you’re doing. Keep it up!
August 28th, 2007 16:39
Tom from Chicago (well, I’m not originally from Chicago) here. Been reading for perhaps six months now, and wish I’d found it sooner, as it was a big inspiration for my own blog on football culture.
Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago soon, David.
August 28th, 2007 20:02
Antonio Gramsci (not my real name, believe it or not) in Toronto. I have my own football blog as well (gramsciskingdom.blogspot.com), but really wish I could cover as much ground as you and Tom do. Keep up the good work.
August 28th, 2007 20:57
Agi from Irvine, CA. I discovered your site several months ago via the Offside. I really enjoy your cultural insights into the beautiful game. I blog here about all sorts of things, futbol included.
August 28th, 2007 20:58
silly html, that should have meant here
August 29th, 2007 05:03
34. From sunny Palo Alto, CA.
August 29th, 2007 06:49
I’m Linda, 20 years old, and I’ve been living in Auckland, New Zealand for the past 10 years, although I’m originally from China. Currently studying law, political studies and sociology at university. I’ve been reading for quite a while now, and really enjoy your insights into the wide world of football. Keep it up!
(My own blog is primarily focused on the Spanish league (FC Barcelona in particular) and the Argentinian national team.)
August 29th, 2007 13:40
I’m Jon, 29 years old, from Dallas Tx, writing to you from my cubicle at my marketing agency. I found your blog through a couple of other blogs out there, and really enjoy the interesting things you post. I’ve introduced the site to my brothers and a couple of my mens leauge teammates. Keep the great stuff coming! I know you will!
August 29th, 2007 23:26
I’m VG, 36, and live in Chicago. I root for West Ham and write a modest blog about them here. I found Culture of Soccer after a friend sent me a link to Pitch Invasion’s post on the 1923 FA Cup final.
Keep up the good work and good luck with your trip.
August 30th, 2007 08:39
Long time admirer, second time (from memory) commenter.
PS: Hello Tom and Linda! We should have a secret handshake or something.
August 30th, 2007 11:58
Just started reading. I’m in Denver, CO. Go Rapids! I’ll be linking to your blog from my blog shortly.
August 31st, 2007 14:11
Hi, I have been reading your blog for around last 3-4 months.
I am a 25 year old human rights lawyer based in New Delhi. I write on human rights questions in India, though very irregularly on http://rightsentinel.blogspot.com/
August 31st, 2007 18:41
Russell from Mass., living in Florida. Have been reading for several months.My knowledge of football and the world is constantly enlarged thru your blog. Mon the Hoops! Forza St. Pauli!
September 2nd, 2007 04:13
Hi I’m Jim from Blackburn, England. Home of Blackburn Rovers FC,
I am a fan of all football/soccer and work(ed) for an American company, through them I have been checking out the US “soccer” scene.
also run a website for the Hamburg Supporters in the UK at http://www.hsv-uk.co.uk
i love this blog, the breadth of research and knowledge in it is a real credit to you.
keep up the good work
September 5th, 2007 03:09
Afghan-American in Afghanistan
Just found your blog through a person’s comment on sideline views.
September 7th, 2007 10:45
25, from dallas, tx, usa.
I read a lot, to the point of distraction most of the time. this site is probably the most balanced view on soccer that i’ve found. tactics are subjective, personalities are irrelevant, results matter but in most places are not as important as the build-up. Commentary is supposed to be about the game and the meta-game, and this site does it very well.
September 20th, 2007 22:54
Brandon, 32, Washington, DC
I don’t remember where I got the link from. But as I checked in irregularly, I fould the quality of writing and dedication extremely brilliant. Well done.
I am of course a DC United and Arsenal supporter.
September 29th, 2007 02:59
Joe, 38, Daytona Beach, Florida.
I root for the USL (I think it offers a brighter future for US soccer than the MLS franchise model), USA, and Manchester City. My favorite international players are Michael Essien and Franck Ribery. Michael Bradley and DaMarcus Beasley are my favorite US players.
It’s not my blog but 101GreatGoals.com is excellent, with links to video of just about ever major goal in Europe scored each and every day plus solid commentary and commentary round-ups.
March 5th, 2008 19:41
Dan Loney, 38, Van Nuys. Center Holds It is a good blog, so is The Offside Rules. Du Nord, DCenters, and Through Ball, of course, but they don’t need my help.
There are a BUNCH of MLS blogs popping up, actually. It’s worth following links. And whatnot.