Every four years I become a soccer lunatic during the World Cup. It’s the only thing I would get up at 6 am for on a regular basis. I love the excitement of keeping track of the brackets, rooting for your favorite team and discovering new teams who play so beautifully that you can’t help but become a fan. Not to mention, they call it the beautiful game for a reason (see Exhibit A: Spain National Team 2010 World Cup Champion) When the World Cup ends I feel like I have lost my purpose. Every round I tell myself that I will become a real soccer fan and follow a league or an annual tournament. So far the farthest I have gotten is enjoying the blogs that cover soccer and soccer players.
Kickette is a British blog dedicated to the things that woman appreciate about soccer: beautiful men, adorable “baller” babies, WAG fashion, soccer gossip and oh, yeah, sometimes scores. The writers are funny and it’s a great place to enjoy some eye candy.
The Dirty Tackle is a Yahoo Sports blog that covers international soccer with a hilarious commentary. They have regular columns featuring some of the more interesting people in soccer as if they were talking to the reader. They also love to cover kitschy stories like the octopus that was predicting the world cup.
I have also discovered a guide to the English Premiere League here. The San Francisco Chronicle has a blog that has information for bay area soccer fans on where to watch games and other local information. The Offside has information on all the leagues with pages for each of the major professional teams.
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