A new start.

For awhile, I attempted to write about my two loves at the same blog. I have found that much too difficult to keep up. So, here goes a new blog. I want to use this blog to discuss all things football, fútbol or soccer.

I know that there are a lot of football blogs out there. Most cover the European football, especially the EPL. While I love to watch European football and I am a supporter of Newcastle United, I want to use this blog to discuss soccer here in North America (the CONCACAF region to be exact.) I'm amazed at how little there is that is out there about the beautiful game here in the Western Hemisphere. Although the sport is not as popular here as it is in the rest of the world (save Mexico), it is still loved by a great many of us. The problem is that many of us are ashamed of the game that is played here. We tend to ignore it, criticize it, or make fun of it. None of those reactions will make it better or help it grow.

I want to take some time in this forum and embrace the North American game. So, we will look at the kids who play in the streets, parks and field houses of our communities. Discuss the colleges and universities that give those kids an opportunity to play. Talk about the professional clubs and the national teams, both male and female. Or just hang out the old guys who play in the parks on Sunday afternoons. The beautiful game is all around us. We just need to take some time and notice it. And perhaps, before this is all said and done, it can become something that we are all be proud of.