Wanna know some inside information on some of the best soccer bloggers out there? Ben Berger at Footiebusiness posted the business of soccer blogging yesterday and he interviewed some names you may know of like SBI, Steve Goff and Jason Davis over at MatchFit USA.

This is definitely word a read though if you want to hear the ins and outs of soccer blogging.

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Labor Day has come and gone, the sun is setting earlier, and, even here in Houston, the air contains a slight fall crispness. Yes, the Summer of Soccer is over, and what an interesting summer it has been. Back on Father's Day, like a Phoenix, the US National Team rose from the ashes of its first two group stage matches in the Confederations Cup to advance to the semifinals where it shocked the football world by easily beating Spain, which was ranked by FIFA as the top national team at the time.

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As both a fan and observer of American Soccer in general and the US Men's National Team (USMNT) in particular, Confederations Cup 2009 has been a rollercoaster with amazing emotional highs and lows. As we all know, the US started this tournament with back to back losses, first losing to Italy, 3-1, and then Brazil, 3-0.

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Once in a blue moon I get bored and head over to BigSoccer. Well, today was one of those days (I thank my new puppy for waking me up extra early and giving me this extra time this morning). I saw this thread at BigSoccer and thought it was pretty interesting and pretty amusing. Plus I [...] Click to continue reading...

Feh, the dry days of Summer these are, at least for the AEK fans. Yes, we've got Euro 2008 to entertain us, and thanks to a heroic effort by the Turks, the wicked-fast kids of Russia, the persistence of the Germans and the skilled, experienced, and for-too-long also-ran status of the Spanish, it has indeed [. Click to continue reading...

One of the weird things about writing a soccer blog, particularly a narrowly focused soccer blog like this one, is that its hard to measure "success" or to even know how to define "success" for this particular endeavor. From the start, close to a year ago, I had a pretty consistent following of about thirty [. Click to continue reading...

When you type the words "soccer blogs" into Google, the search engine returns a listing of 2.9 million pages indexed. Rather than wade through the massive amount of blogs, here are the top 5 blogs based on the number of subscribers to their Feedburner RSS feeds: ArseBlog, 2,991 subscribers Soccerlens, 1,565 EPL Talk, 466 Soccer Shout, 312 Throughball, 171 Sadly, Throughball. Click to continue reading...

Figures I'm late with this post. My parents and players know all about 'coach time' because it seems I often can't tell time. Oh well. Hard to believe it's been three years of blogging about youth soccer. My five readers have hung in there through thick and thin (I kid - we're up to ten, but [...] Click to continue reading...

I typically try to stay away from talking about other MLS blogs and websites out there, mainly to not step on any toes or tick anyone off with my opinion even if it is good. But today is kind of one of those days that I have to take a step back and feel a [...] Click to continue reading...

I had a lot of fun in the run up to the 2007 MLS Cup going back and forth with a guy who commented as "Martek." Good news: he's just launched a site of his own, working with a couple friends. The place is called Nutmegged. Given Martek's leanings, it should deal heavily with the [...] Click to continue reading...

Josh at Throughball takes US Soccer to task over their disregard for the many soccer blogs out there covering US Soccer on a daily basis. Clearly US Soccer can do more to leverage the SoccerSphere and expand the reach of US Soccer online. SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "US Soccer and the SoccerSphere", url: "http://onthepitch. Click to continue reading...

When I started On The Pitch, there were almost no blogs dedicated to primarily to Youth Soccer. A few blog like sites that were offshoots of soccer magazines, etc. But nothing on the independent side. So it's always cool when I stumble across a youth soccer coach or administrator that's started blogging about youth soccer. Click to continue reading...

While adding a few additional soccer blogs to my RSS reader, I decided to include the 'new' US Youth Soccer Blog, which is part of their new website redesign. Only problem is - there is no RSS feed!!! Wow. How can you launch a new blog in 2007 and not realize that RSS is what [...] Click to continue reading...

Here's something old and something new for you from the soccer blogosphere. The Global Game is one of the longest standing soccer blogs out there. Their site has just had a major facelift, and if you've never been there before, now would be a good time to stop by. It was the blog that showed [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Two Soccer Blogs to Visit", url: "http://pitchinvasion. Click to continue reading...

Remember when I wrote about being certifiable? Well, coaching two teams, plus having three kids playing soccer who aren't on either of my teams made for a really busy soccer season. I barely had time to breathe, let alone write. I guess I could have written some, but I was pretty wiped out. So lets [...] Click to continue reading...

Long time readers know I can disappear for stretches, usually during the youth soccer seasons, and this time is no different. I've been buried, but I brought it on myself. Let's see... Three kids playing soccer, two on travel teams, plus Soccer Dad is coaching a U10 Rec team and a U11G Challenge team that [...] Click to continue reading...

I've really enjoyed blogging about youth soccer these past few years, but it has been a lonely existence. I've found a few blogs by Soccer Moms and sporadic posts from youth soccer coaches on personal blogs, etc. However, I never found anyone else blogging about youth soccer most of the time, or even some of [...] Click to continue reading...

For many of you this will be a 'Well, duh!' post, but I'm behind. I admit it. So I'm sure this was news a few months ago... SoccerBlogs has always been a great resource for readers of soccer blogs. However, as the number of blogs and posts grew, it was hard to keep up with the [...] Click to continue reading...