RFC: Libertadores, Champions League Coverage

are, without a doubt, the absolute best way to grow a site and get people to comment and keep coming back. Not only do you have conversation about the game itself, but the sidebar conversations are what builds the comradery between members.

If anything, I would suggest thinking of ways to organize threads and the bombardment of new members/commentors that are going to pop up in June. The last general soccer SBN site that I did some writing on, Golbal Futbol, BLEW UP during the Confed. Cup. I can’t imagine what a site, like this, with an active writer and the World Cup is gonna do….

Game threads are one of my favorite things about SBN blogs; even if I’m not available to participate in them I love to go back and read through what everybody said as it was happening. That being said, they also require a fairly large investment from people, especially for such things as Libertadores or the current african nations cup where US coverage is almost nonexistant.

Speaking of the african nations cup, I really like the format you’ve had up the last couple days where you summarize all the matches by group. It gives me a much fuller view of the big picture while still providing enough match-specific information that my curiosity is satisfied. Thanks for the great work!