Which brings me to my last point, you get to be a soccer hipster to soccer hipsters. Yeah, we all know a Euro-Snob who follows a team like Liverpool, who wants the US to implement promotion and relegation, and complains about MLS being a crappy league. Well now you get to out hipster them. You can respond with “Oh Arsenal huh? I see someone is too scared to follow a real team like Pumas”. Or “Oh yeah you guys signed Lozano? Neat, he was killing it for Pachuca years ago, glad you finally get to enjoy him”. And isn’t that really what soccer is about? Now that soccer is becoming more mainstream, it’s important we are still able to feel superior to other people, and watching Liga MX or other Latin American leagues is a great way to rekindle that spirit that originally drew you to the sport. And what’s more nostalgic than watching a match on a grainy stream on a sketchy website in a language you can’t speak?



So that’s my New Years resolution, to focus more on the Americas and less on Europe when it comes to consuming non-FC Cincinnati soccer. And here’s how I plan to do it if you’d care to join me. For one, ESPN has solid Liga MX coverage and seems like a good place to start. I have access to a FuBo subscription that I would recommend to anyone who has cut cable but loves soccer to watch many of the Liga MX games. For podcasts, The Mexican Soccer Show offers English coverage of Liga MX, and The Cooligans are a hilarious MLS podcast from two Latin comedians based in New York. And of course FotMob, every USL fan’s best friend, the app that lets you keep track of every soccer competition in the world. With all of these, a few sketchy websites with illegal streams, I am looking forward to a soccer diet of passion, attacking moves, and Champions League glory. Sure, I don’t speak Spanish, but I’m on a four day streak on DuoLingo so I’m pretty much there. Adios, ¡Hasta luego!