It’s been awhile since I’ve been active on the boards so not sure if there’s a thread dedicated to the leagues.
I grew up playing youth soccer and in high school but outside of the World Cup I never really paid attention to what was happening on the pitch in Europe. That is until about last year when I started collecting sports cards. Soccer was the last sport I started collecting but I took the stance that the game is growing and interest in the US will peak with the World Cup coming here. So I decided to start buying cards. I invested money in rookie cards for Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, Bellingham, Kane and taking some flyers on players like Kobe Mainoo, Yamal and Endrick. I also had a couple Pele Autos. Unfortunately long story short the height of modern card collecting took off during Covid and values have dropped significantly. The companies are also producing too many cards and so there’s more supply than demand. So my card collecting has reintroduced me to players overseas and now I can’t help but watch soccer constantly.
I’ve yet to adopt an EPL team but I do tend to watch Man U as I’ve been a fan of youngsters Mainoo and Garnacho. In the Bundesliga I kinda adopted Dortmund and was super excited with transfer of Serhou Guirassy and was captivated by their run in the Champions League. They really should have beaten Real Madrid. I haven’t really gotten into the Italian Serie A, but I do keep tabs on AC Milan because of Pulisic, Juventus for the Americans and also Inter Milan because I invested in a couple of Lautoro Martinez cards.
In Spain im far and away a Barcelona fan. Basically I can’t stop watching Lamine Yamal. Kid is the real deal and they have so much young talent. Not to mention old man Lewandowski is still playing amazing.
Sorry for the long post. I’d love to hear some of everyone’s favorite leagues and players. Cheers!
I grew up playing youth soccer and in high school but outside of the World Cup I never really paid attention to what was happening on the pitch in Europe. That is until about last year when I started collecting sports cards. Soccer was the last sport I started collecting but I took the stance that the game is growing and interest in the US will peak with the World Cup coming here. So I decided to start buying cards. I invested money in rookie cards for Messi, Ronaldo, Haaland, Bellingham, Kane and taking some flyers on players like Kobe Mainoo, Yamal and Endrick. I also had a couple Pele Autos. Unfortunately long story short the height of modern card collecting took off during Covid and values have dropped significantly. The companies are also producing too many cards and so there’s more supply than demand. So my card collecting has reintroduced me to players overseas and now I can’t help but watch soccer constantly.
I’ve yet to adopt an EPL team but I do tend to watch Man U as I’ve been a fan of youngsters Mainoo and Garnacho. In the Bundesliga I kinda adopted Dortmund and was super excited with transfer of Serhou Guirassy and was captivated by their run in the Champions League. They really should have beaten Real Madrid. I haven’t really gotten into the Italian Serie A, but I do keep tabs on AC Milan because of Pulisic, Juventus for the Americans and also Inter Milan because I invested in a couple of Lautoro Martinez cards.
In Spain im far and away a Barcelona fan. Basically I can’t stop watching Lamine Yamal. Kid is the real deal and they have so much young talent. Not to mention old man Lewandowski is still playing amazing.
Sorry for the long post. I’d love to hear some of everyone’s favorite leagues and players. Cheers!
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