In the midst of the holiday season and American soccer's off-season now is the time to reload your fandom with these ten FBM must-haves.
And don't worry... there's still time to get all of these great things!
Hell... you can just buy these for you as well. Treat yo self!
1) Bumpy Pitch GearWant some of the hippest soccer/lifestyle gear for the holidays? From tees to hoodies and a few raglands BP has you covered when you're off the field. Some of the softest shirts we've ever had rub against our nipples.
Original brand shirts from BP, some retro shirts honoring American soccer's past, and easily the best $30 you'll spend. Get some.
2) "Distant Corners: American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes"
David Wangerin is back with another examination of American soccer's long and complicated history. Wangerin is the author of the fantastic "Soccer in Football World (also a great read to pick up).
A great read to brush up your defenses of the sport in this country against those who say it has no place here.
3) "The Very Best of Pitch Invasion Writing"
The website "Pitch Invasion" has always been a great source for quality soccer writing and now some of their best work is in all-in-one edition. Read pieces from PI editor Tom Dunmore and others like Peter Wilt, Brian Phillips, Richard Whittall and many more.
Digital version for $5.99 or get some paper cuts with the in-your-hand version for $11.99.
4) Season Tickets to Your Local, American Soccer Team
Don't kid yourself... you're not going to get your money's worth from that gym membership you promised to follow through with for that New Year's resolution.What a better way to ring in the new year than with committing yourself to supporting local, live, American soccer?
Whether its a Major League Soccer team, NASL, USL or otherwise there's probably some level of American soccer being played nearby. Tickets (and especially season tickets in a supporters section) are dirt cheap. So why not buy two and bring a newbie each game?!?!
5) Beer (duh)
If you're going to go to American soccer games this year better make sure you're well stocked with beer for newbies (and yourself, of course).
Ahh... yes. Beer. That's what makes us tick.
Right now we're loving: Victory Brewing Co.'s "Yakima Glory" Black Ale (Downington, PA), Deschutes Brewery "Jubelale" Winter Ale (Bend, OR), Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. "Celebration" IPA (Chico, CA), and Alaskan Brewing Co. "Smoked" Porter (Juneau, AK).
6) Umbro's "Come Away With the Pints" Shirt
Beer and soccer, we believe, are the sport's version of the culinary world's peanut butter and jelly and this shirt by Umbro symbolizes that.
Umbro's blurb:
"WELL, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'VE COME AWAY WITH THE POINTS AND WE'VE GOT TO BE PLEASED WITH THAT..." TURN AN OLD FOOTBALL CLICHE ON ITS HEAD WITH THE LATEST DESIGN FROM OUR 12 TEES OF CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION, WHICH OFFERS UP THE MUCH MORE REFRESHING 'COME AWAY WITH THE PINTS'. WITH A SUBTLY DETAILED DESIGN INSPIRED BY CLASSIC PUB TILES AND SIGNAGE, THIS BRILLIANT DESIGN WAS CREATED BY UMBRO'S OWN GRAPHICS TEAM, AND SCREEN PRINTED ONTO OUR BLACK COTTON TEE. GRAB ONE NOW FOR YOUR FORTHCOMING AWAY DAYS, AND MAKE SURE YOU AND YOUR FELLOW FANS COME AWAY WITH THE P(O)INTS...
Plus, it might be the softest shirt you'll ever own. Just $28 here.
No American soccer games on the TeeVee right now so pop Jay DeMerit's biopic in the DVD player and celebrate a great bootstraps story of the USMNT's successful attempt to make it big in England.Funded completely by donations from fans across the globe, the making of the movie is just as inspirational as the flick itself. Here's our interview with the producer from back in March when news of the movie broke (the first story about it anywhere!)
For $19.95 you can inspire the next generation of American soccer players with this movie.
All the cool kids are doing it. Join the largest supporters group for the U.S. National Team, the American Outlaws.
A $20 purchase (plus $4 for shipping) gets you a t-shirt, the signature bandanna, and discounts for U.S. Soccer tickets, Big Soccer Shop, Continental Airlines, rental cars, and hotels in game day cities.
10) Beer Bar Rags
As much as we hate to admit it... sometime we spill our beer. Usually after a goal is scored so that makes it more OK.Clean up any beer-related messes with these cool beer-style "tea rags". They're artsy, too, hand-stamped with antique printing blocks.
$23.50 for four rags that say IPA, Pilsner...well... you all can read from the image here.
Get the NEW Free Beer Movement "Pint Glass" shirt! Only from Objectivo.com
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