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When did my fantasy sports hobby become an unhealthy fascination? Yesterday, when I signed up for fantasy soccer.

I’m still not sure why I did it, although boredom, curiosity, and self-loathing are popular theories. As a veteran of fantasy football (you can read of my exploits here, here, here, and here), I have a pretty good history with fantasy games, so perhaps I thought this was a good idea.

We’ll see.

I know very little about soccer, so the prospect of matching wits with hooligans across the country makes me more than a little leery of my chances. Mostly, I just don’t want to get embarrassed. Here are the rest of my goals:

  • Not finish last. I am in a pool with Houston Dynamo fans and America. I am counting on someone knowing less about soccer than I do.
  • Start Brian Ching every week. Ching is my favorite player and one of the ten I can name.
  • Beat B Squared. If my fantasy nemesis is playing fantasy soccer, I will find him. And I will beat him.
  • Figure out how the scoring works. I should probably move this up the list.

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