Footballing in the land of football: Alabama

There is seemingly a soccer black-hole over the Southeastern United States. Over the next few month, I will be looking at football culture in the Southeastern United States.  There will be a strong focus on Alabama, but I hope to pull in more writers to look at their states as well.

I live in Alabama.  A land of pigskin and field goals.  A place where every child plays soccer until he is eight or nine, before his father or grandfather tells him he has to quit because it is “gay.” A place where people scream war cries of “War Eagle” and “Roll Tide” while expecting a BCS “championship” every year. A part of the country where, despite the crackdown on illegal immigration, the best soccer is played in trailer parks by the children of illegal immigrants.

I’m among the few who football in the land of football.