Last entry for Daily Soccer Fix

by Steve Davis on Jan 18, 2012 2:34 PM EST

Me and my girl at Goodison Park during a, uh, blogging opportunity in 2010. (We're not really massive Everton fans, we just wanted to wear the souvenir gifts we bought for everyone else; better than carrying them around!)

Sometimes in my life as a professional freelancer, I get stretched in so many different directions that I must stop and take account of my sundry platforms and obligations. So, let’s see:

Sports Illustrated.com (SI.com) … I’m on it.

For MLSSoccer.com, a weekly tactics piece … Check.

Soccer Today, my weekly radio show / podcast along with NBA scribe and Manchester City diehard Mark Stein … Double check.

Various, non-soccer contracts with publishing houses for soul-stealing corporate, fluffy-wuffy content … Uh, yeah.

Blogging at Daily Soccer Fix …

Hello … Daily Soccer Fix … are you there …?

Alas, the answer today will be different than tomorrow.

Yes, this will be the final entry for Daily Soccer Fix, the little blog I started in 2008.

I launched the blog to bind all my various media properties, kind of a clearing house for the other work I did, and as a means to otherwise empty the notebook, to say about domestic soccer whatever I couldn't on other outlets.

Sports Blog Nation absorbed the blog in 2009 as part of a deal to help them build out their soccer empire. Dave Clark and his excellent Sounder At Heart blog was my first recruit. If I had quit that day, his blog by itself would have made my time at SBN as "soccer league manager" a stunning success.

I brought a few other bloggers on board before passing along the managerial car keys, while retaining the blog (but not the recruiting duties). From there, I penned entries as often as possible.

Now … well, it’s time to move on. I’ll keep writing for other outlets. Meanwhile, I need the extra minutes and hours to explore some other opportunities out there (some in soccer writing, some not), and to make some headway on a (soccer-related) book I hope to write.

Thanks for reading. My biggest regret, honestly, is relinquishing the interaction with all the awesome, regular commenters. It’s so great to read wonderful opinions and to get dialogue going with sharp folks who love the game and have smart, reasonable thoughts to share. You know who you are … and I thank you.

Cheers, all.

Steve

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Thanks Steve. I may not have been one of your recruits, but I appreciate what you did to make what I do possible.

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by Josie Becker on Jan 18, 2012 2:50 PM EST reply actions

Thanks for all the hard work and good luck moving forward.

"I wear tinted visor not to trick other players, but so hot girls in stands don't see me looking at them" - Alex Ovechkin

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by sami426 on Jan 18, 2012 2:53 PM EST reply actions

Bummer, Steve!

I’ll miss this blog. It has been on the soccer blogs that I always read every post. I’ll keep up with your work in the other venues…

by JustinYNWA on Jan 18, 2012 2:58 PM EST reply actions

Thank you for the amazing words Steve.

This thing certainly grew in ways we hoped it would, but certainly didn’t know.

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by Dave Clark on Jan 18, 2012 3:06 PM EST reply actions

good luck Steve

will miss this blog a lot dude

Win or lose, we'll always be there for you.

by johnjahafanclub on Jan 18, 2012 3:17 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Best of luck in the future...

… and, like everyone else who has commented, I will miss your blog, too.

Editor, Dawg Sports.

Go Dawgs!

by vineyarddawg on Jan 18, 2012 3:35 PM EST reply actions

Will miss you writings here.

Have been following you for years with DMN, SI and then here. Good luck with future endeavors. And will be listening on Saturday mornings.

by soccerroo on Jan 18, 2012 3:36 PM EST reply actions

We'll miss this blog

Thanks for everything you’ve done for soccer on SBN.

by fennsk1 on Jan 18, 2012 3:37 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

Thanks for all the hard work Steve

I’ll be keeping an eye out for that book!

by Derek R on Jan 18, 2012 4:12 PM EST reply actions

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Seriously, thanks for everything Steve, and good luck. We’ll miss you :(

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by Steve Stoehr on Jan 18, 2012 4:32 PM EST reply actions

Bummer!

Big bummer. This was truly one of my daily go-to blogs for insightful and BS-free soccer news. Sad to see it go, but best of luck Steve.

by wrettubj on Jan 18, 2012 5:08 PM EST reply actions

Thanks for your work. You’ve been on my must read list for quite a while. Best of luck.

by Peter_C on Jan 18, 2012 5:17 PM EST reply actions

Thanks and Good Luck

Thanks for providing one of my favorite time wasters and some of the best soccer blogging on the web. I will miss the fix, but I look forward to your continued good work for SI, etc.

by LateNite504FC on Jan 18, 2012 5:32 PM EST reply actions

Bummer

I’ve really enjoyed reading your work over the past few years, I am extremely fond of your writing style. Good luck on all your future endeavors.

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by Celtic on Jan 18, 2012 6:06 PM EST reply actions

Thank you, Steve

I enjoyed the heck out of this blog, and I’m sad to see it go, but I greatly appreciate everything that you’ve done (and are continuing to do in other forms) for soccer journalism is this country. Good luck with the book—I’m sure you’ll do great.

by naropean on Jan 18, 2012 6:43 PM EST reply actions

Thanks

I just started reading this blog 2 weeks ago. :(

by krazymunky on Jan 18, 2012 6:47 PM EST reply actions

You can't leave

All the plants are going to die.*

*One of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies.

by James Bray on Jan 18, 2012 7:23 PM EST via Android app reply actions 1 recs

damn! which movie?

i plan to steal this for future content needs …

by Steve Davis on Jan 18, 2012 8:22 PM EST up reply actions

Stripes

by fennsk1 on Jan 19, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions

Thanks for the great blog. Good luck!

Steve, the Daily Soccer Fix always satisfied when I had the soccer munchies. Went down easy, with just the right amount of kick to it. It was the casual snack for when I didn’t really want heaping portions of formal commentary. Please, please, please don’t ever lose your fantastic, colloquial style!!

by soccerjohn on Jan 18, 2012 8:03 PM EST reply actions

Welcome to the next level...

I used to gnash teeth and rend clothing when news of you doing something different or new came up. But over the many years I have been (mostly) blessed to read your work, I have come to realize two things.

One, you are a constant of quality writing on the American soccer landscape. I don’t worry about the platform anymore, I simple follow the writer – you.

Two, fate has decreed that I’ll be seeing you around – whether it is around the pitch, at the market, or some random cool event.

Please post a list of links where we can find your columns.

And let me know if there is anything I can do to help you with book….

Charlie

by Chazsoccer on Jan 18, 2012 8:24 PM EST reply actions

Thanks Steve!

Always a pleasure to read you work here and I appreciated the less editorialized (sanitized?) thoughts you posted here. Best of luck in the future with all your projects.

by brokejumper on Jan 18, 2012 8:30 PM EST reply actions

Sorry to lose DSF

I’ll keep reading your work at SI and wherever else. This was a good blog and wlll be missed.

by oc phil on Jan 18, 2012 8:57 PM EST reply actions

Steve I only found this blog 6 months ago if not less but I have had a great time reading your insight on the soccer world. Is there a possibility that another writer may take up the blog? You talked about passing along the managerial car keys, might this be inherited as well?

by Joel Prushan on Jan 18, 2012 9:22 PM EST reply actions

Thanks

Sorry to see you go! Truly yours was the most accurately titled blog of all time.

Thanks for the MLS coverage in this Premier-league-centric soccer universe. SB Nation will be hard-pressed to fill your shoes.

Good luck in your other ventures, we will stay tuned!

by ianua ditis on Jan 18, 2012 10:31 PM EST reply actions

Say it ain't so!

What a bummer of a way to end my Wednesday – loved this blog for the perspective you gave so well to American soccer and the American soccer blogosphere. DSF will definitely be missed!

by Nevtelen on Jan 19, 2012 12:09 AM EST reply actions

Looking forward to whatever's next

Like everyone else, I really enjoyed this blog, Steve. I also have to thank you for paving the way here at SB Nation; having a platform like this keeps obsessives (like me) from driving ourselves mad.

As has been the case for a long time now, I’ll look forward to your work with SI and MLSsoccer (almost typed “MLSnet” just for old time’s sake).

Good luck with everything you’re working on for the future.

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by ChestRockwell on Jan 19, 2012 12:20 AM EST reply actions

thanks Steve

Will still be looking forward to more of your articles on tactics. Those are my favorites.

by PeterJH on Jan 19, 2012 12:24 AM EST reply actions

Thank you Steve

You started off something special here at SB Nation and for that I’ll be forever grateful to you. Please keep in touch as I consider you a friend.

by Tyler Bleszinski on Jan 19, 2012 1:30 AM EST reply actions

Thanks for all you do

Thanks for all your hard work. Your blog is a regular on my daily circuit of soccer news and you always have something new and exciting with a fresh and unique perspective. Well played, son!

by MarkVA on Jan 19, 2012 1:35 AM EST reply actions

AAARRRGGGHHH...

I can’t believe you’re leaving this place but I’ll definitely follow your work on other sites. You have a youth soccer upbringing and great insight to the pro level. You call it very even-handedly and not afraid to call somebody out when necessary.

You helped me when I was a rookie scribe fumbling around various MLS locker rooms and I’ll always be grateful for it.

Thanks for the time and effort required to give us great soccer writings from an American viewpoint. Keep up the good work!

Ed Bazan

by Buzahn on Jan 19, 2012 7:27 AM EST reply actions

Thanks -- and good luck in those future endevors

I’d like to request one last post. Just a short one. A link to the blog/site that you will be reading for news/views about US futball on a national level, as opposed to a team-oriented site. I would love to have a replacement for the territory you occupied.

by Runningcloud on Jan 19, 2012 9:30 AM EST reply actions

endeavors (duh)

by Runningcloud on Jan 19, 2012 9:31 AM EST up reply actions

Gutted

Best of luck Steve. I’ll continue to look forward to your great work on other sites, but will definite miss the daily soccer fix.

by over there on Jan 19, 2012 10:49 AM EST reply actions

Thanks for all your work here.

I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog over the last couple of years. Good luck with everything going forward.

As for DSF. Is another blogger going to take over? Or is this your brain-child? I’d hate to lose a good SB Nation blog that covers just the world of soccer.

by I need more Esteban on Jan 19, 2012 12:25 PM EST reply actions

It was kind of my baby all along

They purchased the URL from me when they absorbed the blog into their network. I know they talked about keeping it going in some form, but I believe the verdict was just to let it go dark.

by Steve Davis on Jan 19, 2012 5:23 PM EST up reply actions

Very bummed to see DSF shuttered :(

by JD SoOR on Jan 19, 2012 6:46 PM EST reply actions

I know I was rather abrupt with you in the first comment I ever made here...

…but I have continued reading this site and have enjoyed the content you have provided, and I will miss this site. Thanks for your work.

And now I know that, if I ever see the other guy besides me wandering the Dallas area in an Everton jersey, it’s probably you.

by Hopkins Horn on Jan 19, 2012 8:50 PM EST reply actions

Very sad to read this

Thanks Steve for all your work on all your outlets, I will certainly miss checking in several times a day here for a new piece. You do great work and I at least know a few more places you’re at thanks to that list!

by chrisperry1983 on Jan 21, 2012 12:48 AM EST reply actions

Thanks Steve

I will miss this blog and the opportunity to interact with a Big-Time Soccer Journalist. But I look forward to your future writings.

You will hear us on Brougham, you will hear us on Occidental, you will hear us on King. Our yachts are all around you, there is no escape.

by 108Ultra on Jan 22, 2012 4:25 PM EST reply actions

Best of Luck

Always enjoyed having a down-to-earth view of the national game and MLS so easily available. It’ll be missed.

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by Rob L on Jan 22, 2012 7:46 PM EST reply actions

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by Spoonsky on Jan 25, 2012 11:47 PM EST reply actions

Good luck, and thanks!

The Daily Soccer Fix has been, well, my (almost) daily fix for a while now. I will miss it. Thanks for making yourself available to fans.

Ramon

by DrWeevil on Jan 28, 2012 12:52 PM EST reply actions

Congratulations on being a busy, busy man!

I guess I’ll have to be more diligent about checking out SI.com on my own instead of following the link from here…
Your “little blog” has made a great impact with many readers.

by Sobchak on Jan 28, 2012 1:22 PM EST reply actions