Hey guys,

I've got a box of Futera World 2007 coming in from a local guy. It should be here by the end of the week, though my schedule may prevent me from breaking it live.

My interest in soccer is relatively new. I follow the local MLS side, DC United, but it's hard to sustain interest when the quality of play is generally unimpressive. I did stay up till 2am during the last world cup so that I could catch some the matches, and even had one night with some buddies where we stayed up the whole time and watched the 5am and 7:30am matches as well.

A recent bout of illness left me at home for several of the Euro 2008 matches, which I thoroughly enjoyed. I always said soccer was boring, but really what I meant was that bad soccer is boring (hello, MLS.) Euros were top notch this year, and I'm already anticipating the World Cup in a couple years because the coverage here will be even better then.

I also bought the North American version of Football Manager (here it's Worldwide Soccer Manager.) It's making it much easier to learn the names of players, plus giving me a much better appreciation of the tactics involved.

So consider my box of Futera another way to begin to learn more about soccer on the other side of the Ocean. And keep your eyes peeled in case you want to make a trade.

Nice to see more americans getting interested in 'soccer'

Football Manager is a great game. If you want any tips, let me know!

Also if you happen to get a Cristiano Ronaldo GU in your Futera Box let me know also

Mark, great to see you as a soccer fan

My favorite part about it is the season never really ends considering there are so many Cups, National matches, league matches etc. I'm sure you will find a team in Europe to eventually support

Good luck on the box

My box arrived today. Not much to get too excited about, but I was really impressed with the quality of the base cards. I'm definitely going to finish the set (lots of doubles, so I'm guessing i'll be 50 cards shy of the base set. Maybe that's the excuse I need to buy another box.

The hits were:

Futera Proof: Luis Saha
Futera Clear: Yanagisawa

Both 1 color. And neither a player that I was terribly interested in. I really wanted some of the Chelsea boys Cech, Essien, and Ballack.

Oh well, maybe the next box will be better.

If you need them, they're for trade.