Quite a nice list—right there with you on the Coors Banquet and Schlitz. Both quite enjoyable brews compared to their competitors.

+1

Regarding sourcing players from the surrounding region—Athletic Bilbao only fields players from the Basque Country and they finished 4th in La Liga last year. Inevitably, though, their best players eventually leave for greener pastures. They are a pretty remarkable club nonetheless.

"UWNTME". On the New York Thruway, no less.

the cold kind.

Say I have a real passion for soccer coupled with a talent for analytics. How can I get involved? Are there companies (besides Opta) that do this kind of thing? Is this an industry that's about to blow up?

Everton finish above Liverpool for two years in a row now and still people can't seem to wrap their heads around the fact that maybe, just maybe, they might actually be better a team.

I'm going to have to disagree with number 2. Take classes that sound cool to you, and major in whatever captures you. This could be your last chance to spend your time doing something interesting, before you graduate and get a shitty boring job.