Happy 6th Birthday to CroatianSports.com!
On February 22nd, 2008, Denis and I officially flipped the switch at CroatianSoccerReport.com following Croatia’s dismantling of England in Euro 2008 qualifying. Six years later, we could not have imagined this passion project to have gone any better. From interviews with the likes of Niko Kranjčar, Igor Štimac, Luka Modrić and Andrew Bogut (multiple times) to traveling around the world and finally meeting all the people that make up this unique Croatian community we have founded online- it has been an absolute pleasure.
But thank you most to Prva Generacija who have been with us from the beginning. Because for the last 6 years, the first thing I do as I roll out of bed is turn on my computer to see what you guys are talking about. Prva Generacija is the heart and soul of this website and I am honored to have created something alongside Denis that is loved by so many in our Croatian community.
Thank you once again for the laughs, headaches and late night homework assignments you have all given the staff of CroatianSports. And to a wonderful rest of 2014 which will see our beloved Vatreni open up the World Cup against hosts and 5-time champions Brazil!
The stars of this website are all the commenters. Not sure if you guys realize, but CS on average gets 87 comments per post. However, each post along with the comments is read by tens of thousands around the world. I frequently hear CroatianSports handles brought up in conversation….especially Ziva. What you guys say here is repeated in hundreds of interpersonal conversations around the world. The most valuable action all of you can take to be supportive of CroatianSports.com is to continue introducing people to this site in whatever way you are comfortable. What is written on this site is a true reflection of Croatian diaspora. I’m pretty sure that many on this site will grow old together.
bravo momci
Happy Birthday CSR,!!!!
Great job guys!!
Thank you for publishing my reports!!
Živili sto pet pa opet!!
Bravo Momci!
Congrats! thanks for everything…Great job!
congrats! excellent work guys. thank you for your efforts and helping the croatian diaspora stay connected
Congrats on the site.
I remember even before the site started and I was thinking….”why isn’t there a good Croatian sports news site”…then (much like Ante B.) in just googling Croatian soccer news one day …the “Croatian Soccer Report” site popped up.
Congrats on the site.
I remember even before the site started and I was thinking….”why isn’t there a good Croatian sports news site”…then (much like Ante B.) in just googling Croatian soccer news one day …the “Croatian Soccer Report” site popped up.
You guys made it happen….filled the niche that needed to be filled. Well done
svaka cast momci
Great job. Thanks.
Congrats on six years. Plenty of websites come and go, so its impressive to still be around.
Cheers from the fortified basement.
Ha, here’s some vintage CSR.com for ya, Ante B.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080207101938/http://www.croatiansoccerreport.com/
Six years… Man. About five year ago, I was just searching for a Dinamo score and BAM! Here I am. Denis and Ante are saints. They have to put up with us everyday, and still chose to come back for more. Thanks guys.
Sretan rođendan !
This site is a positive expression of the Croatian community round the world.
When you have a family, raising two kids in the druga generacija, building a business in NYC, etc…Time to hang with the boys gets squeezed a bit.
CSR or now, CS, provides a place to hear what other folks feel is relevant in the world of sport and politics.
Funny, for years I couldn’t figure out if you two guys were in some northern Cali alps or in LA? I kept wondering where is this mythical Alpine Village? Sad znam!
The power of the prva generacija and the diaspora as a whole is always a support for our beloved Croatia.
Svaka li čast dečki !
So many people to thank, where do I start?
I have to start with the staff. The Goldenchild Matt Lebo has been kind enough to put up with our bullshit when the website goes down and has his company host us. Zach, Crippler, and Colin bring so much to the website the past few years or so. King Bronk always chiming in with the newest match fixing scandal. Brane, “the brains of the operation” always there whenever we need him for advice or a connection.
The rest of you. Some of you chime in almost daily, some of you give your 2 cents once in a blue moon, while others take in the comments but keep their thoughts to themselves. Either way, we are all on the same team.
In 6 years, what I will value the most is meeting some of you. Just last weekend, I had a friend from the site(I will keep him anonymous) and his wife come down for the weekend. Ante B has hosted us multiple times in the past. I met Colin last summer at my wedding in Dubrovnik. I met up with Colin in Tampa Bay last month. JP was a blast in Vancouver. Where are my NY people? good times.
Jp said it best, “time flies” and I would like to add “when you are having fun.”
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5 years ago today I was at Poljud watching Dinamo-Hajduk. After I came back I typed in Croatian Soccer Anerica and this site popped up. I started posting and the rest is history. Is the old site archived?
Sretan rodendan CSR! To many more years!
Zivili momci!!
Wow time flies eh boys 🙂
Big congrats!
thanks for the inception and fruition of this site. sretan rodendan !
thanks for the inception and then fruition of the last 6 years.
Happy birthday gents! 6 years of a wonderful site! I have been reading for most of that time and have gotten a wife and an adopted son out of it.Thanks again guys,you have changed my life immensely. 🙂
Happy Birthday CSR !! Bog , Hrvati , USA , Pete Carroll , Hajduk , HNS ,i CSR !!! Here’s to 600 More !
Happy Birthday CSR !! Much Love from All the BEST FANS in the WORLD ! Bog , Hrvati , USA , L.A. Galaxy , Pete Carroll , Hajduk , HNS, i 60 More Godine !!!
dude
that is nearly as old as my cock
Happy Birthday! Awesome site!
Sretan Rodendan i Hvala!!!
Well done guys and sretan rodendan.