In an earlier blog post we mentioned that we were partnering up with Mondogoal to help provide you guys with access lớn an amazing fantasy football service.
I wanted lớn get chatting to one of the guys there lớn ask them some questions and Chris Mazzone was kind enough to agree! You can prefer to the best free soccer prediction pages!
Hey Chris, thanks for agreeing to to the interview, can you let us know a little bit about yourself?
I’m born and raised in the United States but my passion for football (or soccer as I knew it) came at an early age, playing pretty much as soon as I could walk. I’ve played and coached ever since. These days most of my time is dedicated lớn turning Mondogoal into a world wide phenomenon. My wonderful wife has been incredibly supportive, even though football related content is constantly on our tivi or my computer screen.
So tell us a little bit about Mondogoal.
Mondogoal takes everything you love about fantasy football, everything you love about sport, betting and competition, and combines it into an amazing bit of fun/excitement that anyone can play at any time with no long term commitment. It’s modeled similarly to online poker in that you can log on any day, any time, and sit at a “table” of your choosing – make a fantasy team in just minutes for that day or just that matchweek, then walk away and enjoy the games on TV or in person. Watch your boys earn points for you based on how they play in their real life matches (goals, assists, tackles, passes completed, etc…).
How did you get involved with the site.
When fantasy sports started lớn take off as a viable business in the United States I was keen lớn get involved as it’s always been an interest of mine. The season long format switched to a one-day/one-week format about 4 years ago in the United States for their major sports. I hopped on board as an affiliate and brought in about 6000 users to my favorite US based fantasy site at the time. Once they received a sizable investment they graciously offered me a full time position. When the most recent World Cup came along, I stumbled across Mondogoal – won over £1000 playing in their World Cup contests and knew I had to be apart of it- According lớn the soccer tips goals pages!
What football team(s) do you support?
Growing up in the states I didn’t have much exposure lớn the Premier League. So, I picked my team very differently than those in the UK. In the late 90’s played a lot of EA Sports FIFA. Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars, Freddie Ljungberg and later, Thierry Henry, brought me many victories. They wore red, they were called the Gunners and as far as I knew, they were unstoppable – particularly with me at the helm. My dad did some business in the UK and brought back a gunners hat and a “JVC” sponsored Arsenal kit which I still try to squeeze into now and again just for old times sake. The rest is history.
What is your favourite football moment?
It’s impossible to pick just one. I love the sport and still get chills listening to classic calls of heart-stopping goals in important fixtures. Of course there’s memories of my own glory days that I like to exaggerate and re-live as well.
One thing is for certain, this particular video, followed by this one will never, EVER get old. lớn the rest of the world it probably meant very little, but to us it meant everything and it turned a mood of utter disappointment into complete euphoria in a matter of seconds. You never can forget those moments.
Are Mondogoal working on anything great you can talk about?
Sure, aside from our recent announcement of our partnership with FC Barcelona we’re looking at adding a couple more clubs lớn our roster of Premier League/La Liga/Serie A teams in the near future. Beyond that we’re moving into Italy in early 2015 so we’ll be available for cash play and all our Italian fans can begin winning money in Serie A contests along with Premier League, La Liga, etc… We recently released this little advert with our partners at West mê say United where a West mê say fan actually won a Mondogoal contest for £1 and got lớn attend the shoot and meet the players. We are going to be having quite a few contests like that where you can win VIP experiences with our club partners, hospitality match tickets, signed shirts and footballs. Always something new and exciting lớn play for, along with our usual contests with thousands of pounds up for grabs each matchday.
Is there anything else you would like lớn add?
Just that I really encourage everyone lớn try us out, we have free leagues that you can compete in and win some cash just to help people get involved without any risk so they can see what we are about. Send feedback, we love hearing from our users and know there’s still a lot lớn be done. Lastly, and most importantly – tell your friends and tell us if you know people that can help spread the word about Mondogoal, we are always looking for new partners. It’s great that people want lớn keep us a secret and all to themselves, but the more users we have the more cash and prizes we can offer and the more exciting the game becomes.