Laurie

Laurie may write about the likes of David Beckham, but her international heart belongs to Les Bleus. Her biggest thrills in the past couple of years came from watching the French guys play live in Paris. Twice. (Although the first time was the Scotland game. And the less said about that, the better.)

She lives in the Seattle area with a delightful family who enable her addiction, to the point of buying her a Zidane jersey for a recent birthday.

(Although if she’s being truthful, she might admit that she was the one who found it on Ebay. And it may have been purchased with her credit card. But she’s absolutely certain that the rest of the family were all sitting there at the table, smiling benevolently as she opened it.)

She also writes on Seattle Offside, the France Page at World Cup Blog, and does weekends on The Offside’s main page. You can reach her at laurie[at]theoffside[dot]com.