I find it interesting that you are from the U.S. and call the sport "football." I'm all for that, but most people here think of NFL when they hear the word "football." :)
I would've posted it with the initial topic, but I was a little imbibed at the time I typed it out--taste-testing preparation for the upcoming World Cup.
Well, on a sports theme (and I didn't want to bother starting a new thread)..
A kick ass free online hockey manager simulator game! It's a good time to join because the new season just started (there's a bit of a lull during the playoffs if you're eliminated.)
http://www.hockeyarena.net
This is a micromanager's dream hockey team simulator online game. You're both the GM and coach of a hockey team in your country's league. You have to play in the league of your country of residence, which is an interesting twist (Right now Japan only has like 17 members playing, Canada has a lot more). The 30 game seasons are 10 weeks long which you can join any time, the new season's about to start on Monday, actually.
It does take like an hour to set up your team initially (picking players, lines, setting up training, etc.) but after that it only takes like 5-15 min a day. It's European style league play, so the 16 team leagues have home and away 30 game seasons, there's promotion and relegation, and you don't trade players but buy and sell them on the market. If there's enough managers here, we can set up a little exhibition tournament eh. The registration system's weird, and it doesn't give you a confirmation email until you've been assigned a team (over night European time).
Here's the mixi community, members are bilingual by default so c'mon in :-)
http://mixi.jp/view_community.pl?id=1192349