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One big, lazy, coming-home post
The Beautiful Game — So yeah, we're headed to the airport in a couple hours. I figured I'd try to scramble some stuff into a mess post since it'll be a while 'til I arrive. I think it's over 24 hours from departure to arrival with all the transfers and layovers. Bah. Anyways, I've embeded a couple soccer featurettes from ESPN and sandwiched some links in between. San Marino UCL team wants Romario to unretire. [ESPN] 19 year old cut after Facebook gaff. [Deadspin] Not a good dinner for the Turkey Football Federation. [Unprofessional Foul] Just ...

The month so far: CONCACAF, USL, WPS, 90-yard goals
The Netminder — Things I would've blogged over the past three weeks had I not been racing all over China: - Cleveland rules USL's Second Division. - The USL teams are outperforming MLS teams so far in the CONCACAF Champions League, about which I'll have more later. The biggest shocker: Puerto Rico taking a road draw at Costa Rican power Alajuelense. - Ethan Zohn -- Survivor winner, former pro soccer player and general philanthropist -- is dribbling a soccer ball from Boston (Foxborough, technically) to Washington to raise awareness and funds for his ...