Week 2 of the experimental return of Deep Cuts. As I mentioned last week, the effort will be to bring you links to things you might not otherwise encounter on your daily scan of the internet, with an occasional mainstream story sprinkled in from time to time.


Let's get this party started.


The World Cup isn't creating jobs in South Africa

That sound you hear is the air leaking out of the "World Cup effects positive change" balloon.


Tim Howard is up for Merseyside Sports Personality of the Year

I wonder if the trophy is a sterling silver hubcap.


Another "Soccer is great, but MLS is doody" piece

College papers: Turning students into Eurosnobs one burnt out philosophy major at a time.


Growing soccer in African-American communities (Cached version because this site seems to have had a malfunction)

Nothing funny about this, other than the multiple mentions of soccer as a "white-boy sport".


Some guys talk about soccer players moving abroad

We have a winner in the "Huh?" category.


And finally, Happy Birthday to Avoiding the Drop, one of my favorite blogs. Yeah, I'm a day late. Sorry guys.


One more note before I go; I'll be appearing on the George Mason University Soccer Show this evening with host Ted Meyer between 5 and 6 PM ET. You can listen live here.