World Cup Final Thoughts

It's been almost two weeks since Spain took home the trophy. I may or may not have more to say about it, but I don't know how much more I can add to what's already been written by the likes of the New York Times' Goal Blog, Steven Goff of the Washington Post and Kenn Tomasch.

One thing I will say is that I hadn't experienced the whole tournament -- particularly the group stages -- from the U.S. in a long while. It was weird, what with time zones, Internet feeds and just a small percentage of the local population even knowing what was going on, let along caring. Suffice it to say, I typically haven't had to explain how soccer works at the World Cup level to as many people I did this time.