Just a little spinning, backwards header. No biggie.

Yes, I'm truly terrible about letting things slip here. The reality is that time for NSC is very hard to come by these days, and not just because I've spent about 10 of the last 13 weeks on the road. I'm back home now, though, and will renew my efforts. This will be the first of at least four posts over the next few days. I will conclude Clipboard and get my slightly belated MLS season predictions up.

But first, let's give props to John Anthony Brooks for his overly agile strike in Wolfsburg's 1-1 Sunday evening draw against Werder Bremen.

- Greg Seltzer