Yael Averbuch: In China, Plugged In, but Unplugged

Posted Jan 24, 2011
Midfielder Yael Averbuch, a Montclair, N.J., native by way of UNC, will be contributing to the Goal blog in the runup to the third season of Women’s Professional Soccer and as the United States women’s national team prepares to the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany later this year. Now, she checks in from China, where the U.S. is getting ready to face the hosts in the Four Nations Tournament. (New York Times)

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