SIGN IT.

L to R: USSF President Sunil Gulati,
USMNT Captain Carlos Bocanegra,
FIFA President Sepp Blatter

Instead of pontificating theory for days the reasons why the US should receive the privilege to host the 2022 World Cup, I'm going to wait until Thursday's big announcement, and either rejoice or bitch and moan for you based on the outcome.

In the meantime, click here.  The competing nations (England, Spain/Portugal, Russia, Belgium/Netherlands for 2018; Qatar, Australia, South Korea, Japan, USA for 2022) give their final presentations Wednesday.  Then, 22 presumably clean Executive Committee members will vote for the most viable hosts.  When it comes down to 2022, seeing the million-plus Americans on the petition can't hurt our chances.  And I shouldn't have to sit here and explain to you the magnitude and importance of a US-hosted Cup.  So please, it takes just seconds to do.

2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup

There's nothing else to look forward to, really.  I love the tournament, personally.  So I had to look twice when I saw that Trinidad & Tobago had been eliminated from the Caribbean Championship today, completely excluding the nation from this summer's Gold Cup.  The Soca Warriors are ranked 6th in the confederation, were the only Caribbean squad to make the final round of 2010 WC qualifying, and aren't too far-removed from their 2006 appearance in Germany.  They are now left with nothing until 2014 qualifying starts up.

I'll be paying close attention to this competition--the top 4 go to the 2011 Gold Cup, which ultimately leads to the 2013 Confederations Cup in Brazil.

Fingers crossed for Thursday, kids.