American Pugliese breaking barriers by playing in Afghanistan - Soccer - Grant Wahl - SI.com:
The only American in Afghanistan's pro soccer league -- hell, the only foreigner, as far as he knows -- has a tale as unlikely as it is remarkable. A little more than one year ago, Nick Pugliese was graduating from Williams College, where he'd been the captain of the soccer team. In the year since, he has taken a job with a telecommunications firm in Kabul; snuck away from his own security detail to play for an Afghan soccer team; quit his desk job to make less money playing pro soccer; and won Afghanistan's version of the FA Cup knockout tournament.
Not a bad adventure coming out of college.