Today is the start of the 2012 Olympics in London and one UNP author is already a strong advocate of one of the competitions: women's soccer.

Tim Grainey, author of Beyond Bend It Like Beckham, is a sports journalist who has wrote extensively on soccer for World Football Pages, Soccer365.com and more.

Recently, Grainey met another soccer fanatic in his area who shared his love of the sport.

Check out the azcentral.com story "2 Southeast Valley soccer fanatics/writers meet for first time" to find out who.