On either side of the Atlantic
du Nord, May 27, 2008
You never realize just how much work someone puts into something until you try and do it for yourself. Having said that, my ambitious effort to try and give you a bit of what Bruce provides went by the wayside. I will try and provide a few links and some sort of insight or something.Some of the topics of the day...US-ENGLANDYes, it's almost here. The United States will play England in London's Wembley Stadium for the first time since 1994. Anyone remember that game? I actually watched it recently. For some reason, it was on Fox Soccer Channel some time last year. I don't remember the game when it happened, but I watched the classic version. Two things I took away from that match - 1) There was a lot of space from the edge of the field to the stands, like way too much space; 2) The US uniforms were hideous.Here's an actual match report from that game via the New York Times.Also, here's the English FA's look back at their American past. This is actually part of their coverage for the previous US-England game,