Kristopher Reid is on the road, reporting back to ISN on his experiences with the beautiful game in Europe. European football is where star players are drafted; it is where the best South American players play alongside giant Dutch defenders; it is where legendary players and overpaid divas clash. As I emerged from the subway system in Amsterdam, the sound of celebratory cheering echoed everywhere. The energy of these fans was beyond even a diehard Green Bay Packers fan; these people have
A 2-1 Dutch victory over West Germany in the 1988 European Championships proved what many believed: the Germans were bad and the Dutch were good. Millions of Dutch citizens hit the streets to celebrate in the largest public gathering since the Liberation. It would nice if the world was this black and white, but there are always gray areas. World War II was no different. The Dutch, once heralded as the great protector of Jews during the Holocaust, look very
