Three Meatballs Plus One on Sweden
1. THEY KEEP FINDING WAYS TO WIN: From the start, no one was going to…
Author Dan Gaichas
Dan Gaichas
Dan has covered soccer in Chicago since 2004 with The Fire Alarm and as editor and webmaster of Windy City Soccer. His favorite teams are the Chicago Fire, Chicago Red Stars, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bayern Munich, and Glasgow Celtic.
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