It's been an amazing week and a half here in Russia, with great games, stories, fans, and food. After a week here with meetings and more meetings, the games have finally begun.
My group has just finished off three games in four nights, ending with the fantastic Mexico-Germany game that saw our Concacaf neighbors stun the defending World Cup Champions 1-0.
The nearly 80,000 fans were mostly pro Mexican, maybe as much as an 80-20 split. At times it looked and sounded as if we were calling a game from the Azteca in Mexico City. My group has been in Moscow for the most part, with the one airplane trip to Kazan for the France vs.