Columnist Nick Green has written 100 Percent Soccer
since 2005. A
native of England, he began writing about soccer in
the mid-1980s and in 2000 permanently exchanged a seat
in the stands for one in
the press box. He lives six miles from Carson's Home
Depot Center, home of the Los Angeles Galaxy, Chivas
USA and the training headquarters for U.S. Soccer.
Married to a long-suffering soccer widow, he has a cat
named Pele.Euro 2008 Odds From the Palms Sports Book
While I continue to decompress from Vegas, thought I'd share the odds from the Palms Casino on Euro 2008.
Germany and Italy are joint favorites at 4-1, while England fans will surely believe Croatia are good value at 10-1 after the Croats punted the Brits from the competition.
Here's the rest of the field:
Spain 5-1.
France 7-1.
Portugal 8-1.
Holland 10-1.
Czech Republic 12-1.
Switzerland 18-1.
Greece 25-1.
Sweden 25-1.
Turkey 35-1.
Russia 28-1.
Poland 40-1.
Romania 45-1.
Austria 75-1.