Americans love a good tournament, but sometime seem to struggle get it right (BCS? Expansion of March Madness? MLB postseason too long? NFL overtime rules?). The Europeans get the Champions League right; take the biggest teams in the world’s biggest sport in the biggest leagues with the biggest players, the biggest sponsors, biggest fan bases, biggest arenas, and the biggest stages, and make them do battle for Europe’s biggest prize – the continent’s best soccer club. All. Year. Long. Beginning in mid-July, the top teams in the top leagues of Europe begin a group ...

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