With Euro 2012 Title, Where Does Spain Rank as a Sports Dynasty? Spain is now officially a dynasty for the ages. At the very least, it is the most successful national soccer team in one generation. But where does La Furia Roja stack up against other soccer dynasties over the years? And can it even be compared to the best clubs in any sport, any time? Spain put away Italy, 4-0, in the finals of the European championship in Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday by following the system: make some passes, somebody - almost anybody - make a run, and a beautiful pass will find you. Spain won the Euros of 2008 and the World Cup of 2010 and now they have won the Euros of 2012. No nation had ever won two straight Euros, and no nation had every won three straight championships in the two best tournaments in the world. West Germany won the 1972 Euros and the 1974 World Cup and France won the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 Euros, both feats of consistency. But three majors in a row? Not often can one use the word unprecedented. Spain's success has come with two different coaches and, of course, some shift in personnel. My personal favorite, Carles Puyol, the latter-day Franco Baresi in my eyes, was injured and sitting in the stands on Sunday, and Fernando Torres was on the bench, no longer the main threat, just a spare adrenalin boost. But the heart of the team remains identifiable as a dynasty. There were dynasties of style and skill and endurance that never won a single major. The great Hungarian post-war teams of Ferenc Puskás won the 1952 Olympic tournament, the 1953 Central European tournament, and finished second in the 1954 World Cup, a marvelous run, but no major title. And the great Dutch teams of the 1970s gave us Total Football and Johan Cruyff - but lost two straight World Cup finals to West Germany and Argentina. A latter dynamic version of the Orange did win the Euros in 1988 with panache and a much more grim version lost the 2010 World Cup final to Spain. But this is different. In world sporting terms, where does Spain fit in? Matthew Futterman, my pal from The Wall Street Journal - I never go on a one-day safari in South Africa without him - wrote a thoughtful piece before the Euros that winning this one would put Spain ahead of great club dynasties in any sport. My own reaction is that it's hard to compare professional teams like the Yankees, Celtics, Canadiens, Real Madrid, or even college dynasties like U.C.L.A. in basketball with a national soccer team. Pro clubs can go out and buy players - a Darryl Strawberry, a Don Nelson - and nowadays critics would have you believe Kentucky basketball does it on an annual basis. But national soccer programs are limited to players with their legal soccer papers in order. Among all the world's sporting competitions, how do you rate Spain's marvelous era?