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Home and Away

Writing the Beautiful Game

by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Fredrik Ekelund
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2017

Two world-class writers reveal themselves to be the ultimate soccer fans in these collected letters Karl Ove Knausgaard is sitting at home in Skåne with his wife, four small children, and dog. He is watching soccer on TV and falls asleep in front of the set. He likes 0-0 draws, cigarettes,...

Soccer Rules and Positions In A Day For Dummies

by Michael Lewis, United States Soccer Federation, Inc.
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012

Soccer basics in a day? Easy. Do you get a kick out of soccer, but need to brush up your knowledge on the key elements of the game? Look no further! Soccer Rules & Positions In A Day For Dummies quickly brings you up to speed on one of the most popular sports in the world. From essential...

Beyond Soccer

International Relations and Politics as Seen through the Beautiful Game

by Tamir Bar-On
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2017

As the world’s most popular game, soccer is unique in its ability to reflect and impact culture, society, and politics. Beyond Soccer: International Relations and Politics as Seen through the Beautiful Game provides students with a new and innovative way to learn about political science and international...

Soccer Training Blueprints: 15 Ready-to-Run Sessions for Outstanding Attacking Play

by James Jordan
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016

Are you a busy coach and time is tight? Would you like to get hands on with ready-to-use session templates quickly? Then this book is for you! Minimizing jargon and looking to maximize the limited contact time you have with your players, Soccer Training Blueprints is a must-read practical book for...

Soccer

by Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Shaun Whiteside
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2019

Growing up in Belgium, soccer was Jean-Philippe Touissant’s life, a passion not shared by his bookish family. Now an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and filmmaker, he reflects upon his lifelong love for the game with an intellectual’s keen mind and a sports fan’s heart. What, he ponders, has a...

Get Recruited to Play Women's College Soccer

by Lucia Bucklin
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013

Many athletes (and their parents) find the college recruiting process to be confusing, complex and difficult. They're not sure where to start or how to begin. If you're an athlete and want to play soccer at the college level, then you can't wait for coaches to come knocking at your door, or expect...

I Believe That We Will Win

The Path to a US Men's World Cup Victory

by Phil West
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018

Americans love to win. But when it comes to soccer, the world’s most popular sport, the US women’s team has delivered three World Cup victories in as many decades, while the men have not advanced past the quarter-finals in nearly ninety years. In October 2017, the US Men’s National Team (USMNT)...

Physics of Soccer Ii

Science and Strategies for a Better Game

by Deji Badiru
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2018

Following up on the success of Physics of Soccer, this second volume, Physics of Soccer II, represents a comprehensive amalgamation of the various on-and-off-field attributes needed to be an excellent soccer player. Deji Badiru, a professional engineer and former soccer player and coach, notes that...

Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer

by Alan Hargreaves
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009

The key to successful coaching is preparing your players to make intelligent decisions on the field. For years, the best-selling Skills & Strategies for Coaching Soccer has helped coaches of every level do just that. Now, soccer’s premier coaching resource has been updated and expanded to provide...

The Football Pocket Bible

by Gavin Cooke
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010

The perfect gift for every football fan When was the first World Cup held? Which football team has the smallest ground? And what exactly is the Cruyff turn? Find the answer to all these and more inside The Football Pocket Bible, a compendium of football trivia and titbits about the...

World Cup Fever

A Fanatic's Guide to the Stars, Teams, Stories, Controversy, and Excitement of Sports' Greatest Event

by Stephen Rea
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018

For the Summer 2018 World Cup, the ultimate book for soccer fans around the globe! The world will be riveted by the globe’s greatest sporting event in summer of 2018 (more than 27 million Americans watched the final game of the last tournament in Brazil). The 2018 edition will bring the sports’s...

Leicester City: The Immortals

The Inside Story of England's Most Unlikely Champions

by Harry Harris
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016

The Immortals is the fairy-tale account of Leicester City, who rose from the very bottom of the English Premier League-the world’s toughest soccer league-to triumph against all odds (5,0001) and finish as champions. Ending up in League One (third level) for the first time in 200809, the...

Renaldo

A Tale of World Cup Soccer, Terrorism and Love

by James S. McCreath
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018

**Argentina 1978 . . . ** A brutal military junta suspends civil liberties for anyone who opposes it. Distraught mothers of “The Disappeared” parade daily in front of the capital building. In retaliation, violent acts of terrorism shatter what is left of normal life. Only one thing...

Historical Dictionary of Soccer

by Tom Dunmore
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2011

Soccer is the world's most popular sport and one of the globe's best known cultural practices. The pinnacle of the sport worldwide is the FIFA World Cup, a competition held every four years, which crowns one nation as the world champion in front of huge global television audiences: over half of the...