Football Soccer category: 2112 books
by Noah Davis, Rick Leddy
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2015
As soon as she turned, Carli Lloyd knew what to do. It was the same thing she'd done so many times during her soccer career, an action she practiced over and over again. It was something she had worked on just in case the right moment presented itself in a match. And this was the right moment. On...
by Timo Jankowski
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Soccer player are more than the sum of their parts: endurance, speed, shooting technique, passing technique, skills, and intelligence on the pitch. The soccer coach has to take all of these factors into one system that will create good players. The concept of Tactical Periodization has become the...
Soccer Men
Profiles of the Rogues, Geniuses, and Neurotics Who Dominate the World's Most Popular Sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2014
In his national bestseller, Soccernomics, Simon Kuper pioneered a new way of looking at soccer, the world's most popular game, through his witty and meticulous use of data. In Soccer Men, Kuper explores the heart and soul of the sport by getting up close and personal with soccer's greatest players...
Soccer Against the Enemy
How the World's Most Popular Sport Starts and Fuels Revolutions and Keeps Dictators in Power
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Soccer is much more than just the most popular game in the world. It is a matter of life and death for millions around the world, an international lingua franca. Simon Kuper traveled to twenty-two countries to discover the sometimes bizarre effect soccer can have on politics and culture. At the same...
Maradona
The Autobiography of Soccer's Greatest and Most Controversial Star
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Argentina history book about the controversial Diego Maradona
A soccer biography for kids
Follows the author’s journey from childhood to 1994
“Sometimes I think that my whole life is on film, that my whole life is in print. But it’s not like that. There are things which are only in my heart—that...
Spartak Moscow
A History of the People's Team in the Workers' State
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In the informative, entertaining, and generously illustrated Spartak Moscow, a book that will be cheered by soccer fans worldwide, Robert Edelman finds in the stands and on the pitch keys to understanding everyday life under Stalin, Khrushchev, and their successors. Millions attended matches and obsessed...
Angels with Dirty Faces
How Argentinian Soccer Defined a Nation and Changed the Game Forever
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2016
The Masterful, Definitive History of Argentinian Soccer
Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona, Alfredo Di Stéfano: in every generation Argentina has uncovered a uniquely brilliant soccer talent. Perhaps it's because the country lives and breathes the game, its theories, and its myths. Argentina's rich,...
by Jon Palmer
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
This comprehensive book will evoke memories of all the landmark matches, pivotal departures and arrivals, and significant events since the Robins first took to the field in the late nineteenth century. Compiled by the Gloucestershire Echo's soccer writer and lifelong Robins fanatic Jon Palmer, all...
Soccer in South Asia
Empire, Nation, Diaspora
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2013
The place of football in the colonial and post-colonial past is explored and both British and Portuguese influences on the development of the game are considered. Contemporary issues such as the impact of the professional league in India and the role of UK Asians in the organization of the Indian...
Solo Soccer
A Self-Teaching Soccer Guide for Players, Parents, and Coaches
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
SOLO SOCCER A Self-Teaching Soccer Guide for Players, Parents, and Coaches This guide is designed to help young players practice soccer on their own. Footwork/Dribbling, Ball Control/Receiving, Passing, Shooting, and Soccer Fitness are all discussed and broken down into simple activities that players and parents can easily understand! Don't forget to HAVE FUN!
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Soccer Basics
Essential Rules and Strategies for Coaches, Players, and Parents
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2009
The ultimate resource for getting on the ball.
The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Soccer Basics explains anything and everything a parent or new coach needs to know to understand the game and make the most of a child's soccer experience. From the rules of the game to playing techniques, this is...
by Joachim Masannek
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Fabio, the son of a famous Brazilian soccer player, wants to join the Wild Soccer Bunch. But Fabio's father has other plans. He makes his son play for the Furies, one of the best youth club teams in the country. The Wild Soccer Bunch is devastated, but Diego has a different plan. He turns the Wild...
by Joachim Masannek
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2011
For Zoe, soccer is life! She won't wear anything but soccer gear, and she wants to be the first female to ever play on the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team. When her father moves them to Chicago, he signs her up with a boy's team - the Wild Soccer Bunch. And they are not thrilled - a girl on their...
Brilliant Orange
The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2008
If any one thing, Brilliant Orange is about Dutch space and a people whose unique conception of it has led to the most enduring arts, the weirdest architecture, and a bizarrely cerebral form of soccer—Total Football—that led in 1974 to a World Cup finals match with arch-rival Germany, and more...