Football Soccer category: 2112 books
The Wizard
The Life of Stanley Matthews
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
'Stanley Matthews taught us the way football should be played' Pel�
'I couldn't believe he was just a man. He was the best player in the world' Bobby Charlton
'He told me that he used to play for just twenty pounds a week. Today he would be worth all the money in the Bank of England'...
Travels with Nelson
A Father-Son journey to the World Cup
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Father and son make a dream come true by going to World Cup 2014 together, seeing games from day one all the way the Final. Experience the highs and lows with them. As Mum's country reaches the final; as Dad's country goes out disastrously; as Nelson's Team USA goes up against the best, drawing legions...
Temples of the Earthbound Gods
Stadiums in the Cultural Landscapes of Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
In Rio de Janeiro, the spiritual home of world football, and Buenos Aires, where a popular soccer club president was recently elected mayor, the game is an integral part of national identity. Using the football stadium as an illuminating cultural lens, Temples of the Earthbound Gods examines many...
When Nobody Was Watching
My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2016
**A New York Times Bestseller
“If you are a real soccer player—then this is the book for you to read . . . Inspiring and uplifting. ”—GoalNation**
In 2015, the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game...
Beckham
Both Feet on the Ground: An Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2009
In England, where he spent ten seasons leading his storied club Manchester United and his nation to soccer glory, he is so wildly popular that his countrymen voted him the face they'd most want to see imprinted on their money. (Winston Churchill finished second.) In Japan, where he is worshiped as...
The National Team
The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
The U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team has won three World Cups and four Olympic gold medals, set record TV ratings, drawn massive crowds, earned huge revenues for FIFA and U.S. Soccer, and helped to redefine the place of women in sports. But despite their dominance, and their rosters of superstar...
The Big Fix
The Hunt for the Match-Fixers Bringing Down Soccer
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Game of Shadows meets Among the Thugs in this revelatory true-to-life crime thriller and expose involving greed, corruption, an Asian crime syndicate, and the fixing of international soccer matches at the highest levels of the game, including the UEFA Champions League and the World Cup.
In...
Goal-Minded
A Choose Your Path Soccer Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
You may have read sports books before, but you’ve never read one like this. You’re the main character, a young Somali immigrant and a former refugee, and it’s up to you to lead your team to victory! You love soccer and you’re good at it. But you’re Goal-Minded, so you have other dreams,...
American Huckster
How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From-and Sold Out-the Most Powerful Cabal in World Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
The first inside account of the international soccer scandal that rocked the world and the American at its center—the incredible story of how a stay-at-home New York soccer dad illegally made millions off the world’s most powerful and corrupt sports organization and became an unlikely FBI whistleblower.
He...
by Scott Murray
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2010
Whether you want to impress friends and colleagues with new-found football wisdom, brush up on details you're unsure about (the offside rule, anyone?) or improve your practical skills, this is the book for you! Covering all the basics of the game, rules and tactics, as well as giving an in-depth history...
Golazo!
The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history, perfect for World Cup reading.
“Golazo!” means “amazing goal!” And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that...
Soccernomics
Why England Loses; Why Germany, Spain, and France Win; and Why One Day Japan, Iraq, and the United States Will Become Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The 2018 World Cup edition of the international bestseller and "the most intelligent book ever written about soccer" (San Francisco Chronicle) is updated throughout and features new chapters on the FIFA scandal, why Iceland wins, and women's soccer.
Named one of the Best Books of...
More Than Just a Game
Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Timed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer
In the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they requested the right to play soccer...
Futebol
Soccer, The Brazilian Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
A new and updated edition of bestselling author Alex Bellos's classic book on soccer, unforgettably capturing the game at the heart of the Brazilian national identity.
Since the 1950s, when Pelé first started playing, soccer has been how the world sees Brazil, but it is also how Brazilians...