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World Cups throw up unique tactical variations. Countries and football cultures from around the globe converge, in one place, to battle it out for world soccer supremacy. The 2014 World Cup in Brazil was no different, arguably throwing up tactical differences like never seen at a competition in modern...

Successful soccer coaches are constantly seeking new ways to learn, evolve, and improve. Very often, footballing success is defined by mindset, and the real winners are the coaches, players, and teams who enter the competitive arena best prepared mentally and emotionally. They can perform in...

Why American Soccer Isn't There Yet analyzes the methods of Brazil, Spain, Holland, and other similar nations. The purpose is to establish a new insight into contemporary American soccer and lay out what its core problem is, how to break it down, and fix it for the future of American soccer, which has the potential to become a prominent world power.

Updated through the 2012 Olympics. On a July afternoon in 1999, the proudest moment for U.S. soccer occurred in Pasadena, California. In the presence of more than 90,000 fans and viewed by another 40 million on television, the U.S. women outlasted China to win the World Cup. Although the United...

Mapping the Pitch is an entertaining exploration of the history and evolution of soccer formations from the Victorian age to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The author analyzes the thinking behind the popular formations and shows how the thinking behind the game influenced the evolution of soccer tactics....

The 2006 World Cup final between Italy and France was a down-and-dirty game, marred by French superstar Zidane's head-butting of Italian defender Materazzi. But viewers were also exposed to the poetry, force, and excellence of the Italian game; as operatic as Verdi and as cunning as Machiavelli, it...

“An outstanding work … the [soccer] book of the decade.” -Sunday Business Post Inverting the Pyramid is a pioneering soccer book that chronicles the evolution of soccer tactics and the lives of the itinerant coaching geniuses who have spread their distinctive styles across the globe. Through...

Coach Dan Blank once again over-delivers for readers with another essential how-to book for college-bound soccer players. Written in the same plainspoken tone that shot Soccer iQ to best-seller status, ROOKIE is more conversation than book. It gives rising college freshmen a revealing preview of life...

A match plan describes a strategy that is used to be ideally prepared for the next match and be able to react to shifts in tactics or to particular match situations! In order to achieve the result you're aiming for, you have to have a plan. In soccer, you need a match plan. Some of the most successful...

Through a humorous twist of fate, Mr. Hacker was "volunteered" to coach childrens soccer during the seventies, and continued to work with young people through the eighties, nineties and early two thousands. In the beginning there were no soccer fields or well groomed complexes, soccer moms...

All sports require resilience and perseverance. Women's soccer requires more than most. Two U.S. leagues have disappeared in the past decade. Players have put in countless hours of work for limited opportunities. For this book, veteran women's soccer writer Beau Dure tracked the Washington Spirit...

Percy Tau grew up with seven siblings and a single mom in the mining town of Witbank. For Percy and his family, life is tough as their mother struggles to make ends meet. But there is one thing that brings the Tau boys together: soccer. At the Mmagobana Primary School, they quickly make a name for...

This is more than a book about soccer - it is the story of Australia's national identity. In The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, Joe Gorman chronicles the rise and fall of Australia's first national football competition. Drawing on archival research and numerous interviews, he reveals the sport's...