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Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet's Biggest Sporting Event, Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the full history of the tournament, providing vivid accounts of individual games, controversies, and innovations from 1930 to today"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Raintree
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This title takes a brief look back at the history of the World Cup, then turns to focus on Brazil, the 2014 host. Packed with information about Brazil's sporting history, cities, and stadiums, as well as the teams and players to watch out for during the tournament.
Author
Publisher
Abbeville Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn how the top soccer stars of all time grew up and conquered the sport. This guide follows fourteen of the best men's and women's players from their first childhood encounter with association football-whether at the school gym or a pickup game in a vacant lot-to their first appearance in a top-division match or their first international cap. For every one of them, it was a journey with its share of both tragedy and triumph. Illustrated with rare...
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
Delivers an assessment of the history and future of American men's soccer on the international playing field, discussing the growing symbiotic relationship between the national team and Major League Soccer and how the U.S. is cultivating young talent.
11) World Cup heroes
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Learn more about the biggest soccer even in the world, the World Cup.
Author
Language
English
Description
" Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world's most popular sport goes by many names, but for decades, fans have agreed on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pele;. Now the legendary star, ambassador, and humanitarian shares a global vision for what soccer can accomplish. Now he shares his story, his experience, and his insights on the game for the very first time. Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"October 10, 2017. The U.S. men's soccer team loses in Trinidad and Tobago, and fails to qualify for the 2018 World Cup. Winning soccer's greatest prize never seemed more distant. Immediate fixes -- a new coach, a revamped professional league, a commitment to coaching education -- won't put the USA in the global elite. The nation is too fractious, too litigious, too wrapped up in other sports, and too late to the game. In Why the U.S. Men Will Never...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abbeville Press Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Tells the story of the U.S. Men's National Team, from the formation of U.S. Foot Ball Association one hundred years ago to the recent success of the Men's Team. The U.S. Men's National team has played in six consecutive World Cups and qualified to join the most recent World Cup being played in Brazil in 2014. "--
"Tells the story of U.S. Men's National Team from the formation of the U.S. Football Association 100 years ago to its six consecutive...
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
©2016.
Language
English
Description
In Soccer Without Borders, journalist Erik Kirschbaum lays out Klinsmann's vision for making the U.S. men's soccer team a dominant world power for the first time in its history. Featuring fascinating insights gleaned from Klinsmann's decades of dedicated study - both as a professional striker and as coach of the German national team - this book is an immersive and unparalleled road map for how to build a winning team in the most competitive professional...
Author
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
""New Kids in the World Cup" is a journey from dusty soccer fields in middle America to deafening stadiums in Italy for the United States' first appearance in the World Cup in forty years, all to an idyllic backdrop of the end of the 1980s and the dawn of the 1990s"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Español
Description
Los goles a los ingleses ---- La guerra contra la fifa el equipo ideal ---- Los Italianos ---- Bilardo Menotti ---- Passarella ---- Grondona ---- El papa la droga ---- Malvinas ---- Los vestuarios alemania ---- ¿Y ahora qué? / A treinta años de la consegración en el Mundial de México 1986, Diego Armando Maradona revisa y relata, con voz inconfundible, el momento más brillante de su carrera, cuando lideró a la selección argentina hacia un título...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Every four years, thirty-two of the best men's soccer teams from across the globe compete for the title of FIFA World Cup winner. Over one billion people tuned in worldwide to watch the final game of the 2014 competition, making the World Cup the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, exceeding even the Summer Olympics! This book takes a look back at what has changed since the first tournament in 1930 and what lies ahead for the most popular...
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The national soccer teams of Portugal and Spain have a rivalry spanning decades. What made the teams fierce competitors? How are both country's fans involved in keeping this rivalry going? Easy-to-read text and fantastic images make these books an obvious choice for the soccer-obsessed reluctant or struggling reader"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The national soccer teams of England and Germany have a rivalry spanning decades. What made the teams fierce competitors? How are both country's fans involved in keeping this rivalry going? Easy-to-read text and fantastic images make these books an obvious choice for the soccer-obsessed reluctant or struggling reader"--Provided by publisher.
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