The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars

Author: Sebastian Abbot

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2018-03-06

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0393292215

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“An exhilarating, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately unforgettable journey that lays bare the true human stakes of the world’s most popular game.”—Warren St. John, best-selling author of Outcasts United Searching for soccer’s next superstars, an audacious program called Football Dreams held tryouts for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa. In The Away Game, Sebastian Abbot follows several of the boys as they chase their dreams in a dizzying world of rich Arab sheikhs, money-hungry agents, and soccer-mad European fans.

Jim Nasium Is a Basket Case
Jim Nasium Is a Basket Case

Author: Marty McKnight

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2015-08

Total Pages: 89

ISBN-13: 1496505212

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Jim is trying his uncoordinated hand at basketball. Will he use his secret skill to win the game and risk becoming the laughing stock of the school?

I Know Soccer
I Know Soccer

Author: Joanne Mattern

Publisher: Cherry Lake Publishing

Published: 2013-08-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781624314780

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This Level 3 book introduces and examines the different aspects of soccer. Students will develop word recognition and reading skills while learning about the history and rules of soccer, as well as how to play the game. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate and review important information.

Pelé
Pelé

Author: Percy Leed

Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)

Published: 2021-08

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781728404318

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During his soccer career, superstar forward Pelé won three FIFA World Cup titles and became the all-time leading scorer for Brazil. Find out more about his record-breaking achievements and lasting legacy in this biography.

Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown

Author: Dennis St. Sauver

Publisher: Big Buddy Books

Published: 2019-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781532119804

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Find your seat and get ready to cheer as short, engaging text matched with oversized images lead young readers into the story of Antonio Brown. They will learn about where he got his start, some of his most notable moments in the NFL, and how he gives back to the community and people who support him. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Big Buddy Books is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

NFL's Top 10 Teams
NFL's Top 10 Teams

Author: Will Graves

Publisher: SportsZone

Published: 2017-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781532111440

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Find out more about the greatest teams in NFL history. The title features informative sidebars, honorable mentions, a glossary, and further resources. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.

Soccer in Mind
Soccer in Mind

Author: Andrew M. Guest

Publisher: Rutgers University Press

Published: 2021-11-12

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1978817339

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From the FIFA World Cup to pick-up games at your local park, soccer is the closest thing in our world to a universal entertainment. Many writers use this global popularity to describe the game’s winners and losers, but what happens when we use social science to explore how soccer intersects with culture, society, and the self? This book provides a thinking fan’s guide to the world’s most popular game, proposing a way of engaging soccer that sparks intellectual curiosity and employs critical consciousness. Using stories and data, along with ideas from sociology, psychology, and across the social sciences, it provides readers with new ways of understanding fanaticism, peak performance, talent development, and more. Drawing on concepts ranging from cognitive bias to globalization, it illuminates meanings of the game for players and fans while investigating impacts on our lives and communities. While it considers soccer cultures across the globe, the book also analyzes what makes U.S. soccer culture special, including its embrace of the women’s game. As a scholar, former minor league player and coach, and fan, Andrew Guest offers a distinctive perspective on soccer in society. Whatever name you call it, and whatever your interest in it, Soccer in Mind will enrich your own view of the one truly global game.

Inside Qatar
Inside Qatar

Author: John McManus

Publisher: Icon Books

Published: 2022-07-07

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1785788221

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'A wonderful and sometimes devastating book ... sophisticated, nuanced, fair-minded and yet very hard hitting' SIMON KUPER, author of SOCCERNOMICS 'This will transport you to Qatar and teach you with humanity and empathy some of the dark truths about globalisation' BEN JUDAH, author of THIS IS LONDON 'John McManus is a remarkable, compelling writer' RORY STEWART, author of THE PLACES IN BETWEEN 'Wise, well informed, fair-minded and honest' PETER OBORNE, author of THE ASSAULT ON TRUTH AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT OF LIFE IN ONE OF THE WORLD'S RICHEST NATIONS AHEAD OF THE FIFA 2022 WORLD CUP Just 75 years ago, the Gulf nation of Qatar was a backwater, reliant on pearl diving. Today it is a gas-laden parvenu with seemingly limitless wealth and ambition. Skyscrapers, museums and futuristic football stadiums rise out of the desert and Ferraris race through the streets. But in the shadows, migrant workers toil in the heat for risible amounts. Inside Qatar reveals how real people live in this surreal place, a land of both great opportunity and great iniquity. Ahead of Qatar's time in the limelight as host of the 2022 FIFA Men's World Cup, anthropologist John McManus lifts a lid on the hidden worlds of its gilded elite, its spin doctors and thrill seekers, its manual labourers and domestic workers. The sum of their tales is not some exotic cabinet of curiosities. Instead, Inside Qatar opens a window onto the global problems - of unfettered capitalism, growing inequality and climate change - that concern us all.

The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century
The Age of Football: Soccer and the 21st Century

Author: David Goldblatt

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2020-02-18

Total Pages: 685

ISBN-13: 0393635120

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A monumental exploration of soccer and society in our time—by its preeminent historian. The Age of Football proves that whether you call it football or soccer, you can’t make sense of the modern world without understanding its most popular sport. With breathtaking scope and an unparalleled knowledge of the game, David Goldblatt—author of the best-selling The Ball Is Round—charts soccer’s global cultural ascent, economic transformation, and deep politicization.

Eyes Up!
Eyes Up!

Author: TJ Kostecky

Publisher: BenBella Books

Published: 2024-02-06

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1637744676

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Let lessons from an expert soccer coach inspire you to lead a richer, more successful life by expanding your vision to take in more of the world around you, and discover deeper purpose and meaning. TJ Kostecky’s Vision Training, a program that has empowered superstar soccer players around the world—including Carli Lloyd, Julie Foudy, and Claudio Reyna—to make smarter decisions by expanding their field of vision, offers critical value to anyone who knows that so many life lessons are learned on the playing field. Kostecky, Head Men's Soccer Coach at Bard College, lays the groundwork for you to shift your lens by focusing on the 5 Ps: Perceive, Process, Plan, Perform, and Persist. With that expanded perspective, you’ll learn 7 key principles to transform your life and the lives of others through your leadership: See the whole field Look, listen, learn Discover the joy of the game Play the game the right way Make everyone around you better Believe in yourself, believe in the team See beyond the game By bringing Kostecky’s Vision Training to bear on life beyond the field, this book coaches you through making small shifts in your perspective that have major impact, helping you recognize new and unique opportunities in all aspects of life leading to more career, family, and spiritual fulfillment.