Throughout the world football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focusing on national, political and cultural identities, football is the med
Master storyteller Joe McGinniss travels to Italy to cover the unlikely success of a ragtag minor league soccer team--and delivers a brilliant and utterly unfor
The classic winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award. Throughout the world, football is a potent force in the lives of billions of people. Focus
Published for the first time in the U.S. to coincide with the 2006 World Cup, an analysis of the role of professional soccer in world affairs offers insight int
The great footballers and coaches are rarely glimpsed from up close. They shield themselves from the tabloids, hide their personalities behind professionalism,