Distant Corners - American Soccer's History of Missed Opportunities and Lost Causes

From bestselling author David Wangerin, a history of America's curious relationship with the "beautiful game"

List of contents

Worthy Diversions. An Introduction
1. "Here they come!"
2. Foreign bodies and freezing fans
3. Bullets
4. Mild Bill
5. Dash, Desperation and Deviltry
6. California Gold
7. Shot Out in Jersey

 

About the author

David Wangerin was born in Chicago, grew up in Wisconsin, and moved to the United Kingdom in 1987. He is the author of Soccer in a Football World: The Story of America's Forgotten Game (Temple) and for more than twenty years has contributed to the British soccer magazine When Saturday Comes. He lives in central Scotland, where he has developed an affection for Raith Rovers.

Summary

From bestselling author David Wangerin, a history of America's curious relationship with the "beautiful game"

Product details

• Authors: David Wangerin
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2011
• EAN: 9781439906309
• ISBN: 978-1-4399-0630-9
• No. of pages: 264
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 238 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 507 g
• Series: Sporting; Sporting (Temple University Pr; Sporting; Sporting (Temple University Pr
• Subject: Guides > Sport > Ball sport