Eight World Cups: My Journey Through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer - Couverture rigide

Vecsey, George

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0805098488 ISBN 13 : 9780805098488

Editeur : Henry Holt & Company Inc, 2014

Synopsis

Blending witty travelogue with action on the field - and shady dealings in the back rooms - Vecsey offers an eye-opening, globetrotting account of the last eight World Cups, chronicling the United States team's slow, episodic rise while evidence of corruption grows in the sport's executive suites. Vecsey immerses himself in the great national leagues, historic clubs, devoted fans, and passionate rivalries and gives us his up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Socrates, Maradona, Baggio, Zidane, and Klinsmann-plus Mia Hamm and the American champions of 1999. From his first exposure to the all-night street parties in Barcelona during the 1982 World Cup, Vecsey describes proud nations during their turns as hosts, right up to the roar of vuvuzelas in South Africa in 2010. He discovers that the game in the stadium is backed up by the game in the street, but the joy is sometimes undermined by those who style themselves its protectors, many of them eventually disgraced. With his characteristic sharp reporting and eye for detail, Vecsey brings this global event to vivid life, a perfect companion for fans in time for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

George Vecsey has written more than a dozen books, most recently the bestseller Stan Musial: An American Life. He joined The New York Times in 1968, wrote the Sports of the Times column from 1982 to 2011, and is now a contributing columnist. He was honored in 2013 by the National Soccer Hall of Fame for his contributions as one of the first columnists at a major newspaper to cover the sport. He lives in Port Washington, New York.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Henry Holt & Company Inc
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0805098488
• ISBN 13: 9780805098488
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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