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Johnnie Lowery's 'Match Fit' -- tackling soccer's many mental health issues
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Wednesday, September 20, 2023
The book covers coaches, referees and fans, but also analyses of t ...
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The Soccer Grannies of South Africa: 'Leaving cultural expectations in the dust'
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Tuesday, July 25, 2023
The 'Vakhegula Vakhegula' were a most unlikely bunch of sportswomen from t ...
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'Red Balloons': A soccer book about the real meaning of loss
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Saturday, July 8, 2023
Liam Walsh relies on the anchor of Swindon Town to keep h ...
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Book Review: Franz Beckenbauer's story, flaws and all
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Uli Hesse has written the best and most focused book about t ...
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World Cup Book Review, Part 2: Searching for the real Qatar
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Will the World Cup bequeath Qatar a soccer legacy, a benefit cit ...
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World Cup Book Review, Part 1: Dictatorship, USA 94, and the greatest upsets
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Monday, October 31, 2022
Among World Cup-season book publishing: a look at how USA 1994 "chang ...
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Tom McCabe chronicles New Jersey's rich soccer history with pride
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Saturday, July 2, 2022
His work includes documentaries about "Soccertown, USA" Kearny and Manfred Schellscheidt ("Voi ...
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Moving documentary shows Ronaldinho's Barca rise and decline
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Friday, May 20, 2022
When Ronaldinho laughs, it's like watching him play - it's impossible n ...
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U.S. filmmaker Christopher Andre Marks on creating the 'King Otto' documentary
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Friday, April 15, 2022
Who was the first person to win a major international soccer tourname ...
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The Rochester Lancers: 'the antithesis of the New York Cosmos' -- book review and author Q&A
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Tuesday, April 5, 2022
It's something of a minor miracle that soccer established itself -- ev ...
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Watch: Behind-the-scenes view of soccer cinema making
Soccer America Daily, Mike Woitalla - Wednesday, March 16, 2022
A visit to set of "High Expectations" reveals how the "soccer consultant ...
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Holiday gift ideas: Recommended reading from SA reviews and interviewees
Soccer America Daily, - Thursday, December 16, 2021
Books we reviewed, reported on, or excerpted, this year may very we ...
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'Football, She Wrote': A wonderful collection of women's soccer writing on struggle, progress and hope
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Thursday, December 16, 2021
Just as it's heartening to see how far women's soccer has co ...
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Holiday gift ideas: Recommended reading from SA reviews and interviewees
Soccer America Daily, - Sunday, December 5, 2021
To help with holiday shopping, here are some soccer literature insights fr ...
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SA Library Holiday Gift Ideas: 2021 Soccer Books
Soccer America Daily, - Saturday, November 27, 2021
Books we featured this year may help you find presents for yo ...
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Simon Kuper on seeing Messi's Barcelona impact up close, the Cruyff phenomenon, and Soccernomics' latest twists
Soccer America Confidential, Arlo Moore-Bloom - Monday, November 22, 2021
At first, Kuper thought writing about Messi might be boring. But wh ...
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'The Hard Yards' delivers compelling stories from 'the toughest league' -- a more intriguing playground than the EPL
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Below the over-hyped, self-styled "greatest league in the world" is an engagin ...
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Rachel Markus on the amazing films that look at life through soccer
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Monday, August 16, 2021
"Kicking + Screening" receives 100 submissions a year, from across the glob ...
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'What Happened to the USMNT' book draws many conclusions from a handful of games
Soccer America Confidential, Beau Dure - Tuesday, July 13, 2021
The problem with the U.S. men's soccer team, authors Steven G. Mand ...
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Matt Eliason: The man in 'Messi & Me' on going pro, scoring, struggling, and being grateful
Soccer America Confidential, Dan Woog - Saturday, July 3, 2021
Like "Rudy" or "Field of Dreams," the documentary "Messi & Me" ...
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SA Library (Memoirs & Biographies): Dwayne De Rosario serves as perfect tour guide to a colorful era of MLS
Soccer America Daily, - Saturday, June 5, 2021
The latest addition to Soccer America's collection of memoirs and biographies recommend ...
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'An industry swimming in a toxic stew of gender inequality'
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Several soccer clubs in the UK and the rest of Europe to ...
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SA Library: Steve Hunt adds insight to NASL's glory days as a youngster from England with the Cosmos
Soccer America Daily, - Friday, April 23, 2021
A recent addition to Soccer America's collection of books recommended by staf ...
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Pele, the brutal dictator, and the 1970 World Cup
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Saturday, April 3, 2021
What does Pele have in common with the Beatles? They are bo ...
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'I'm With the Cosmos: The Story of Steve Hunt': English winger reflects on his days with Pele and Co.
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Arriving at age 20, he was among the young players to count ...
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2020 rewind: Silent stadiums and hot debates on anthems, coaching, soccer's rules and urgently needed reform
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Below is a selection of columns from 2020 that have provoked most ...
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2020 Soccer Books: SA Library holiday gift ideas
Soccer America Daily, - Friday, December 18, 2020
These soccer books published in 2020 cover several parts the international gam ...
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Wise and witty 'Farther Corner' takes us back to England's Northeast
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Wednesday, December 16, 2020
The very character of non-League soccer in England is a lure f ...
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Black player history in England: Who broke through first at the 92 clubs and the prejudice they had to overcome
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Wednesday, September 30, 2020
The authors list the first Black players at each of the curre ...
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'Blood and Circuses' delves into the post-communist chaos of eastern European soccer
Soccer America Confidential, Ian Plenderleith - Monday, August 17, 2020
Storied teams were deprived of state support and had to rely ...