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Vecsey, George.
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Fédération internationale de football association.
World Cup (Soccer) -- History.
Soccer -- Tournaments.
Soccer -- History.
Soccer teams -- History.
Soccer players -- Biography.
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Vecsey, George.
Fédération internationale de football association.
World Cup (Soccer) -- History.
Soccer -- Tournaments.
Soccer -- History.
Soccer teams -- History.
Soccer players -- Biography.
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Eight world cups : my journey through the beauty and dark side of soccer / George Vecsey.
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Vecsey, George.
Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2014.
Call #:
796
.334668
V413e
Subjects
Fédération internationale de football association.
World Cup (Soccer) -- History.
Soccer -- Tournaments.
Soccer -- History.
Soccer teams -- History.
Soccer players -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780805098488 (hc.)
0805098488 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
x, 290 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-272) and index.
Contents:
The goal that changes everything -- The making of a fan -- The best group ever -- Not ready for prime time -- The kid comes back -- The sweetest fans -- Marking Maradona -- Mr. Blatter comes to America -- The big event -- America's first soccer champion -- Allons, enfants -- Americans win World Cup-- again -- The year of the outsiders -- The home I was always seeking -- Scandal and head-butt -- Nelson Mandela meets FIFA -- Spain makes a breakthrough -- Blatter scores an own goal -- The Age of Klinsmann -- Appendix. Eight World Cups.
Summary:
"As North America increasingly embraces soccer, one sports columnist has been covering the world's signature tournament for three decades. George Vecsey of The New York Times pulls back the curtain on FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) and the beautiful game. 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 evidence of corruption growing in the sport's executive suites. The great national leagues, historic clubs, devoted fans, passionate rivalries and up-close impressions of charismatic stars like Socrates, Maradona, Baggio, and Zidane.
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