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

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In Distant Corners, his follow-up to Soccer in a Football World, David Wangerin details several of the people, places, and events that shaped American soccer history. Despite its struggle for popular acceptance, soccer in the United States has a rich history. Wangerin profiles Tom Cahill, the almost...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wangerin, David
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2011.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Soccer.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Soccer > History.
Soccer > United States > History.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:In Distant Corners, his follow-up to Soccer in a Football World, David Wangerin details several of the people, places, and events that shaped American soccer history. Despite its struggle for popular acceptance, soccer in the United States has a rich history. Wangerin profiles Tom Cahill, the almost-forgotten ""father of American soccer, "" and writes passionately about the 1979 North American Soccer League season, the high-water mark of the game in the twentieth century. Wangerin shows how the American appetite for soccer has ebbed and grown over the years, chronic.
Description:Includes index.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (264 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781439906323

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