The long game : U.S. men's soccer and its savage, four-decade journey to the top, or thereabouts / Leander Schaerlaeckens.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaerlaeckens, Leander, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States Men's National Soccer Team--History.

United States Men's National Soccer Team.

Soccer--United States--History.

Soccer.

Genre:

Informational works.

Physical Description:

x, 367 pages illustrations 24 cm

illustrations.

Other Title:

United States men's soccer & its savage, 4 decade journey to the top, or thereabouts

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Viking, [2026]

Summary:

"The gripping account of the U.S. men's national soccer team's winding saga from obscurity to the global stage as they stand on the brink of a seminal World Cup in 2026"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Author's note

Prologue

Part I: The First World Cups, 1930-1982. At the first world cup

Poison to the game

Dark decades

Part II: The Reawakening, 1983-1989. Team America

A series of miracles

Part III: Back at the World Cup, 1990-1994. Galumphing, cornfed college boys

Bora Ball

A nation changed

Striving, 1995-2002. The boys of Bradenton

Nightmare at the chateau

Our way

Part IV: Stagnation and Ambition, 2003-2014. Not much of a world cup

The fruits of imperialism

The Bradley competency

Virality

The great leap forward

Launch

Part VI: Rebuilding, 2015-2021. The crash

The brotherhood

Born in the USA

Part VII: A Golden Generation, Maybe, 2022-2024. Rehearsal

The Reyna brouhaha

The reset

Epilogue.

Notes:

"Illustrations by Dan Leydon"--Copyright page.

Other Format:

Online version Schaerlaeckens, Leander The long game

ISBN:

9780593653876

0593653874

OCLC:

1533932349

Publisher Number:

90104571131