Why the U.S. Men Will Never Win the World Cup
Excerpt
A sneak peek is at The Guardian,
Contents
Writing in non-book form
- Duresport.com: Compiled work from The Guardian, Soccer America, USA TODAY, ESPN and whoever else is willing to pay me (or at least give me a T-shirt or something), along with occasional blog posts about sports other than soccer
- Ranting Soccer Dad, the blog: Occasional blog posts about soccer
2012: The Year That Saved Women’s Soccer
In 2012, professional women’s soccer in the USA had collapsed. Again.
The country was staring into the abyss of another lost generation, following the loss of so many talented players who drifted away from the game in the mid-2000s, when pro opportunities dried up.
A small group of people wouldn’t let that happen.
This is their story.
The Soccer Site Doctor Guide to Healing Your Club’s Website
Do you run a youth soccer club? Great!
Here’s the bad news: Your site is terrible. It’s not reaching its target audience.
How do I know? I’ve looked hundreds of them. I know web content. I know parents.
Fixing your site is easy. Buy this short, cheap book and spend a few minutes implementing what it recommends.
Previous books
Long-Range Goals: The Success Story of Major League Soccer arrived in bookstores the same day the 2010 World Cup kicked off. I’d like to say I planned it that way, but that would be too perfect. Besides, I was going through a conventional publishing house (Potomac Books), and I doubt we could’ve arranged that.
The book is available at Amazon in hardcover and Kindle form, and at Barnes and Noble in hardcover and Nook.
Enduring Spirit: Restoring Professional Women’s Soccer to Washington was published in September 2013. It’s the story of the first season of the NWSL’s Washington Spirit, who were kind enough to let me wander around at their practices and follow them on a couple of road trips. The idea was to get some insight into the lives of players in a fledgling lead with low pay and an uncertain future.
It’s available electronically for Kindle, Nook and elsewhere. The print version is available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Single-Digit Soccer: Keeping Sanity in the Earliest Ages of the Beautiful Game, published in August 2015, is the culmination of several years of research and interviews attempting to answer questions about soccer development, sportsmanship and simultaneous burping.
The goal is to bring everyone — administrators seeking future national team stars, coaches carving out a niche in the chaotic U.S. soccer landscape, know-it-all coaches, and befuddled parents — together to figure out how to make soccer fun and productive for everyone under age 10.
The book is available electronically at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Apple and elsewhere. The paperback edition is available at Amazon or at your local bookstore if you go in and demand it.
How the Hell Did I End Up Cageside?: An Accidental MMA Writer’s Memoir, published in March 2020, is a brief look at my time as USA TODAY’s first MMA beat writer, placed in the context of being a lifelong nerd who has never been punched in the face but was exposed to some violence thanks to childhood YMCA camps and middle school.
It’s also a good introduction to the sport for those of us not naturally inclined to watch combat sports but curious about them.
Only available electronically at Amazon.
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