Rock 'n' Roll Soccer

Rock 'n' Roll Soccer
Author :
Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 367
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781466884007
ISBN-13 : 1466884002
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Rock 'n' Roll Soccer by : Ian Plenderleith

Download or read book Rock 'n' Roll Soccer written by Ian Plenderleith and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist Ian Plenderleith's Rock 'n' Roll Soccer presents the raucous history of the hype and chaos surrounding the rapid rise and cataclysmic fall of the NASL. The North American Soccer League - at its peak in the late 1970s - presented soccer as performance, played by men with a bent for flair, hair and glamour. More than just Pelé and the New York Cosmos, it lured the biggest names of the world game like Johan Cruyff, Franz Beckenbauer, Eusebio, Gerd Müller and George Best to play the sport as it was meant to be played-without inhibition, to please the fans. The first complete look at the ambitious, star-studded NASL, Rock 'n' Roll Soccer reveals how this precursor to modern soccer laid the foundations for the sport's tremendous popularity in America today. Bringing to life the color and chaos of an unfairly maligned league, soccer journalist Ian Plenderleith draws from research and interviews with the men who were there to reveal the madness of its marketing, the wild expectations of businessmen and corporations hoping to make a killing out of the next big thing, and the insanity of franchises in scorching cities like Las Vegas and Hawaii. That's not to mention the league's on-running fight with FIFA as the trailblazing North American continent battled to innovate, surprise, and sell soccer to a whole new world. As entertaining and raucous as the league itself, Rock 'n' Roll Soccer recounts the hype and chaos surrounding the rapid rise and cataclysmic fall of the NASL, an enterprising and groundbreaking league that did too much right to ignore.


Rock 'n' Roll Soccer Related Books

Rock 'n' Roll Soccer
Language: en
Pages: 367
Authors: Ian Plenderleith
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-09-22 - Publisher: Macmillan

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Journalist Ian Plenderleith's Rock 'n' Roll Soccer presents the raucous history of the hype and chaos surrounding the rapid rise and cataclysmic fall of the NAS
How Loud Can You Burp?
Language: en
Pages: 293
Authors: Glenn Murphy
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-01 - Publisher: Flash Point

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

How loud can your average middle-grader burp? Parents, librarians, and innocent bystanders are about to find out. This follow-up to the equally alluring WHY IS
King George: What Was His Problem?
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Steve Sheinkin
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-07 - Publisher: Flash Point

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers an American history lesson they'll never forget in the fun and
Two Miserable Presidents
Language: en
Pages: 292
Authors: Steve Sheinkin
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-07 - Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Honor recipient Steve Sheinkin gives young readers the causes and curses that divided America into Union and Confe
Weird Sports
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Michael Teitelbaum
Categories: Curiosities and wonders
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-15 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Gather up your frozen turkey, your lawnmower, your cheese wheel, and your bog-snorkeling gear because it's time for a trip to the weird world of sports! From un