Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport by Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper

Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport

Stefan Szymanski, Simon Kuper

464 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction sports informative slow-paced
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Soccernomics pioneers a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous, empirical analysis and incisive, witty commentary. The San Francisco Chronicle describes it as “the most intelligent book ever written about soccer.” This World Cup edition f...

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