Description: A whirlwind history of soccer's improbable rise--from ancient traditions to worldwide cultural focus
Brief description: Brian D. Bunk is an author and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who regularly teaches on world history, modern Europe, and the history of sport. His courses on the global history of soccer and sport reflect his research focused on the history of soccer in the United States, which was the subject of his first book, From Football to Soccer: The Early History of the Beautiful Game in the United States, and his most recently published book, Beyond the Field: How Soccer Built Community in the United States.
Review Quotes: It deepened my appreciation of the beautiful game and its rich history.--Big Think