Description:
Fourteen short stories explore how certain soccer athletes, coaches, parents, fans, and politicians made war or peace and grew personally or not. Events begin in 1961 Seattle, USA then move to Mexico, Russia, South Africa and Northern Ireland.
Brief description: Phil J. Davis played for or helped coach five state championship, soccer teams starting in Washington state and New Mexico, USA. He retired in 2015 after forty years as an award-winning, high school teacher of literature, history, Spanish, and world culture.
Review Quotes:
"Phil Davis's stories of soccer are authentic and inspiring, his lifelong love of the game evident in the moments and characters he portrays. But the strength of his observations lies not in celebrating sports simply as a venue for victories and defeats, but in the power of athletics to bring people together."
Jack Broom, long-time Seattle Times journalist