African Soccerscapes by Peter Alegi “This is an African World Cup, this is a world-class event. There is no contradiction between being African and being world class.” – Danny Jordaan, CEO of the 2010 Local Organizing Committee The lines above came from the final paragraph of African Soccerscapes: How a Continent Changed the World’s Game by Peter Alegi. The author, like many others, chose to finish with a poignant ending. This shares the enormous expectations for the 2010 World Cup in
Bloody Confused by Chuck Culpepper Sometimes you just need a change. This was certainly the case for American sportswriter Chuck Culpepper, who was sick and tired of covering the usual sport suspects: MLB, NFL, NBA, and even the Kentucky Derby. Super Bowls no longer brought him the joy they once had; everything here in the States had lost its luster. So an intense curiosity was born, a curiosity for English football. Culpepper dropped everything and went to England to see one of
Simply put Football Manager 2010 is one of the finest games I have ever played. It is described as a football management simulation game, but it is much more. It gives the user an opportunity to try their hand at managing a professional soccer club on and off the pitch. Every aspect of the beautiful game is covered with stunning detail. You can manage the club’s schedule, coaching staff, strategy, and of course the players. The game has tons of depth and an
Farred approaches the content with the eye of a scholar and the pen of a wordsmith. The text has a natural flow that is not impeded by an intense vocabulary and loads of information. The subject matter varies greatly from Argentine dictators to racism in football to the rule of apartheid in South Africa. It is as much about history and sociology as it is about football. Farred recalls the greatest players and the greatest moments in Liverpool’s storied history as
The Global Game is a fascinating text that reminds us about what makes the beautiful game beautiful. It features a diverse selection of authors and a variety of genres of literature. The ecclectic yet scholarly approach to the game is refreshing and thought provoking. The stories presented throughout the book range from inspiring to shocking. Some of our favorites include “Art Works Football Club” by Lawrence Cann and “Klapzuba’s Eleven” by Eduard Bass.
Words are a bit hard to come by when discussing the virtues of this riveting text. The best way that it can be described is groundbreaking, genre bending, and above all controversial. You can say that the book opens a “whole can of worms”. It causes you to rethink the idea of professional sports and to question the purity of the beautiful game. Simply put, the book is pure brilliance. It is perhaps the finest work of sports journalism
At first glance this looks to be just another text on the history of soccer. There are many on the market today, but none delivers the message of this book. Soccer is an American game, one with deep roots in North America. It is not un-American or a game played by communists. David Wangerin takes on these old, worn-out arguments and shows why it is a game we can call our own. Much of his research and discussion had never
There hasn’t been much innovation in football boots for the past twenty or thirty years. Companies regularly change colors or raise prices, but there is no effort to inspire change. The Concave Sports line of football boots challenges the status quo with an evolved product that is technologically superior to anything else on the market. This is a rare thing, a boot that will turn heads and get people’s attention. The boot is stylish, comfortable, and advanced. Tests of the
Ok, admit it. You didn’t think that FIFA 10 could get any more addictive. But with EA Sport’s release of Ultimate Team as an add-on for FIFA 10, fans can get a better grip on running their own club from scratch. Many psychics say that your future is in the cards and that is true of Ultimate 10. The goal of Ultimate 10 is to make the best squad you can buy buying either packs of cards, or buying individual players’ cards