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The United States increasing success in international soccer in recent years has focused American attention on the sometimes-obscure subject of American efforts in this area. But this is a subject that is not obscure to the authors of this book, who have made a study over the years of the performances of United States men's and women's teams in the World Cup. This book details those performances, from the start of the men's World Cup in 1930 through the 2010 World Cup. Every game that the United States has ever played in the men's or women's World Cup is here, including both qualifying games and games in the World Cup itself. This a total of 197 games, 151 for the men and 46 for the women (the Women's World Cup wasn't begun until 1991). Each game is covered here with a prose account and a detailed box score, including the lineups of both the U.S. team and its opponent.
Also included here are the full rosters of the nine United States men's teams and five United States women's teams that have played in the final tournament of the World Cup, with information about each player's career.
The United States is certainly a world power in women's soccer, and it has shown that it may be on the brink of becoming one in men's soccer. For years, however, this was not the case. This book chronicles the full history, the defeats as well as the famous victories. There are many of both.
22 x 14 cms, softback, 212 pages.
2002
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