Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Format: audiobook
ASIN: B003P64NWC
Publish date: June 1st 2010
Publisher: Audible Ltd
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
History,
Science,
Business,
Economics,
Culture,
Politics,
Sociology,
Sports And Games,
Sports,
Pop Culture,
Mathematics
Originally found on my book blog! This was the best possible book to read before the World Cup because it focuses more on countries as national teams as a whole more than individual teams. There was a lot of information that helped me better understand the World Cup and soccer in general, which is w...
I found the chapters on economic analysis of team cashflow, as well as the analysis on hosting world sporting events the most interesting. Entertaining and thought provoking book!
I am not a die-hard soccer fan, but this book proves that sports are sports and fans are fans. Rightly called "the Moneyball of soccer"