{"product_id":"new-kids-in-the-world-cup-the-totally-late-80s-and-early-90s-tale-of-the-team-that-changed-american-soccer-forever-hardcover","title":"New Kids in the World Cup: The Totally Late '80s and Early '90s Tale of the Team That Changed American Soccer Forever - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Elder\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1990, though no one knew it then, a fearless group of players changed the sport of soccer in the United States forever. Young, bronzed, and mulleted, they were America's finest athletes in a sport that America loved to hate. Even sportswriters rooted against them. Yet this team defied massive odds and qualified for the World Cup, making possible America's current obsession with the world's most popular game. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this era, a U.S. Soccer Federation head coach had a better-paying day job as a black-tie restaurant waiter. Players earned $20 a day. The crowd at home games cheered for their opponent, and the fields were even mismarked. In Latin America the U.S. team bus had a machine gun turret mounted on the back, locals would sabotage their hotel, and in the stadiums spectators would rain coins, batteries, and plastic bags of urine down on the American players. The world considered the U.S. team to be total imposters--the Milli Vanilli of soccer. Yet on the biggest stage of all, in the 1990 World Cup, this undaunted American squad and their wise coach earned the adoration of Italy's star players and their fans in a gladiator-like match in Rome's deafening Stadio Olimpico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From windswept soccer fields in the U.S. heartland to the CIA-infested cauldron of Central America and the Caribbean, behind the recently toppled Iron Curtain and into the great European soccer cathedrals, \u003ci\u003eNew Kids in the World Cup\u003c\/i\u003e is the origin story of modern American soccer in a time when power ballads were inescapable and mainstream America was discovering hip-hop. It's the true adventure of America's most important soccer team, which made possible everything that's come since--including America finally falling in love with soccer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For more information about the book visit newkidsintheworldcup.com\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdam Elder\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning journalist and editor whose soccer writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, Newyorker.com, and Wired.com. A former managing editor of \u003ci\u003eTriathlete\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCompetitor\u003c\/i\u003e magazines, he has also written for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAir Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, Vice, ESPN.com, Outside Online, and \u003ci\u003eMEL Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.13 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63164016329053,"sku":"9781496229434","price":44.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/TzBvUExCcDJ1UFd5VWRNVFE5bnAxQT09.webp?v=1768947020","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/new-kids-in-the-world-cup-the-totally-late-80s-and-early-90s-tale-of-the-team-that-changed-american-soccer-forever-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}