num_pages: 272
description: A hardscrabble soccer aficionado from Glasgow describes his misadventures with coaching a California little-league soccer team, during which he struggled to transform a ragtag band of eight-year-olds into young winners in spite of his significant culture clashes with their over-protective suburban parents. 25,000 first printing.
language: English
title: Kick the Balls: An Offensive Suburban Odyssey
publisher: Hudson Street Press