The World's Game
Subtitle: A HISTORY OF SOCCER (Illinois History of Sports)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780252067181
Subjects: Soccer (Association football); Sports & Recreation; Sports; History; Soccer; Sports & Recreation / General
First sentence: When Americans celebrated the centenary of their national football code on 6 November 1969, the game they commemorated was in fact closer to soccer than to either rugby or what came to be known as American football.