{"product_id":"soccerhead-an-accidental-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-american-game-9780865477339","title":"Soccerhead: An Accidental Journey Into the Heart of the American Game","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoccerhead \u003c\/i\u003eis youth soccer coach Jim Haner's investigation into the origins of soccermainia\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn July 10, 1999, 100,000 Americans, mostly women, did something they had not done before, at least not in such numbers. They showed up to watch a soccer match. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTheir attendance at the 1999 Women's World Cup Final took the world by surprise, forcing it to recognize much about itself that it had been in denial of for quite some time. Who were these soccer fans? Where had they come from? Why had no one noticed them before? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAward winning journalist Jim Haner asks these questions, and others, as he sets off in search of the origins of the American passion for soccer, uncovering the game's roots in an early industrial Northeast and following them up through the transcontinental suburban present. But Haner is by no means a passive historian of the game; he is the coach of the Hornets, a rag-tag team of ten nine-year-old boys and one determined little girl. Haner provides us with an intimate view of his team's struggles and successes over the course of season, and of his own transformation from reluctant soccer dad to authentic 'soccerhead'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSeamlessly weaving personal and historical narrative threads, \u003ci\u003e Soccerhead\u003c\/i\u003e is both an enticing memoir and a cultural inquiry of the first-order--enlightening, entertaining, and informative--shedding new light on a little known chapter of American history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Point Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/03\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865477339\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d","brand":"Jim Haner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52122229997749,"sku":"9780865477339","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/soccerhead-an-accidental-journey-into-the-heart-of-the-american-game-9780865477339","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}