A History of the World Cup: 1930-2018 [Paperback]

There is no sporting event more popular than the World Cup.

For one month every four years, billions of people around the world turn their attention to the tournament. Fans call in sick to work, pack into bars to watch games, or stay home for days at a time glued to their TV sets.

In A History of the World Cup: 1930-2018, Clemente A. Lisi chronicles this international phenomenon, providing vivid accounts of individual games from the tournament's origins in 1930 to modern times. In addition, the book features statistics for each competition, photos, and profiles of the most memorableand controversialfigures of the sport, including Diego Maradona, Juste Fontaine, Franz Beckenbauer, Ronaldo, Zinedine Zidane, Miroslave Klose, and Pel?.

This new edition includes coverage of the FIFA corruption scandal, the use of video technology, a profile of 2018 Golden Ball winner Luka Modric, revised statistical information, and memorable moments from the 2018 tournament. Comprehensive yet highly readable, A History of the World Cup is a wonderful book for fans of the beautiful game.

Clemente A. Lisi has worked as a journalist and editor for more than two decades. In that time, he has been an editor at major metropolitan dailies such as the New York Post and the New York Daily News and served as senior editor at ABCNews.com. He is the author of The U.S. Womens Soccer Team: An American Success Story (2013), A History of the U.S. Mens National Soccer Team (2017), and the previous editions of A History of the World Cup. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Lisis updated edition on soccers most important competition is very similar to his earlier volumes in structure, content, and features. He again does an effective job of capturing the excitement of the worlds most popular sporting event by providing vivid accounts of individual games and crucial plays, along with profiles of its most accomplished athletes and their feats. Photographs enhance the fast-palF