Böcker av Clemente A. Lisi

In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet¿s Biggest Sporting Event, Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the full history of the tournament, providing vivid accounts of individual games, controversies, and innovations from 1930 to today.

This book gives a complete history of the US Men's National Soccer Team, from the early twentieth century up through the 2016 Copa America Centenario. Each chapter includes game descriptions, photos, profiles of notable players from the era, and more.

This book chronicles the World Cup from its origins in 1930 to the present day. It features highlights from each tournament, photos, player profiles, statistics, and World Cup records. This new edition includes coverage of the FIFA corruption scandal, the use of video technology, a profile of 2018 Golden Ball winner Luka Modric, and much more.

Updated through the 2012 Olympics.In the second edition of The U.S. Women's Soccer Team, Clemente A. Lisi looks at how women's soccer has gained popularity over the last couple of decades, detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Lisi recounts the development of the women's team, highlighted by their two first place finishes in the Women's World Cup (1991 and 1999) and four Olympic women's gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012). In addition to chronicling the history of the team as a whole, this book offers miniprofiles and photographs of some of the best players over the years, including Julie Foudy, Amy Rodriguez, Hope Solo, and Mia Hamm.