Timothy F Grainey

Beyond Bend It Like Beckham

The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents the first in-depth global analysis of women's football both where it has come from and where it is headed.

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Timothy F. Grainey is a sports journalist who has written extensively on soccer for World Football Pages, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Soccer365.com, Equalizersoccer.com, and TheGlobalGame.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 151mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9780803234703
• ISBN-10: 0803234708
• Artikelnr.: 34747667

Autorenporträt

Timothy F. Grainey is a sports journalist who has written extensively on soccer for World Football Pages, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Soccer365.com, Equalizersoccer.com, and TheGlobalGame.com.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations 
Foreword 
Acknowledgments 
Introduction 
Part One: Rapid Growth in the United States
1. Title IX, Soccer Moms, and Pioneering Players 
2. U.S. National Team, 19961999: "Welcome to Our Party" 
3. Professional Women's Soccer and the : "The Best Three Years of My Life" 
4. Women's Professional Soccer 
Part Two: Challenges in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America
5. The State of the Game in the Middle East 
6. Challenges and Successes in Africa 
7. Latin America: Fighting Machismo Attitudes 
8. Women Athletes: Objects versus Wholesome Role Models 
Part Three: Building Leagues and National Team Programs
9. Ancestral Roots: Leveraging the Diaspora to Build the Game Abroad 
10. National Leagues around the World 
11. Overcoming a Fifty-Year Ban in England 
12. Canada's Youthful Road to Success 
Conclusion: "The Future of Football Is Feminine" 
Afterword: 2011 Women's World Cup 
Appendix of Tables 
Selected Bibliography