Posts Tagged ‘Soccer’s’

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So who IS the greatest footballer of all time?This ninth volume of the acclaimed Soccer’s Greatest series contains 2 half hour episodes, each featuring one of the best players in the history of the sport. Featured on this disc are the two players generally considered the best ever, Diego Maradona of Argentina and Pele of Brazil. AS SEEN ON FOX SOCCER CHANNEL…. More >>

Soccer’s Greatest – Volume 9 – Diego Maradona/Pele

A Love Affair With the World Cup
By Grace Nasri

Every four years, the world joins together for an event that covers 32 teams from the four corners of the world, hundreds of players with nationalities that span the globe, hundreds of millions of fans from Buenos Aires and New York to Tehran and Beijing, and one main goal: The World Cup trophy.

Soccer’s World Cup is largely about the national teams, players and goals.  Yet it is just as much about unity, equality and hope.  As hundreds of millions of die-hard soccer fans around the world would attest, there are many reasons for this love affair with soccer, but here are the top 10:

• ISBN13: 9781602391963
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While kicking a ball through the dusty streets of his Brazilian hometown, young Edson Arantes do Nascimento was given the nickname Pelé so casually that no one remembers its meaning. Today, the name is famous worldwide as belonging to history’s greatest soccer player. Here, in Pelé’s own words, is his incredible life story: his five goals in the last two games of the 1958 World Cup at the tender age of 17, his glory years with his Brazilian club FC Santos, his… More >>

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The best of a generation of Brazilians universally acknowledged as the most astounding group ever to play the game, Pelé is a true legend in the world of soccer. He won the World Cup three times and is Brazil’s all-time record goal scorer with 97 goals. This exciting collection gathers together some of the greatest images from Pelé’s long and storied career, from his first days playing at the club level to his astounding performances on the international level. … More >>

Pele: The Illustratrated Autobiography: Photographs and Memorabilia from Soccer’s Greatest Player

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Hand of God is the definitive biography of one of the greatest players in the history of world soccer, a man who at one time was arguably the most brilliant and most controversial figure in all of sport: Argentina’s Diego Maradona. This extraordinary story moves from the slums of Buenos Aires, where Maradona was born in 1960, to the packed stadiums of the United States, where he was ignobly expelled in 1994 after failing a drug test. In his rise to fame – and notor… More >>

Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona, Soccer’s Fallen Star