{"product_id":"generation-zero-founding-fathers-hidden-histories-the-making-of-soccer-in-america-collectors-edition-paperback","title":"Generation Zero: Founding Fathers, Hidden Histories \u0026 the Making of Soccer in America (Collector's Edition) - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHal Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Modern Creation Story American Soccer Didn't Know It Had - Full-color \"Collector's Edition\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e By the late 1980s, U.S. soccer had solidified its reputation as a global laughingstock, a sporting oxymoron akin to Jamaican bobsledding: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Starting in 1950, the richest, most powerful nation on Earth had gone 0 for 9 trying to qualify for the World Cup. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Once the North American Soccer League petered out, U.S. sporting culture proved unable\/unwilling to replace it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Soccer on TV? Post-1984, only the odd indoor match might be found there - late at night, on content-starved cable outlets, after competitive lumberjacking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Today, the phenomenon of U.S. soccer development and success is almost taken for granted: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Live matches from Major League Soccer and a dozen foreign leagues are routinely beamed into American households, seven days a week.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- World Cup participation is routine, thanks to wildly popular men's and women's national teams. Americans don't just compete in World Cups. We host them -the next one arrives in 2026.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e - Nationwide, millions of Soccer Moms preside over the game's grassroots, securing its growing place in the broader cultural tableau.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeneration Zero\u003c\/em\u003e profiles this epic transformation by spotlighting the national team players and fans who made it happen. Conventional wisdom assigns American soccer progress largely to an event, World Cup '94, but history shows the tipping point arrived five years earlier. With a single victory - against all odds, on a small Caribbean island, just as the Berlin Wall fell - soccer's haphazard, indeterminate development in the U.S. instantly became inevitable, headlong growth. Raised as the country's first soccer natives during the 1970s, then tempered by hardship throughout the 1980s, Generation Zero (the author's shorthand for Generation X) produced both ends of the formative equation: a national team good enough to break through \u003cem\u003eand\u003c\/em\u003e an audience that would care, the country's first legitimate soccer fan base. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe full-color \u003cem\u003eCollector's Edition\u003c\/em\u003e features rare imagery from the 1989-90 U.S. Men's National Team photographer and candid snaps from the players themselves. \u003cem\u003eGeneration Zero\u003c\/em\u003e is must-read for anyone who appreciates the rich futbol culture we enjoy today but wonders, \"How did we get here?\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 458\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.19 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 17, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47538541854973,"sku":"9798986019826","price":101.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/QzNzaUVYM2tLYUp6OXBnc2NYRExUUT09.webp?v=1778792056","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/generation-zero-founding-fathers-hidden-histories-the-making-of-soccer-in-america-collectors-edition-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}