Soccernomics (2018 World Cup Edition) - by Simon Kuper & Stefan Szymanski (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Previous edition published in 2014 as: Soccernomics: why England loses, why Germany and Brazil win, and why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey and even Iraq are destined to become the kings of the world's most popular sport.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style? <p/> These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. <i>Soccernomics</i> answers them. <p/> Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, <i>Soccernomics</i> reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup, <i>Soccernomics</i> is a new way of looking at the world's most popular game.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Soccernomics</i> . . . remains essential reading for anyone seeking an analytical take on the game.--<i><b>Keeping Score (TIME Soccer Blog)</b></i><br><br><i>Soccernomics</i> is the most intelligent book ever written about soccer.<br>--<i><b>San Francisco Chronicle</b></i><br><br><i>Soccernomics</i> [is] a sharply written and provocative examination of the world's game seen through the prism of economics and statistical data. It demolishes almost everything that most soccer fans believe about the game and how professional soccer teams should operate.<br>--<i><b>Globe and Mail (Canada)</b></i><br><br>[<i>Soccernomics</i>] is a sporting tale in the <i>Freakonomics</i> mode of inquiry, using statistics to come up with fascinating conclusions.<br>--<i><b>Independent (UK), Best Books of 2009</b></i><br><br>[Kuper and Szymanksi] do for soccer what <i>Moneyball</i> did for baseball--put the game under an analytical microscope using statistics, economics, psychology, and intuition to try to transform a dogmatic sport.<br>--<i><b>New York Times</b></i><br><br>[Szymanski and Kuper] entertainingly demolish soccer shibboleths. . . . Well argued and clear-headed.<br><b></b>--<i><b>Financial Times, Best Books of 2009</b></i><br><br>Fascinating.<br>--<i><b>VanityFair.com</b></i><br><br>Many explanations [of England's poor form] can be found in the book <i>Soccernomics</i> in a segment entitled 'Why England Loses.' (This is well worth a read for any English football fan; essentially, you overvalue your football heritage and undervalue the benefits of innovation.)<b><br></b>--<i><b>Stephen J. Dubner, coauthor of Freakonomics, on the Freakonomics blog</b></i><br><br>Oh, Rooney's the best. [My son] Ben thinks that England might be in the top four, but that's it. He knows the starting line up of every European team. We're reading this very interesting book about football together, you know <i>Soccernomics</i>.<b><br><i></i></b>--<i><b>Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs and Birds of America</b></i><br><br>Quite an entertaining read.<br>--<i><b>Simply Futbol</b></i><br><br>Since the publication of the first edition of <i>Soccernomics</i> there have been several attempts to copy its content. Yet few authors in the world of soccer writing can tell a human story like Simon Kuper, and even fewer academics can write an understandable narrative with numbers like Stefan Szymanski. Together the two men raise the bar again, bringing new insights to an already great body of work that is accessible and interesting to the quant and casual reader alike. . . . I highly recommend you pick it up for yourself, even if you have already read the first edition. You will not be disappointed.<br><b></b>--<i><b>Zach Slaton, Forbes (online)</b></i><br><br>The authors take what 'everybody' knows about success and failure in soccer and subject it to rigorous empirical analysis embedded in good stories that carry the narrative along. . . . Highly recommended.<br>--<i><b>Choice</b></i><br><br>Using data analysis, history and psychology, [<i>Soccernomics</i>] punctures dozens of clichés about what it takes to win, and who makes money in soccer--and in sports in general.<br><b></b>--<i><b>Associated Press</b></i><br><br>With <i>Soccernomics</i>, the <i>FT</i>'s indispensable Simon Kuper and top-flight sports economist Stefan Szymanski bring scrupulous economic analysis and statistical rigor to a sport long dependent on hoary--and, it seems, unfounded--assumptions. . . . Gripping and essential.<br><b></b>--<i><b>Slate.com, Best Books of 2009</b></i><br><br>Wonderful book.<br>--<i><b>Pro Soccer Talk (NBC Sports blog)</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Simon Kuper</b> is one of the world's leading writers on soccer. The winner of the William Hill Prize for sports book of the year in Britain, Kuper writes a weekly column for the <i>Financial Times</i>. He lives in Paris, France. <p/><b>Stefan Szymanski</b> is the Stephen J. Galetti Collegiate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan's School of Kinesiology. Tim Harford has called him one of the world's leading sports economists. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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