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Entries Tagged ‘books’

SoccerDad’s Reading List

I love to read, but find precious little time to do it during soccer seasons. So my stack of ‘currently reading’ books gets sort of high. Since I occasionally post book reviews, I figured I’d post my current list of books I’m slowly reading through in case any of you have read them already or [...]

Ninja Soccer Moms

When you think of books you wouldn’t want to see your team moms reading, one titled Ninja Soccer Moms would likely be close to the top of the list. No good can come from a book with a title like that Who knows what they might do! Seriously though, talk about your sordid [...]

A Home on the Field

Thanks to a few down days when it was raining and the Challenge season took a pause for a weekend, I was able to read A Home on the Field by Paul Cuadros. Of course those down days were quickly followed by absolute chaos so I didn’t get a chance to finish this [...]

You Need to Read Soccerhead, Right Now!

It doesn’t matter if you are a fan, parent, coach, or administrator. It doesn’t matter if all you’ve ever known was MLS and pro ball and haven’t ever seen a youth soccer match. It doesn’t matter if you’ve only become a soccer fan since you caught that one World Cup match by accident in a [...]

A Home On The Field

Lisa over at LDSM, Soccer Mom recently highlighted a new book that is out called ‘A Home On The Field‘ which sounds very interesting. Written by TIME Magazine reporter Paul Cuadros, it chronicles the experiences and hardships of a group of Latino students working to start up a soccer team at [...]