Author : Sebastian Abbot
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 2018-03-06
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0393292215
“An exhilarating, at times heartbreaking, and ultimately unforgettable journey that lays bare the true human stakes of the world’s most popular game.”—Warren St. John, best-selling author of Outcasts United Searching for soccer’s next superstars, an audacious program called Football Dreams held tryouts for millions of 13-year-old boys across Africa. In The Away Game, Sebastian Abbot follows several of the boys as they chase their dreams in a dizzying world of rich Arab sheikhs, money-hungry agents, and soccer-mad European fans.