Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism - Andrei S. Markovits, Steven L. Hellerman - Google Books

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Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? And why, despite America's…