A review by jdemster
Soccernomics by Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski

5.0

The real success of this book is how it manages to go both wide and deep with the scope of its topics. The authors lay out thesis and method for a tremendous range of topics. There is some fascinating exploration on how the economic realities of certain areas of the world effect their soccer, and it puts a lot of perspective on the current state of the USMNT for fans of the US. There is a pretty strong bias towards European soccer, but that is mostly based in their methodology and the reality of how difficult it is to compare histories from so many areas of the world. Europe lends itself most readily to comparison. However it's something worth knowing going in.

Great book for people who love the game and are curious about the universe in which it exists.