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Now You Know Soccer

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Known around the world as football, soccer is the world's most watched and played sport. Now Doug Lennox, the striker of Q&A, scores with a pitch full of tidbits that delivers the goods on Pelé, Maradona, Beckham, Zidane, and other superstars, as well as the history, traditions, and rules of the game. Doug has compiled a World Cup of trivia about a truly universal phenomenon that has legions of passionate, and sadly sometimes violent, fans.

  • How did soccer originate?,
  • Who was the first soccer player to score a hat trick in a World Cup final?
  • What was the largest attendance ever for a soccer match?
  • What is the "technical area"?
  • Where was the world's first soccer club formed?
  • What was the first movie ever made about soccer?
  • Where was the first World Cup held?
  • What are the Laws of the Game?
  • What were the 10 worst losses of life in soccer history?

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    Series: Now You Know Publisher: Dundurn Press

    Kindle Book

    • Release date: March 26, 2012

    OverDrive Read

    • ISBN: 9781770706132
    • Release date: March 26, 2012

    EPUB ebook

    • ISBN: 9781770706132
    • File size: 902 KB
    • Release date: March 26, 2012

    Formats

    Kindle Book
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook

    Languages

    English

    Known around the world as football, soccer is the world's most watched and played sport. Now Doug Lennox, the striker of Q&A, scores with a pitch full of tidbits that delivers the goods on Pelé, Maradona, Beckham, Zidane, and other superstars, as well as the history, traditions, and rules of the game. Doug has compiled a World Cup of trivia about a truly universal phenomenon that has legions of passionate, and sadly sometimes violent, fans.

  • How did soccer originate?,
  • Who was the first soccer player to score a hat trick in a World Cup final?
  • What was the largest attendance ever for a soccer match?
  • What is the "technical area"?
  • Where was the world's first soccer club formed?
  • What was the first movie ever made about soccer?
  • Where was the first World Cup held?
  • What are the Laws of the Game?
  • What were the 10 worst losses of life in soccer history?

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