I had mentioned in a previous tweet that I was in the process of writing a review of Soccernomics,
the best-selling book by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski. I wanted to write the best review
possible without giving away too many of the details, so it took a little longer to write than I
would have liked.
book excerpt – one (every)man's dream to own a pro soccer team
A native of Buffalo, NY, born to German immigrants, Ronald P. Maierhofer, 74, has been involved
with soccer in the United States for eight decades. In 1942 his father started the first youth
soccer league in Buffalo.
Here's the deal. If you're not reading Mal Peet's books (especially about soccer), then you're
really missing out. I picked up Keeper on a whim. A coworker recommended it to me, saying that she
was pretty sure it was perfect for me. The thing is, it was. The book is a beautifully written
novel about a famous goalkeeper from an imaginary South American country (widely assumed to be
Brazil, but
