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People don't talk much about soccer. They
talk about football, baseball, basketball and Paris Hilton in jail.
That is until David Beckham came to America. Then people started
talking about soccer and its place in American sports.
Soccer is the number one participation
sport in America but a staggering number of elite athletes move
onto other sports in their teens. As the world's most popular
player, Beckham might be the first of a line of stars coming to
energize Major League Soccer and reverse that trend.
African-American athletes in particular
make this decision and players like Kobe Bryant, Chad Johnson and
Deuce McAllister become football or basketball stars instead of
soccer stars.
"Black People Don't Play Soccer" is the
first comprehensive exploration of the historical, cultural and
economic reasons black Americans approach soccer from a uniquely
American perspective. In this interesting and at times
controversial probe into the world of soccer, Robert Woodard
vividly describes how Black America is the untapped resource which
can transform the U.S. from a soccer "mid-major" into a soccer
power.
"Black People Don't Play Soccer" will be
released by JimSam Inc. Publishing of Tampa in spring of 2008.
For more information, visit
www.BlackPeopleDontPlaySoccer.com or call JimSam Inc. at
813-748-9523.
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