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The 2014 World Cup Edition of the book that "[does] for soccer what Moneyball did for baseball."-New York Times
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Why do England lose? Why does Scotland suck? Why doesn't America dominate the sport internationally...and why do the Germans play with such an efficient but robotic style?<br><br> These are questions every soccer aficionado has asked. <i>Soccernomics</i> answers them.<br><br> Using insights and analogies from economics, statistics, psychology, and business to cast a new and entertaining light on how the game works, <i>Soccernomics</i> reveals the often surprisingly counterintuitive truths about soccer. An essential guide for the 2010 World Cup, <i>Soccernomics</i> is a new way of looking at the world's most popular game.
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