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Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer

Beyond Bend It Like Beckham: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer


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Though it burst into public consciousness only with the 1999 World Cup, women's soccer has been around almost as long as its male counterpart, flourishing in England during and after World War I. From the rise of women's soccer following Title IX legislation in the early seventies to the watershed 1999 World Cup performance that turned the American team into instant celebrities, soccer is now the most popular sport for girls and women, with participation growing exponentially worldwide. Beyond "Bend It Like Beckham" presents the first in-depth global analysis of the women's game-both where it has come from and where it is headed. With commentary from key players, coaches, and administrators, Timothy F. Grainey follows the sport's reach into the unlikeliest places today, even countries where women were banned from playing soccer just a few short years ago. Though women in the United States and Canada still fight for equal treatment and funding, their situations differs markedly from the hostility, abuse, and even outright bans that some women still encounter in trying to pursue an activity they love. Through the prism of soccer, this book explores the struggle for women's rights abroad, in countries as diverse as Sweden, Russia, South Africa, Pakistan, Australia, and Iran.

Table of Contents:
List of Illustrations  Foreword  Acknowledgments  Introduction  Part One: Rapid Growth in the United States 1. Title IX, Soccer Moms, and Pioneering Players  2. U.S. National Team, 19961999: "Welcome to Our Party"  3. Professional Women's Soccer and the wusa: "The Best Three Years of My Life"  4. Women's Professional Soccer  Part Two: Challenges in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America 5. The State of the Game in the Middle East  6. Challenges and Successes in Africa  7. Latin America: Fighting Machismo Attitudes  8. Women Athletes: Objects versus Wholesome Role Models  Part Three: Building Leagues and National Team Programs 9. Ancestral Roots: Leveraging the Diaspora to Build the Game Abroad  10. National Leagues around the World  11. Overcoming a Fifty-Year Ban in England  12. Canada's Youthful Road to Success  Conclusion: "The Future of Football Is Feminine"  Afterword: 2011 Women's World Cup  Appendix of Tables  Selected Bibliography 

About the Author :
Timothy F. Grainey is a sports journalist who has written extensively on soccer for World Football Pages, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Soccer365.com, Equalizersoccer.com, and TheGlobalGame.com.

Review :
"Beyond Bend It Like Beckham serves as a great history lesson for a sport where persistent struggle has led to remarkable growth. It is a wonderfully insightful look at the development of the sport in the United States and abroad. I thoroughly enjoyed the book and would recommend it to any women's soccer enthusiast." Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak, Olympic gold medallist, World Cup champion, and co-head coach of women's soccer at Virginia Commonwealth University. "The fascinating history of women's soccer around the world is a story that transcends sports... This important book tells the interesting story of the past, present, and future of the sport that woke up Americans to the success of Title IX during the wildly popular 1999 Women's World Cup. But there's much more to women's soccer than those memorable few weeks, and Grainey covers it all." Christine Brennan, ABC News commentator and author of Best Seat in the House.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780803234703
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publisher Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Sub Title: The Global Phenomenon of Women's Soccer
  • ISBN-10: 0803234708
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Width: 152 mm


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