Short description
Known around the world as football, soccer is the world's most watched and played sport. 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? This title compiles a World Cup of trivia about this truly universal phenomenon.
Long description
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 Pele, 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?