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8 Reddit comments about Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the US, Japan, Australia, Turkey-and Even Iraq-Are Destined to Become the Kings of the:

u/s610 · 13 pointsr/soccer

Read Soccernomics.

The authors frequently return to Moneyball and how its principles can (and sometimes are) apply to football. It's also a really interesting read in its own right.

To answer your question more directly: Lyon is a great example discussed in Soccernomics. (thanks to /u/5uare2 for pointing this out).

Also, Damien Comolli (previously Director of Football at Liverpool, Spurs, Arsenal et al.) is a close friend of Billy Beane and used some of his ideas at the clubs he was working at to influence transfer strategies.

EDIT: words and stuff.

u/wap1971 · 3 pointsr/soccernerd

Start with Soccernomics.

Lots of statistics in there, but it's very interesting.

Btw I'm using amazon links for easiness and because it's easy to read reviews of the books there, but i'm sure if you shop around you can maybe purchase them for less.

u/elevan11 · 3 pointsr/soccer

Why is this being downvoted?


Once the best athletes in the country start choosing football over football, the quality will only go up. It's already started happening.


Also, if you've never read it, the book Soccernomics gives some greats reasons why the US, along with a few other countries, will eventually field world class players.

u/_fernweh_ · 2 pointsr/soccer

Soccernomics by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski has been an interesting read so far, if you're interested in the business side of the game. Another good one was How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization, which was comprised of case studies that looked at all sorts of different trends in the game, not just globalization.

Both of those books are well-written and -researched and offer good insights, and give historical contexts for, trends in the game.

u/Apostrophizer · 1 pointr/soccer

The other two answers are excellent. I would recommend that ANYONE interested in questions like this should read Soccernomics.

It answers A LOT of questions like this. Can't recommend it highly enough.

u/centralwinger · 1 pointr/soccer

Pretty much.

You should check out Soccernomics.

u/trouser_trout · 1 pointr/soccer

This Love is not for Cowards by Richard Andrew Powell, about the Indios of Ciudad Juarez. At the time the book was written (and maybe still), Juarez was considered one of the most dangerous cities in the world. The book does a great job a telling the stories of both life in Juarez and a difficult season from multiple points of view - that of the players, the die-hard fans and the author, a US ex-pat living in Juarez.

Upvotes also to Soccernomics and Inverting the Pyramid.

u/OrangeGoblin · -1 pointsr/soccer

I'm currently reading through a book called Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Spain, Germany, and Brazil Win, and Why the US, Japan, Australia, Turkey-and Even Iraq-Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport and while I'm not yet halfway through reading it, its brought up some interesting statistics and theories that I didn't know before. Good points regarding sales of players, the most overpriced and underpriced positions, nations to buy from, etc. Its a really good Moneyball style book that I'd love to hear someone else's opinion of who has made it through all of it.