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Golazo! : the beautiful game from the Aztecs to the World Cup : the complete history of how soccer shaped Latin America / Andreas Campomar.

by Campomar, Andreas, author.

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New York : Riverhead Books, c2014.

Soccer -- Latin America -- History.

Soccer -- Social aspects -- Latin America.

Soccer -- Economic aspects -- Latin America.

9781594485862 (Riverhead trade paperback)

1594485860 (Riverhead trade paperback)

xii, 483 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.

First Riverhead trade paperback edition.

Como el Uruguay no hay (There's no place like Uruguay) -- Cortés and the bouncing ball -- The discovery of the Americas, 1800-1950 -- The ball never tires, 1950-2014.

"The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history-in time for the 2014 World Cup. "Golazo!" means "amazing goal!" And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that soccer plays in Latin America. Andreas Campomar offers readers the definitive history of Latin American soccer from the early, deadly MesoAmerican ballgames to the multi-billion dollar international business it is today. Golazo! explores the intersection of soccer, politics, economics, high and low culture, and how passion for a game captured a continent. Latin American soccer will be in the global spotlight more than ever in the coming years-both the next World Cup (2014) and the Summer Olympics (2016) will be hosted in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, a country for which soccer is not just a passion but a way of life. The triumphs, the heartbreaks, the origins and the future, the political and the personal-Golazo! is the perfect book for new fans and diehard followers around the world"--

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