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    Why Soccer Matters
    Why Soccer Matters
    Why Soccer Matters
    Audiobook7 hours

    Why Soccer Matters

    Written by Brian Winter and Pelé

    Narrated by Sean Pratt

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    About this audiobook

    Soccer. Football. The beautiful game. The world’s most popular sport goes by many names, but for decades, fans have agreed on one thing: the greatest player of all time was Pelé. Now the legendary star, ambassador, and humanitarian shares a global vision for what soccer can accomplish. Now he shares his story, his experience, and his insights on the game for the very first time.

    Before Messi, before Ronaldo, before Beckham, there was Edson Arantes do Nascimento—known simply as Pelé. A national treasure, he created pure magic with his accomplishments on the field: an unprecedented three World Cup championships and the all-time scoring record, with 1,283 goals in his twenty year career.

    Now, with the World Cup returning after more than sixty years to Brazil—the country often credited with perfecting the sport—soccer has a unique opportunity to encourage change on a global level. And as the tournament’s official ambassador, Pelé is ready to be the face of progress.

    For the first time ever Pelé explores the recent history of the game and provides new insights into soccer’s role connecting and galvanizing players around the world. He has traveled the world as the global ambassador for soccer and in support of charitable organizations such as Unicef, promoting the positive influences soccer can have to transform young men and women, struggling communities, even entire nations. In groundbreaking detail and with unparalleled openness, he shares his most inspiring experiences, heartwarming stories and hard-won wisdom, and he puts the game in perspective.

    This is Pelé’s legacy, his way of passing on everything he’s learned and inspiring a new generation. In Why Soccer Matters, Pelé details his ambitious goals for the future of the sport and, by extension, the world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAscent Audio
    Release dateMay 1, 2014
    ISBN9781469029634
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    • 3/5
      Overall I enjoyed this book or at least enjoyed what I read of it. Instead of reading more of it and finishing it I decided to drop it for another book called The Mist by Stephen King. The other book peaked my interest a little more because I like Stephen KIng’s books more. The Why Soccer Matters book was kind of dull.
      Why Soccer Matters is about Pele’s life. For people who don’t know Pele he is one of the all time greats of soccer. It tells the story of his early life growing up in Brazil to the older years in his life. He talks about how poor he was and all the adversities he had overcame. My favorite part of the book that I read was when it says how he and his friends would steal food and materials to buy a soccer ball and shoes to play soccer. I thought it was a great book so far, but Stephen King’s books peak my interest a little more.