Table of Contents
Preface 7
Introduction 9
Authors' Note 39
Chapter 1 1990 and 1994 World Cups: Identity and Style of Play 45
Chapter 2 An Explanation of Why, How, and Who and Expectations and Comparisons 83
Chapter 3 1998 World Cup: Team Chemistry 97
Chapter 4 2002 World Cup: Luck and Other Factors in a World Cup 125
Chapter 5 2002 World Cup: The Ugly Truth Behind the Numbers 147
Chapter 6 2006 World Cup: Is Soccer in the U.S. Really Legitimate? 163
Chapter 7 Coaches' Second World Cup Cycles: Can They Work? 179
Chapter 8 2009 Confederations Cup: Second Place at a FIFA Tournament 193
Chapter 9 2010 World Cup: U.S. Soccer Is Legitimate 213
Chapter 10 Summer 2011 to 2014: Klinsmann Arrives 239
Chapter 11 2014 World Cup: What Happened to the Why and How? 263
Chapter 12 2018 World Cup: Did Not Qualify 283
Chapter 13 Revisiting Player Identification and Development 295
Chapter 14 Making a USMNT Player 331
Chapter 15 Why Do the USWNT Win? 347
Conclusion 363
Afterword: Why Us to Try to Answer the Question and How the Book Came to Be 375
Appendix 379