How to Speak Soccer: From Assist to Woodwork: An Illustrated Guide to Pitch-Perfect Jargon

How to Speak Soccer covers all of the terms and definitions that fly around the field and includes fascinating bits of trivia.

Soccer, the world’s most popular sport, has a growing fan base with millions of enthusiasts. Whether you’re a newcomer to this exciting sport or a longtime fan, in How to Speak Soccer authors Sally Cook and Ross MacDonald share the definitions to over 150 terms, plus a range of amusing trivia. Learn about the history of the World Cup, where red and yellow cards come from, and much more!

-Diving Header: When a player dives horizontally to head a ball at knee-height
-Rainbow Kick: A trick kick that is done by flicking the ball with the back of the heel and over one’s head. It is usually employed to avoid a sliding tackle.
-Rocket: A shot that is struck with immense power.

SALLY COOK is the author, with James Charlton, of How to Speak Baseball and Hey Batta Batta Swing!: The Wild Old Days of Baseball, illustrated by Ross MacDonald. She and Ross MacDonald have also coauthored How to Speak Golf and How to Speak Football. She coauthored, with legendary football coach Gene Stallings, Another Season: A Coach’s Story of Raising an Exceptional Son, a New York Times bestseller.

ROSS MACDONALD’s illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Harper’s, The Atlantic Monthly, and Vanity Fair. He has also written and illustrated several books for children and adults, including What Would Jesus Craft?.