Edition |
First edition. |
Description |
xiv, 255 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-255). |
Contents |
Teetering at the top -- On the hustle -- Birth of a soccer fiefdom -- Playboy of Western CONCACAF -- Mad parrots and crazy ideas -- Uncle Jack -- Life was good -- Pay to play -- A hundred and five in the shade -- Pirates of the Caribbean -- Whistle-blowing past the graveyard -- The hammer falls -- La FIFA Nostra -- Injury time -- Game over. |
Summary |
"The first inside account of the international soccer scandal that rocked the world and the American at its center--the incredible story of how a stay-at-home New York soccer dad illegally made millions off the world's most powerful and corrupt sports organization and became an unlikely FBI whistleblower,"--Amazon.com. |
Subject |
Blazer, Chuck, 1945-
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Soccer -- Management -- Corrupt practices.
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Fédération internationale de football association.
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Added Author |
Thompson, Teri, author.
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ISBN |
9780062449672 (Hardcover) |
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0062449672 (Hardcover) |
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