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    The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
    The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
    The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
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    The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars

    Written by Sebastian Abbot

    Narrated by Robert Fass

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    For the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of young boys across Africa, looking for soccer's next superstars. Led by the Spanish scout who helped launch Lionel Messi's career and funded by the desert kingdom of Qatar, the program chooses just a handful of boys each year to train to become professionals; the process is one thousand times more selective than getting into Harvard University.

    In an extraordinary work of reporting, international politics, and sports science, Sebastian Abbot follows a small group of the boys as they are discovered on dirt fields across Africa, join the glittering Football Dreams academy in Doha, and fight for the chance to gain fame and fortune at Europe's top clubs. Weaving together the drama of the boys' determination to chase their dreams with the latest ideas on talent spotting and predicting sporting success, Abbot memorably explores why some of the boys succeed and chronicles the heartbreak of those who don't.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateMar 6, 2018
    ISBN9781684410491
    The Away Game: The Epic Search for Soccer's Next Superstars
    Author

    Sebastian Abbot

    Sebastian Abbot worked for the Associated Press in Cairo and Islamabad, where he was bureau chief. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Princeton University and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. He lives in New York.

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