Book Review: David Goldblatt's "The Game of Our Lives" Navigates The Complexities Of English Soccer

For Americans trying to come to grips with international soccer, the first hurdle to overcome is its sheer scale. For your average Englishman, Italian or Brazilian, the place of soccer in daily life is roughly equivalent to the media saturation in the United States of professional baseball, football and basketball combined with the intense rivalries of college football and basketball.