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Summary: Not just for soccer fans...
Review: Unlike a few of my fellow reviewers, I found the structure of the book to be interesting and would recommend it to anyone who caught up in the U.S. Women's run to the Women's World Cup Chanpionship. Briefly, the author used the Women's World Cup Final game as background, while intermittently weaving historical descriptions of the team members and women's sport in general, with a focus on Title IX. I felt there was only one occasion when I found this style to be confusing (Mia Hamm comments with a bad transfer to a different subject). I personally enjoyed the commentary of the affect of Title IX on team members and their generation, especially when the author compared the state of women's sport in the U.S. to other countries. The only real criticism I can offer is that I found the editing to be poor. There seemed to be a few instances in which sentence structure or word choice was incorrect - not that I'm an expert (my opinion only) :).
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Summary: An interesting read ...
Review: Unlike a few of my fellow reviewers, I found the structure of the book to be interesting and would recommend it to anyone who caught up in the U.S. Women's run to the Women's World Cup Chanpionship. Briefly, the author used the Women's World Cup Final game as background, while intermittently weaving historical descriptions of the team members and women's sport in general, with a focus on Title IX. I felt there was only one occasion when I found this style to be confusing (Mia Hamm comments with a bad transfer to a different subject). I personally enjoyed the commentary of the affect of Title IX on team members and their generation, especially when the author compared the state of women's sport in the U.S. to other countries. The only real criticism I can offer is that I found the editing to be poor. There seemed to be a few instances in which sentence structure or word choice was incorrect - not that I'm an expert (my opinion only) :).
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Summary: A fan but disappointed
Review: While I would consider myself a true fan of the National Team and Women's sports in particular this was disappointing. The manner in which the story was told--interweaving political, philosophical and societal ideology within the the context of one game was hard to withstand. I only finished the book trying to look past Longman's insights to the find the real point of the story--the team. When Longman focused on the team and their team dynamics I was in heaven.
Rating:
Summary: A fan but disappointed
Review: While I would consider myself a true fan of the National Team and Women's sports in particular this was disappointing. The manner in which the story was told--interweaving political, philosophical and societal ideology within the the context of one game was hard to withstand. I only finished the book trying to look past Longman's insights to the find the real point of the story--the team. When Longman focused on the team and their team dynamics I was in heaven.
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