The title of the book is sure to turn a few heads and, without an open mind, maybe in the wrong direction. Indeed, the book does devote certain segments to the African-American youth athlete's unfamiliarity with soccer, its lack of heroes in our sports culture, and the cost of the sport to lower income families.

The author argues that these are only symptoms of an overall larger problem of the sports culture in the United States which, led by a hostile or indifferent sports media, refuses to recognize soccer as part of the American sports culture. The author's title comes from his own experiences as an African-American soccer player whose family and friends tend to belittle his devotion to the sport and from white European coaches who believe initially that due to his skin colour he must be from the Caribbean or Africa itself and not from the United States.

The hostile sports media is fair game and the author seems to revel in taking shots at soccer bashers like Jim Rome and Frank Deford and is sure to touch a few chords with the American soccer fan.
Ray Lopez, former coach
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The title of the book has limited connection to the content of the book and in my opinion may not do it full justice. The book is more than the title might suggest.  I genuinely see it as ‘an insightful look into the social mindset towards soccer in the USA and the complexity of its positioning in the American sports space; all brought to life from a fresh and thought provoking perspective’.
Nathan Meade, Commercial Manager SoccerEx 

Absolutely Brilliant!
Andrew Dixon, GolNoir and contributing writer US Soccer Players

Tying the American media’s attention to soccer to Nazi propaganda sounds like a tall order at first but by the end of the chapter, Woodard has drawn a good enough connection to make the analogy work. It attacks the traditionalists of American sports journalism like Frank Deford and Jim Rome, whose rhetoric on the game of soccer has been ill informed and inaccurate to say the least. The majority of the American sports journalism world has had mostly negative things to say about the game despite their lack of knowledge in the area. Just watch a show like Pardon the Interruption when soccer is the topic if you want to see well respected journalists taking jabs at the game

I think it’s important to say that what Woodard is saying is not that there aren’t black faces in soccer, just few African American soccer players. When you look at the success of African American athletes in other sports, particularly football and basketball, there is reason to believe that they could be the key to eventually taking the U.S. from a mid-major to a serious soccer power.
Dave Rice, Sam's Army