One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together

by Amy Bass

Book Overview

In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United , One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state -- and ultimately national -- glory. When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316396540
• ISBN13: 9780316396547
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Hachette Books
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

This book is about overcoming xenophobic beliefs and building culture in the world of soccer in the US. It's something that has rung very true to my life and the author does a brilliant job helping illustrate different viewpoints. Reminds me a bit of outcasts United. I prefer one goal.