The age of football : soccer and the 21st century
by David Goldblatt

The “Game of Our Lives” podcaster and author of the best-selling The Ball Is Round presents a wide-reaching exploration of soccer and society that charts the sport’s global cultural ascent, economic transformation and deep politicization. 

The Barcelona complex : Lionel Messi and the making -- and unmaking -- of the world's greatest soccer club
by Simon Kuper

A longtime Financial Times journalist takes readers inside the inner sanctum of FC Barcelonathe worlds highest grossing sports cluband the people behind the scenes who strive daily to keep Barcelona at the top.

The FIFA World Cup : a history of the planet's biggest sporting event
by Clemente Angelo Lisi

In The FIFA World Cup: A History of the Planet's Biggest Sporting Event, Clemente A. Lisi chronicles the full history of the tournament, providing vivid accounts of individual games, controversies, and innovations from 1930 to today.

Forward : a memoir
by Abby Wambach

The U.S. Women's national team captain--winner of the 2015 World Cup and the highest international goal scorer of all time--shares her story, her struggles and her worldview in a memoir that is also a rousing call to arms to dream big and fight for a better world. 

The keeper : soccer, me, and the law that changed women's lives
by Kelcey Ervick

A beautifully illustrated coming-of-age graphic memoir chronicling how sports shaped one young girl's life and changed women's history forever.

Learning America : one woman's fight for educational justice for refugee children
by Luma Mufleh

In this moving and insightful book, a visionary leader and gifted refugee activist shows how she grew a soccer team into a nationally acclaimed network of schools by homing in on what traumatized students need to learn and making the school for those most in need. 

Masters of modern soccer : how the world's best play the twenty-first-century game
by Grant Wahl

The forefront Sports Illustrated soccer journalist and best-selling author of The Beckham Experiment profiles master players in every key position to reveal how elite athletes and coaches strategize on and off the field and perform in high-pressure game situations.

My greatest save : the brave, barrier-breaking journey of a world-champion goalkeeper
by Briana Scurry

A World Cup-winning Olympic gold medalist and U.S. Women's soccer goalie shares how she fought her way back from depression--and to herself--after a career-ending injury in 2010. 

The National Team : The Inside Story of the Women Who Changed Soccer
by Caitlin Murray

The National Team, from leading soccer journalist Caitlin Murray, tells the history of the USWNT in full, from their formation in the 1980s to the run-up to the 2019 World Cup, chronicling both their athletic triumphs and less visible challenges off the pitch. Murray also recounts the rise and fall of U.S. professional leagues, including the burgeoning National Women’s Soccer League, an essential part of the women’s game.

One life
by Megan Rapinoe

The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.