In "How to Watch Soccer Like a Genius," Nick Greene calls on a turf manager, an expert on color theory, and a landscape historian to understand the field itself, a paleoanthropologist to talk kicking, and an Anglican priest to explain schisms — how American football, soccer, and rugby could all develop from the field games of rowdy 19th-century British schoolboys.
Greene delves deep into what defines the game, how it developed, and what happens during a match's 90 minutes (and then some). His expert commentators include a domino toppler, a developmental neuroscientist, an art historian, a civil engineer, and more.
Nick Greene is the author of "How to Watch Basketball Like a Genius." His work has appeared in Slate, The Washington Post, and Chicago Magazine. He has covered everything from NBA and NFL analysis to quirky lifestyle experiments — such as riding the entire New York subway in one day and negotiating his internet bill using Sun Tzu’s "The Art of War."
