Advance Praise for The Long Game : "The United States has put a man on the moon and invented such important technologies as the beer helmet. But we are yet to work out how to develop a Men's Football team who, in the modern period, can challenge the world's best. If you want to know why, this book tells the tale, rife with pioneering, yearning, and self-sabotage." --Roger Bennett, #1 New York Times bestselling author of (Re)born in the USA "Leander Schaerlaeckens has put in the hours over many years to tell the story of the USMNT in all its fabulous diversity, with many lows and quite a few highs, ahead of what might be the biggest moment in the team's history." --Simon Kuper, co-author of Soccernomics "A sharp, thorough, and vastly entertaining tour of the adventures and misadventures of men's soccer in the United States. Leander Schaerlaeckens has written the history of the U.S. Men's National Team that American soccer fans need.

" --Brian Phillips, New York Times bestselling author of Impossible Owls "From Billy Gonsalves to Dent McSkimming to Paul Caligiuri to Christian Pulisic--and every character, drama, celebration, and humiliation in between-- The Long Game is the definitive account of the rollercoaster ride of American men's soccer on the world stage. With his behind-the-scenes reporting and clear-eyed prose, Schaelaeckens shows that, when it comes to the USMNT, you have to be a true believer and a skeptic all at once." --Stefan Fatsis, New York Times bestselling author of Word Freak and A Few Seconds of Panic.