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Your Guide to the 2026 World Cup: Everything you Need to Know About the Players and Teams
279 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 1, 2026
About the author
Shane Stay
14 books9 followersShane Stay is a bestselling author whose books include Your Guide to the 2026 World Cup, 100 American Soccer Legends, This Is Our CITY, THE World Cup 2022 Book, The Euro 2020 Book, European Soccer Leagues 2019, THE Women's World Cup 2019 Book, Major League Soccer 2019, THE World Cup 2018 Book, Why American Soccer Isn't There Yet, and The Cairo Project. In 2008, Stay bottled Leaf Dressing, co-authored a print book, contributed a magazine story, worked clubs as a comedian, played restaurateur, received a Masters of Arts and played professional soccer. In 1999, he founded the first online Current Events game, CE Game. A southern Illinois native, Stay was featured in the Tourism Times of Illinois as part of their Made in Illinois South edition, Fall 2017. He lives in Chicago.
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May 25, 2026
Great Book for 2026!
The World Cup has 48 teams. This book covers it all, with time for history, stadiums with details about each area and the top teams with tactics.
For instance, on one occasion the author spelled out plans that coaches might have to contain a certain attacking player. Connecting passes is spoken of a lot to showcase possible improvements for teams.
Some books are stat driven. This one is focused on goals for players to give you an idea of their scoring ability. I like how the author represents goals knowing that it's a stat that changes with time. The writer would say so and so has reached the 5 goal mark, meaning he's around 5 and that could change with time, like with a hat-trick. Other times where it was appropriate the writer pointed out so and so had 30 goals.
I suppose you can be distracted if you hear other stories about other books. But you've got a good one here in the form of this book.
The World Cup has 48 teams. This book covers it all, with time for history, stadiums with details about each area and the top teams with tactics.
For instance, on one occasion the author spelled out plans that coaches might have to contain a certain attacking player. Connecting passes is spoken of a lot to showcase possible improvements for teams.
Some books are stat driven. This one is focused on goals for players to give you an idea of their scoring ability. I like how the author represents goals knowing that it's a stat that changes with time. The writer would say so and so has reached the 5 goal mark, meaning he's around 5 and that could change with time, like with a hat-trick. Other times where it was appropriate the writer pointed out so and so had 30 goals.
I suppose you can be distracted if you hear other stories about other books. But you've got a good one here in the form of this book.
May 30, 2026
A good book about the 2026 World Cup. I enjoy the detail about the players and history. I recommend it.
July 12, 2026
A great read for the 2026 World Cup. I enjoyed the information, writing and teams. For every team you have the information you need. It's all there.
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