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Soccer: Sucesso em Seattle
O Seattle Sounders FC, equipe de futebol de Seattle que vem batendo seguidos recordes de público em seu estádio, é o mais recente fenômeno esportivo e comercial no ambiente das grandes ligas nos Estados um caso de amor entre uma cidade e um time, e uma história de sucesso corporativo meteórico – sem paralelos no futebol profissional do século XXI. O início dessa história, no entanto, não apontava para um final tão feliz. Podia fazer lembrar, inclusive, a introdução para uma piada, já que tudo começou quando quatro amigos se um dirigente de ligas menores nos Estados Unidos, um produtor de filmes de Hollywood, um comediante e um dos homens mais ricos do mundo. O que eles queriam era criar um time de futebol, e o Seattle Sounders FC, que estreou na Major League Soccer em 2009, já é a franquia mais bem-sucedida da história da liga, levando a seu estádio em cada partida mais de 40 mil torcedores. Valendo-se de entrevistas com executivos, atletas e fãs, o autor Mike Gastineau nos traz um relato detalhado dos principais acontecimentos e personagens envolvidos com o clube de Seattle, cujo sucesso instantâneo capturou a atenção de toda a comunidade esportiva norte-americana. Uma história que combina esportes e altas cifras, cultura futebolística, senso de oportunidade e sorte.
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Published January 1, 2000
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About the author
Mike Gastineau
5 books5 followersMike Gastineau is a freelance writer, author, broadcaster, and communications consultant.
His written work has appeared in SportspressNW.com, the Seattle Times, the Seattle Mariners Magazine, the Washington Athletic Club Magazine, Lindy’s College Football Magazine, and The Grand Salami. He has authored four books and consulted on a fifth.
His latest book, Fear No Man, details the 1991 University of Washington's successful quest to win a national college football title.
In 2018 he released Mr. Townsend and the Polish Prince. The book tells the remarkable story of Joe Purzycki, the first-ever white head football coach at a Historically Black College, and Nelson Townsend, the athletic director who had the courage to hire him. A script for a film based on the book is in development.
In 2015 he consulted with adventurer Stephen Trafton on Trafton’s book At The Edge, a story of Trafton’s adventures in the Arctic, his world-record high speed driving at Bonneville, and his colorful banking career. Gastineau wrote the first draft of the book and conducted most of the interviews for stories that were used in the book.
In 2013 his book Sounders FC: Authentic Masterpiece was published. The critically acclaimed regional best seller details the story behind the Seattle Sounders successful launch as a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in 2009. The book was published in Brazil in 2015.
In 2009, he teamed up with Art Thiel and Steve Rudman to co-author The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists.
He worked full-time as a sports talk show host at KJR Radio in Seattle from 1991 to 2012.
Gastineau is on the Board of Directors for The Northwest Literacy Foundation, and the Morris Trophy.
Prior to his arrival in Seattle in 1991 he worked in radio in Montana, Nebraska, and Virginia. He is a 1982 graduate of Indiana University.
Mike and his wife Renee live on Whidbey Island with their dog Chico.
His written work has appeared in SportspressNW.com, the Seattle Times, the Seattle Mariners Magazine, the Washington Athletic Club Magazine, Lindy’s College Football Magazine, and The Grand Salami. He has authored four books and consulted on a fifth.
His latest book, Fear No Man, details the 1991 University of Washington's successful quest to win a national college football title.
In 2018 he released Mr. Townsend and the Polish Prince. The book tells the remarkable story of Joe Purzycki, the first-ever white head football coach at a Historically Black College, and Nelson Townsend, the athletic director who had the courage to hire him. A script for a film based on the book is in development.
In 2015 he consulted with adventurer Stephen Trafton on Trafton’s book At The Edge, a story of Trafton’s adventures in the Arctic, his world-record high speed driving at Bonneville, and his colorful banking career. Gastineau wrote the first draft of the book and conducted most of the interviews for stories that were used in the book.
In 2013 his book Sounders FC: Authentic Masterpiece was published. The critically acclaimed regional best seller details the story behind the Seattle Sounders successful launch as a Major League Soccer expansion franchise in 2009. The book was published in Brazil in 2015.
In 2009, he teamed up with Art Thiel and Steve Rudman to co-author The Great Book of Seattle Sports Lists.
He worked full-time as a sports talk show host at KJR Radio in Seattle from 1991 to 2012.
Gastineau is on the Board of Directors for The Northwest Literacy Foundation, and the Morris Trophy.
Prior to his arrival in Seattle in 1991 he worked in radio in Montana, Nebraska, and Virginia. He is a 1982 graduate of Indiana University.
Mike and his wife Renee live on Whidbey Island with their dog Chico.
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