powerof11 Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Rednation Interviews Professor Andrei Markovits Offside - Soccer & American Exceptionalism was published in 2001 by Princeton University Press and quickly became a classic sports book and a must read for soccer fans. Rednation Online recently had the opportunity to interview (podcast above) one of the authors, Professor Andrei Markovits of the University of Michigan, and discuss how the perception and standing of soccer has changed in North America since his book was published. Professor Markovits discussed a wide array of topics including the current state of soccer in North America, Major League Soccer, U.S. College Soccer, the U.S. Men's and Women's National Soccer Teams, the perception of soccer among African-American athletes and the power of the Internet and Satellite Television in the development of soccer culture in North America. He also elaborated further on the ideas presented in Offside and provided some of his thoughts on the upcoming 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Part 1 of 2: http://www.rednationonline.ca/book_review_offside_soccer_and_american_exceptionalism_aug_25_09_review.shtml Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Why is this spam on our national team site? I don't mind you promoting yourself when there is Cdn content but this is bullsh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerof11 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Ed Why is this spam on our national team site? I don't mind you promoting yourself when there is Cdn content but this is bullsh1t. What about Canada you may ask? As the title of the book suggests, this is mainly an examination of the history of American sports, but it does contain interesting material on Canada nonetheless. In many instances, the authors discuss how closely entwined the cultures of Canada and the United States were and, in this sense, the book could have easily been titled Offiside: Soccer and North American Exceptionalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 I enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerof11 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 quote:Originally posted by SF I enjoyed it. Thank you. How do we fix the program and grow the sport without looking around and taking in information within the landscape...? Being insular won't help us...no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Being insular or not is not the point. The interview has sweet FA to do with our national soccer team and does not belong in this sub-forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerof11 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 quote:Originally posted by Ed Being insular or not is not the point. The interview has sweet FA to do with our national soccer team and does not belong in this sub-forum. Yes...I see...I made a mistake. Sent you a DM. My apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Can people stop being agressive toward each other for such minor mistakes? <MOD> I'll take care of it powerof11 and will move it to the World Soccer forum. <MOD> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerof11 Posted August 26, 2009 Author Share Posted August 26, 2009 Thanks for moving it. It was my mistake. Ed was right. Nice to see the passion. Ed...I hope you'll keep following. Thanks loyola Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jeffery S. Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 American exceptionalism is a subject that has frequently involved studying Canada, which is why it is relevant to the forum. Indeed studies of American exceptionalism have received considerable interest amongst Canadian academics and theoretical nationalists precisely due to Canada's interest in asserting cultural and political difference. A classic example is the work of sociologist Seymour Martin Lipset, who was a pioneer in using Canada as his comparative example in developing his ideas, with numerous publications from the 50s to the 90s. See his American Exceptionalism: A Double Edged Sword. Lipset died a few years ago. Markovits is a follower of Lipset. Another person who has written on the subject is a certain Canadian historian by the name of Michael Ignatieff, also in the shadow of Lipset. Addressing American exceptionalism through soccer is very relevant to the Canadian game, as we are constantly debating whether we should be raising our game and awareness of it on the back of US development (how we improve in baseball), or have an independent model not reliant on the US, but on our immigrant culture or roots in Europe, that would allow us to attain quality in the sport without having to be a US satellite (how we are superior to the US in rugby, for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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