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THE COLOR OF SOCCER

A tour of the world's greatest sport through its legends, oddities and amazing tales

THE COLOR OF SOCCER will be published by JoNa Books this spring, just in time to help usher in the 2006 World Cup in Germany. This delightful book, written by veteran soccer journalist Donn Risolo, gives Americans, for the first time, the opportunity to sit back and enjoy a selection of the most remarkable, amusing and bizarre stories from the most popular sport on earth.

Imagine the Detroit Pistons, in a fit of pique over an official's calls, stuffing the ball into their own basket dozens of times. Or a Super Bowl touchdown celebration in which Jerome Bettis is mobbed by his teammates and passes out. Or an irate George Steinbrenner chasing a terrified umpire around the field at Yankee Stadium in a sport utility vehicle. All that and more has happened in soccer, like the coach who was fired at halftime, the player who banked a shot into the goal off a passing seagull, and the soft-hearted referee who scored a goal for a team that was suffering a merciless beating. It's all dessert and no vegetables, and even the most dyed-in-the-wool soccer fan will learn a thing or two from reading THE COLOR OF SOCCER.

Pick up your copy soon at your local book store, or order through JoNa Books (www.jonabooks.com) or Amazon.com. For excerpts, e-mail the author at risolo@aol.com.