A GAME-CHANGING AND FASCINATING BOOK ON HOW TO USE WISDOM FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO CREATE A WORLD-CLASS SOCCER TEAM, ABOUT ONE OF THE SPORT'S MOST ICONIC AND EFFECTIVE COACHES Jurgen Klinsmann, head coach of the U.S. men's national soccer team, has become a household name after the United States' unprecedentedly strong run at the 2014 World Cup. Klinsmann's reputation is that of a maverick, of an unconventional leader who isn't afraid to challenge traditional notions of coaching, and who will breathe new life into foundering programs through sometimes unpopular -but resoundingly successful -new tactics.In Soccer Without Borders, journalist Erik Kirschbaum lays out Klinsmann's vision for making the U.S. men's soccer team a dominant world power for the first time in its history. Featuring fascinating insights gleaned from Klinsmann's decades of dedicated study - both as a professional striker and as coach of the German national team - this book is an immersive and unparalleled road map for how to build a winning team in the most competitive professional sport on the globe, as well as an infectious tribute to "the beautiful game" by one of its most adroit students.

CONTENTSAcknowledgments - xiAuthor's Note - xiiiIntroduction - 1PART I: THE EARLY YEARSStarting Out - 25German Attitude - 37Moving Up - 43Stuttgarter Kickers - 51School or Soccer? - 57Maiden Voyage to America - 65PART II: GERMANY, ITALY, MONACO, AND ENGLANDBreaking into the Bundesliga - 73Five Goals - 81The Goal That Got Him Noticed - 84Debut Against Brazil - 91Move to Italy - 99Winning the World Cup - 109Strong in Sweden - 112Milan to Monaco - 114World Cup in the USA - 117Change of Pace in London - 121Back in Germany - 137Winning the Euro in England - 144Final World Cup - 147PART III: THE GERMAN REVOLUTIONA Job Others Wouldn't Touch - 153Barbecue Brainstorming - 164No Time to Waste - 176New Style - 191"Made in America" for Germany - 203Confed Cup - 210Critics Come Out - 213American- style Patriotism - 223Time to Move On - 232Right Time, Right Place - 237PART IV: FC BAYERN MUNICHA Different View of Bayern Munich - 243PART V: THE RISE OF SOCCER IN THE UNITED STATESA Vision for Soccer in America - 259Lay of the Land - 270Connecting the Dots - 274Competitive Intensity - 289Best College Soccer in the World - 295The Passion of College Sports - 303Landon Donovan - 310Experience in Europe - 313Why So Few Americans in Europe? - 323How U.S. Skiers Won by Going to Europe - 329Friendly Fire - 333American Anomalies - 339Ten-Point Plan - 346Afterword: Bright Future - 351Index - 359