Leander **BUY THE LONG GAME** Schaerlaeckens
@leanderalphabet
Author of The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts: Senior lecturer, Marist University. Soccer columnist, The Guardian US. leanderalphabet.com
Bonus content: here's a very good, if over-accessorized, police dog I saw at the final
What's cool about books is that even after World Cups are over, you can still read them to make sense of what you just saw. You can pick up a copy of mine, THE LONG GAME, at, say, @bookculture.com in Long Island City. Where you'll find it on, oh, you know, the non-fiction BEST-SELLERS TABLE.
Someone is trying to sell on their tickets to the World Cup final for $2.3 million...
USMNT not the only ones having a tough time
From the other night: this is what it looks like when Kylian Mbappé passes through the reporters' "mixed zone" at the World Cup.
Thank god we have this technology now
My @goldengoalmag.bsky.social just came as well, and since we're doing plant-backed photography... Can't wait to get reading.
Spotted in the wild: THE LONG GAME at the NYC Consulate Cup the other day.
Come give @sethrosenthal.bsky.social a hug tonight. He needs us now more than ever.
I'm not at the United States men's national team's final World Cup tune-up against Germany in Chicago. But THE LONG GAME is. And it could also be in your hands. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
My #USMNT book, The Long Game, is 2 weeks old today. I just signed a whole stack of 'em at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square NYC. Go grab 'em there, or here! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
Look at my student Justin pandering to me on his final self-reflection for a writing class. And is it going to work? Probably.
Happy 1-week birthday to my book, THE LONG GAME: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts. People seem to like it! I'd love it if you gave it a read. (And left a review?) www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
My first author-aimed scammer email. Feels like a big moment. (Also, LOL to the duration of this "event.")
G Flores, whoever they are, will always be a friend of this household. My book "The Long Game: U.S. Men's Soccer and Its Savage, Four-Decade Journey to the Top, or Thereabouts" is out Tuesday. Id love it if you bought a copy. G Flores thinks you should. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
And in today's New York Daily News -- occupying The End Zone spread in the back!
1. LET'S GO 1a. Guys, you can't let me lose to FIFA
Impeccable reading tips just keep naturally turning up in the wild. (I had nothing to do with them, personally!)
ONE WEEK. Order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130... Final art preview by @danleydon.bsky.social: The Berhalter Bounce.
Two weeks to go! Signed pre-orders here: splitrockbooks.com/book/9780593... Third art teaser by @danleydon.bsky.social: Tyler Adams, Manipulator of Spaces.
Three weeks until The Long Game is out. Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130... Second art preview by @danleydon.bsky.social: Marcelo Balboa, Icon in Denim.
The Long Game, my USMNT book, publishes May 12. So on these last four Tuesdays before it's out, I'm sharing some of the delightful art @danleydon.bsky.social made for the chapter pages. First up, Antonee "Jedi" Robinson, the Trickster. Pre-order here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
An actual book! Pre-order here!! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/722130...
Oh hey, let's do another little book outtake:
I submit evidence of you saying extreme things out loud
Feels apt to share a little passage from my upcoming book, about the USMNT playing Iran at the last World Cup...
And there it is. Good work, everyone.