Franklin Foer explores the world of soccer and how it is a testament to local political and religious ideologies. He says that instead of the Left’s notion that globalization will destroy local beliefs, it reinforces them. While the book had great potential, I don’t think that it stood up to its intentions. However, he does explore some long standing rivalries in soccer and what they mean within the larger discourse on nationalism, such as the Protestant/Catholic soccer groups in Scotland, and the commercialization of the soccer “hooligan.”