Written by the writers and editors of La Gazzetta dello Sport, Europe's leading daily sports newspaper Forewards by Joseph S. Blatter, FIFA, and Alan Rothenberg, Chairman and CEO, World Cup USA 170 colorplates and 60 black-and-white illustrations from Europe's and America's leading soccer photographers and historic archives Included in this book: World Cup USA 1994: How the teams qualified, who are the stars 1994 World Cup Schedule Today's soccer stars and top international and national teams from around the world Quotes from soccer's top players: Italy's Roberto Baggio, Holland's Marco Van Basten and Ruud Gullit, Argentina's Diego Maradona Preview of Team USA and coach Bora Milutinovic History of the game, its origins, and its development A detailed history of the World Cup tournament from 1930 to 1994 Profiles of Pele and Maradona History of soccer in the U.S.A. Evolution of the rules of soccer Full display of development of tactics Compendium of statistics about the World Cup and international soccer Overview of soccer around the world today: the fans, African soccer, women's soccer