One Goal
A Coach, a Team, and the Game That Brought a Divided Town Together
Published on 27. February 2018
320 pages
978-0-316-39657-8 (ISBN)
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In the tradition of Friday Night Lights and Outcasts United, One Goal tells the inspiring story of the soccer team in a town bristling with racial tension that united Somali refugees and multi-generation Mainers in their quest for state -- and ultimately national -- glory.
When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team -- and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding -- One Goal is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us.
When thousands of Somali refugees resettled in Lewiston, Maine, a struggling, overwhelmingly white town, longtime residents grew uneasy. Then the mayor wrote a letter asking Somalis to stop coming, which became a national story. While scandal threatened to subsume the town, its high school's soccer coach integrated Somali kids onto his team, and their passion began to heal old wounds. Taking readers behind the tumult of this controversial team -- and onto the pitch where the teammates vied to become state champions and achieved a vital sense of understanding -- One Goal is a timely story about overcoming the prejudices that divide us.
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A professor of history in New York, Amy Bass lived in Lewiston, Maine for four years as a student at Bates College. Her writing has appeared in Slate, Salon, and CNN Opinion, and her work for NBC's Olympics coverage earned her an Emmy in 2012 for Outstanding Live Event Turnaround. One Goal is her fourth book.
Content
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Why Not Us?
- Chapter 2: We Have to Go Back
- Chapter 3: Welcome to Vacationland
- Chapter 4: Many and One
- Chapter 5: I Still Say Somalia
- Chapter 6: Grind Mode
- Chapter 7: I Live My Thank-You
- Chapter 8: 1-2-3 Pamoja Ndugu
- Chapter 9: Lewiston Pure
- Chapter 10: Saints, Martyrs, and Summer Soccer
- Chapter 11: Many Nations, One Team
- Chapter 12: Inshallah, We Got This
- Chapter 13: Our House
- Chapter 14: Straight Red
- Chapter 15: Do Not Retaliate
- Chapter 16: Everyone Bleeds Blue
- Chapter 17: Make It a Good One
- Epilogue: The Devils that You Know
- Lewiston High School Blue Devils Soccer State Champions 2015
- Postscript: Soccer is Life
- Acknowledgments
- Photos
- Newsletters
