Rea, a freelance writer and Irish expatriate, has written about his discovery of a unique pub soccer team in New Orleans and the team's subsequent experiences during Hurricane Katrina. The author writes of his love of football and his feelings of disconnectedness prior to finding his teammates, and uses an episodic format to tell stories about Mardi Gras, the team's competitions, the events leading up to the 2005 natural disaster and the eventual rebuilding of the Crescent City. General readers should be relatively familiar with both soccer terms and Irish dialects to fully absorb the author's casual yet enthusiastic tone. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
