The Story of Los Jets: A Book on Immigration and Soccer

Earlier this week, we reported on the controversy over the (Re)Fugees soccer team in Clarkston, Georgia.  Consistent with this week’s sport theme, let us announce a new book A Home on the Field, How One Championship Team Inspires Hope for Small Town America (HarperCollins). The book tells the story of Siler City, North Carolina, a small poultry-processing town coming to grips with Latino immigration and a group of Latino high school soccer players who advocate for a varsity soccer program at the local high school despite opposition from the school administration, endure an anti-immigrant Klan rally featuring David Duke, and go on to win the state championship in just three seasons. The author, Paul Cuadros,I coached the team to victory and tells the boys’ and his own immigrant story through the book. For a flyer for the book, Download a_home_on_the_field_flyer_iii.doc Click here to see the book’s website.

KJ