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CONNECTED AUTHOR: O¿Hanlon is a staff writer for ESPN, has a strong personal platform on social media, and has ties to the Ringer, GQ, FiveThirtyEight, and Shea Serrano.WORLD CUP TIMING: Publication will coincide with the hype train leading up to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, which kicks off in November 2022 and goes through December.MONEYBALL FOR SOCCER: O¿Hanlon offers a groundbreaking, character-rich narrative of how soccer clubs around the world have adopted the analytics revolution that first swept baseball. GLOBAL REACH: Interviews with managers, coaches, and scouts from teams in the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the MLS, as well as multiple national teams give the book international appeal.