About the Author

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Dave Lange has covered soccer for various media outlets since the 1970s. He wrote or co-authored Practice Makes Perfect: A Guide to Fun Training Sessions for 6-10 Year Olds, Cherishing Childhood, the First 100 Years of Community School, Webster University: A Century of Defining Moments, and Taming Troubled Waters: Dr. Henry Givens Jr. and the Transformation of Harris-Stowe State University, all from Reedy Press. He contributed a chapter to Soccer Frontiers: The Global Game in the United States, 1863-1913 (University of Tennessee Press, 2021). Lange coached youth soccer and holds a USSF National D coaching license and a coaching certificate from the Royal Dutch Football Association. He is Senior Lecturer at the University of Missouri-St. Louis and Adjunct Full Professor at Webster University.