SHANE STAY

LEADING THE WAY IN SOCCER BOOKS WORLDWIDE
#1 Amazon Author "Best Seller in Sociology of Sports" | Nielsen BookScan Bestselling Author

YOUR GUIDE TO THE 2026 WORLD CUP

By Shane Stay

Coming in April
Meyer & Meyer Sport

Your Guide to the 2026 World Cup takes the reader through the globally renowned FIFA World Cup, providing in-depth details on all 48 teams, star players, coaches, team strategies, expert game analysis, and more! This is the perfect book for the enthusiast as well as anyone new to watching the sport.

The 2026 World Cup is the first to be hosted by three nations: the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Author Shane Stay delves into the World Cup’s historic background, explaining not only why these games are so exciting, but also what the viewer should watch for as the matches unfold. He takes the reader through the stadiums and explains team strategies, formations, styles of play. He provides background on all the star players and teams, and even makes a few predictions for the games’ outcomes.

Enhance the experience of watching the world’s most popular tournament with the extra details and fun anecdotes provided in Your Guide to the 2026 World Cup.

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"The Soccer Dad-Pod," October 13, 2025

More inside the book including Pat McBride, Taylor Twellman, Landon Donovan, Clint Dempsey, Jordan Morris, Eric Wynalda, Preki...

100 AMERICAN SOCCER LEGENDS

By Shane Stay

Published December 1, 2025
Meyer & Meyer Sport

The United States is #1 in Olympic Gold Medals.
The US is #1 in the world for sports.
Everyone in the world knows a FIFA World Cup is next!

Opinions will fly with the "best of the best!" The Top 5? The Top Gun of US soccer? Very challenging.

After talking with many experts, research, and tough decisions over beer on tap with songs by Sinatra just as the bar tab has got ya, the Top 100 are here. Not an easy list. Based on various criteria, the elite group has been formed!

The absolute Top 5? Within the Pulisic section a Top 5 is broken down. What's more, Tab Ramos, one to consider, had to compete with an uber-talented mentor.

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ABOUT SHANE STAY

Shane Stay is a bestselling author whose books include Your Guide to the 2026 World Cup, 100 American Soccer Legends, This Is Our CITY, THE World Cup 2022 Book, The Euro 2020, European Soccer Leagues 2019, THE Women's World Cup 2019 Book, Major League Soccer 2019, THE World Cup 2018 Book, Why American Soccer Isn't There Yet, and The Cairo Project. His stories – fiction and non-fiction – have also appeared in various online and print magazine publications in the genres of sports, humor and modern culture. In 2008, he played restaurateur, professional soccer, founded Leaf Dressing...Read more at About the Author.

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590 the Fan, KFNS, STL's sports talk, w/ the extensive experience of Cam Janssen (St. Louis Blues), Charlie Marlow (FOX 2) and Jim Hayes (St. Louis Cardinals sportscaster)

3-8 Segment 4 - Soccer aficionado and author Shane Stay joins the show in-studio

3-8 Segment 5 - Questions they FORGOT to ask Shane Stay - JJ Redick And Kendrick Perkins Yell In Bonkers Fight Over Race On ESPN

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"The 2026 FIFA World Cup Cities," published with Cardinal Publishers Group, January 2, 2026

"The Soccer Dad-Pod," October 13, 2025

590 the Fan, St. Louis, Missouri, 2023

KSVY Radio 91.3 FM, The Voice of the Valley, Sonoma, California | "The Morning Show Wednesday" with Ronny Joe Grooms, 9:40 AM, December 14, 2022

KSRO Radio 103.5 FM, 94.5 FM, 1350 AM with Daniel Trucios & Larry Olson, Sonoma County's News Talk, Santa Rosa, California, 7:45am Pacific Time, Wednesday, November 30, 2022

"The Soccer Dad-Pod," S1 E10, November 2022

"ITALY IS BACK!" The Predictions Fly High" published at Cardinal Publishers Group, July 2021

Listen for Shane Stay on KSRO 103.5 FM, 94.5 FM, 1350 AM with Pat Kerrigan, on Sonoma County's News Talk out of Santa Rosa, California, at 8:15am Pacific Time, Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Listen for Shane Stay on #SoccerChat the Podcast, (Apple Podcasts Preview), June 2019

"Beyond the Game" with Cable TV host John Vorperian, Altice 76; Fios 45, White Plains, NY and www.wpcommunitymedia.org, Friday 9pm Eastern, June 22, 2018

KSRO 103.5 FM, 94.5 FM, 1350 AM with Pat Kerrigan, on Sonoma County's News Talk out of Santa Rosa, California, at 8:15am Pacific Time, Thursday, June 14, 2018

THE World Cup 2018 Book
Bestseller Nielsen BookScan | Top 50 Title Five Weeks in a Row

Southern Illinois native, Shane Stay, featured in the Fall edition of the Tourism Times as part of MADE in ILLINOISouth, 2017

"Insight" from NPR's Capitol Public Radio Sacramento, California, 2015

Why American Soccer Isn't There Yet
"...A very interesting book." Rick Kushman,
Capitol Public Radio NPR, Sacramento

"That's the innovative thinking American soccer needs and I think that's what you've proven here with your book." Taylor Jacobs, Press Play Radio, Seattle

NPR Charlotte NC, Listen for Shane Stay, 2014

SHANE'S MIGHTY PREDICTIONS

2026 Italy vs. Northern Ireland, 2-0, UEFA World Cup Playoffs, March 26, 2026
2025 MLS Cup Champs: Inter Miami
2024 UEFA Euro Champs: Spain (Published with Cardinal Publishers Group, July 16, 2024)
2024 Copa America Champs: Argentina (Published with Cardinal Publishers Group, July 16, 2024)
2024 Champions League Champs: Real Madrid
2022 Champions League Champs: Real Madrid
2020-21 UEFA Euro Champs: Italy
2020 MLS Cup Champs: Portland
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup Champs: USWNT

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USA (Cardinal Publishers Group)
Canada (Georgetown Publications)
Europe (Meyer & Meyer Sport The Sports Publisher)

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