“Both a soccer player and a lawyer”: Multidimensionality, open future orientation, and cultural capital accumulation among upper-middle-class youth in professional soccer
International Review for the Sociology of Sport
Published online on July 28, 2026
Abstract
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Previous studies have consistently demonstrated that boys from low socioeconomic backgrounds perceive professional soccer in totalistic terms (“soccer or nothing”) and hold a closed, deterministic future orientation. Addressing this theoretical gap, the ...
Previous studies have consistently demonstrated that boys from low socioeconomic backgrounds perceive professional soccer in totalistic terms (“soccer or nothing”) and hold a closed, deterministic future orientation. Addressing this theoretical gap, the ...