David Hirshey

David Hirshey is the Executive Editor of HarperCollins Publishers and was a longtime editor at Esquire magazine. A former college player, he has been covering soccer for more than 30 years for a variety of publications, including the New York Times, the New York Daily News, ESPN The Magazine, and Deadspin.com. He is the co-author of two books, Pele's New World and The Education of an American Soccer Player, and played himself (almost convincingly) in the acclaimed soccer documentary Once In A Lifetime.