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Author
Series
Publisher
Enslow Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Read up on Lionel Messi, a soccer star from Argentina, who is considered one of the best soccer players in the world. This sports biography covers everything from the hardships Lionel faced when he was young to how he has become an international superstar with Barcelona!"--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Formats
Description
Combines firsthand interviews with scientific and cultural insights in a middle grade account of the 2018 Thai cave rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team and the critical, sophisticated engineering operation that saved the lives of 13 young people.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
For the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of young boys across Africa, looking for soccer's next superstars. Led by the Spanish scout who helped launch Lionel Messi's career and funded by the desert kingdom of Qatar, the program chooses just a handful of boys each year to train to become professionals; the process is one thousand times more selective than getting into Harvard University. In an extraordinary...
Publisher
Soccer Learning Systems
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Modern soccer demands great emphasis on increased speed. Today's players are given less space and time in which to perform. As the levels of competition increases so does the speed of the players. Running speed (without ball) must be developed with technical speed (running with ball) if players and teams are to exploit weaknesses in the opposition.
6) Underdogs
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Jake is a shy but talented foosball player. His passion for the game is rivaled only by his love for free spirited Laura. With her encouragement, he beats the town bully, Ace, in a foosball game. But everything changes when Ace becomes the world's best soccer player and returns years later to turn their village into a new sports stadium.
Author
Language
English
Description
From award-winning ABC News Chief National Correspondent Matt Gutman, and written using exclusive interviews and information comes the definitive account of the dramatic story that gripped the world: the miracle rescue of twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave miles underground for nearly three weeks—a pulse-pounding account by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out.
After a practice
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Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jack finds himself adrift after his father, legendary Coach Davis, cuts him from his renowned soccer club. Estranged from his dad, at odds with his brother and desperate for purpose, he turns to his ex-girlfriend Sofia. Inspired by her tough love and unwavering pursuit to become a recording artist, he takes one last shot at his lifelong dream, by trying out for a rival soccer club.
9) Pelé
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
Presents the life and accomplishments of Pelé, the Brazillian who has been called the king of soccer.
10) A natural
Author
Publisher
Highbridge, a division of Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2017.
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Tom has always known exactly the person he is going to be. A successful footballer. A man others look up to. Now, though, the bright future he imagined for himself is threatened. The Premier League academy of his boyhood has let him go. At nineteen, Tom finds himself playing for a tiny club in a town he has never heard of. But as he navigates his isolation and his desperate need for recognition, a sudden and thrilling encounter offers him the promise...
Author
Publisher
Rayo
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A biography of the soccer star describes his impoverished boyhood in Brazil, his relationship with his father, who taught him the sport, his role on the first Brazilian team to win the World Cup, and scoring his thousandth goal.
13) Furia
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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Description
Seventeen-year-old Camila Hassan, a rising soccer star in Rosario, Argentina, dreams of playing professionally, in defiance of her fathers' wishes and at the risk of her budding romance with Diego.
Rosario, Argentina. At home Camila Hassan lives within her mother's narrow expectations, her soccer-star brother's shadow, and under the abusive rule of her short-tempered father. On the field, she is La Furia, a powerhouse of skill and talent. When her...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The world's favorite singer is on trial for murdering a glamorous athlete . . . but in a ruthless world of power and privilege, life and death aren't what they seem.
It was the trial that electrified the world. Not just because of the defendant, Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs captivated the world's heart. Not just because of the victim, Will Shepard, the world's most glamorous athlete. But also because everyone said Maggie had murdered...
It was the trial that electrified the world. Not just because of the defendant, Maggie Bradford, the woman whose songs captivated the world's heart. Not just because of the victim, Will Shepard, the world's most glamorous athlete. But also because everyone said Maggie had murdered...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When an unexpected accident leaves a young boy motherless, he must travel from the United States to live with his estranged father in Scotland. There he finds himself teaming up with a scientifically enhanced soccer-playing dog, a dog who can even outplay Beckham. The dog has managed to escape from the evil scientists who designed him for more nefarious means. Father, son and the incredible soccer dog all band together to bring victory and pride to...
16) Keeper!
Publisher
Soccer Learning System
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Designed especially for team coaches and goalkeepers. The practices are demonstrated by a beginner, an intermediate and an advanced goalkeeper, and show the 10 key principles of goalkeeping. This highly recommended series will help coaches to coach goalkeepers and goalkeepers to coach themselves.
Publisher
NCircle Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020],c2020
Language
English
Description
The world of soccer has been taken over by the elite Football Federation. With the threat of their club's disbandment, a boy named Sonny and his team of underdogs desperately look for a way to continue their life's passion on their small remote island. Even though they have no sponsor or special moves, they grasp for their only chance: A match between them and the Football Frontier. With their future unknown, the eleven of them set off into the foreboding...
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
Extended edition
Language
English
Description
The Class of '92, a 2 hour feature film details the rise to prominence and global sporting superstardom of six supremely talented young Manchester United footballers (David Beckham, Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Phil and Gary Neville). Covering the period 1992-1999, The Class of '92 culminates in Manchester United's European Cup triumph, and dramatically interweaves and mirror the highs and lows of its football odyssey with the immense social...
Author
Publisher
Independently Published
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"It's impossible to ignore Vince Novak. He's all anyone can talk about--speculating on the reason for his transfer to our school, celebrating his future career as a soccer star, or gushing over how tall, dark, and handsome he is. Even my parents mention him in hushed, angry whispers, fearful he's going to shatter my brother's records and destroy the legacy left behind when he died. However, I avoid Vince Novak at all costs, hiding from him and the...
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