Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight.

Mark, center for his middle school's soccer team the Scorpions, must cope with his parents' divorce and a teammate who holds a grudge against him.

When Brother and Sister try out for soccer teams, Papa is at first disappointed that they do not want to play baseball, but he changes his mind when he sees them practice.

When Jason, the team clown, finds that he will be taking the regular goalie's place in an upcoming soccer game, he embarks on a determined plan to learn everything he can about goalkeeping.

Eighteen-year-old Joe, captain of the soccer team, is dismayed when a hotshot player shows up from Brazil and threatens to take over both the team and the girl whom Joe hopes to date.

Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Willy the chimpanzee loves to play soccer, but he is never picked for a team until a stranger gives him some shoes that he is certain are magic.

"This photo-illustrated book for early readers introduces the basics of soccer and encourages kids to try it. Includes labeled diagram of soccer field and photo glossary"--

"A disgraced soccer exec reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team in this small town love story in the vein of Ted Lasso and It Happened One Summer"--Publisher marketing.

As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.