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1) Select
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Alex loves playing soccer, and she's good at it, too. Very good. When her skills land her a free ride to play for Select, an elite soccer club, it feels like a huge opportunity. Joining Select could be the key to a college scholarship and a bright future -- one that Alex's family can't promise her. But as the team gets better and better, her new coach pushes the players harder and harder, until soccer starts to feel more like punishment...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A disgraced soccer executive reluctantly enlists the help of a retired soccer star in coaching a children's team"--
Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team's mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team's owner--who happens to be her father--sends...
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Lionel Messi ha vuelto a ser feliz. Y ¿para qué jugar al fútbol si no es para ser feliz? Con cuatro Champions League, la Copa América 2021, el récord de goles de un jugador para una selección sudamericana y el pase al PSG, el mejor futbolista del planeta ya le había insuflado nueva vida a su carrera, pero ahora además ha conquistado el único gran trofeo que le faltaba: la Copa del Mundo. Para conocer y comprender a esta figura extraordinaria,...
4) Soccer
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Examines all aspects of the game of soccer, including its history, rules, soccer skills, tactics, equipment, famous players, and playing fields.
Author
Publisher
Welbeck
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This newly updated edition of The Soccer Encyclopedia (FIFA) will make you an expert of the most popular game in the world. The pages are brimming with the latest facts, stats and records, plus punchy profiles of the best international teams on the planet, as well as essential info about the top leagues and tournaments in world soccer. What's more, you can get the lowdown on all the FIFA competitions from the World Cup to the eWorld Cup and the latest...
7) Blue lock: 7
Series
Blue Lock volume 7
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the second selection's rival battles--where the winners can choose one player from the losing team--Isagi and Nagi have just lost Bachira to Rin Itoshi and the other top strikers. Now they must prove the strength of their individual abilities in a fight against Shouei Barou, the top scoring player in Wing 5. If they lose, they'll be at risk of disqualification...As Isagi takes the fight to King Barou, he's aiming to end up on the side of the prodigies"--...
Publisher
Searchlight Pictures
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen, hoping he will turn the world's worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Adalyn Reyes siempre ha estado centrada en su carrera dentro de los Miami Flames. Sin embargo, su impecable recorrido se ve afectado cuando el vídeo de un altercado con la mascota del equipo se hace viral. En consecuencia, el dueño del club (que es también su padre) la envía a un pueblo en mitad de la nada para reflotar el equipo de fútbol local y Adalyn está dispuesta a dejarse la piel para conseguirlo. Pero no contaba con que sus jugadores...
10) Blue lock: 11
Series
Blue Lock volume 11
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"With seconds left on the clock, Isagi manages to weave a masterful play--until Rin Itoshi and what seems like a stroke of bad luck deal the definitive blow. But what role does luck really play in a soccer match? Ego is eager to impart his wisdom on the advancing players, with the unknowns of the Third Selection looming just ahead."--
11) Blue lock: 8
Series
Blue Lock volume 8
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The newly formed team of Isagi, Nagi, and Barou head to their next rival battle, where they face Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. Isagi knows their victory will depend on the team's ability to form a "chemical reaction" with their play styles. Isagi and Nagi have a fluid synergy, but Barou seems to be chafing against his new teammates... Who will emerge victorious from the battle of egos?!"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"The first international women's soccer match was in 1881, but the Women's World Cup didn't become official until 1991--110 years later! Read about the courageous, soccer-loving women who worked hard to have a World Cup of their own in this addition to the Who HQ series. Young readers will learn about the history of women's soccer, star players, and iconic wins! From Team USA's record-breaking four championships to Japan's inspiring win in 2011, this...
13) Blue Lock: 10
Series
Blue Lock volume 10
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
14) Blue Lock: 9
Series
Blue Lock volume 9
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Thanks to Barou's awakening, Isagi's team manages to defeat the trio of Kunigami, Chigiri, and Reo. And the one that Isagi chooses to steal is... The new four-man team sets out for a rematch against the Top Three and Bachira. Will the "monster" that fuels Isagi's ego be enough to take down the prodigy striker Rin Itoshi?!"--
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen-year-old Valentina jeopardizes her future when she gets into an altercation with her rival, Leticia, during a soccer game, so the two girls must co-captain a soccer team to redeem themselves and what starts as a shaky alliance of necessity blossoms into something more.
Author
Publisher
Almuzara
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"¿Por qué vestimos de azulgrana? o ¿por qué el FCB es més que un club? ¿Cómo surgió el apelativo Barça? ¿Quiénes fueron los ídolos futbolísticos de nuestros abuelos? ¿Cuál es el curioso origen del Dream Team? ¿Fue Gamper el primer presidente? ¿Qué ocurrió en realidad en torno al fichaje de Di Stéfano? ¿Cuáles han sido las jugadas más apoteósicas de la epopeya culé? ¿Cómo pasamos de disputar partidos en campos de fútbol...
Author
Series
Jose and el perro volume 2
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When José is selected for the school soccer team, his dog Feliz eagerly helps him practice.
Author
Publisher
Cassava Republic Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"9 year-old Obioma is a football star. She uses a special stick to score goals and never loses a race in her wheelchair! But when she moves to a new city, she has to go to a new school where she has no friends, and everyone calls her "the girl with the wheelchair". Obioma misses playing football most of all, until one day a girl named Ayana asks her to race. Once they start playing football, everyone joins in and Obioma finds a new team to play with!"--...
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