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41) Kickoff!
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Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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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...
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English
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The Seattle Sounders are one of the most popular teams in Major League Soccer (MLS). Fans fill the stadium at every game, and the Sounders have broken many records for game attendance. Discover more about the team through photos of the action and engaging storylines in this thrilling title.
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"On July 7, 2019, Megan Rapinoe ran out onto the field to play in her third Women's World Cup final. Determined to succeed after having to sit out of the semifinals due to an injury, Megan scored the first goal of the match. Thanks to this goal, Team USA won the Women's World Cup, and Megan added yet another victory to her impressive record. In her career, Megan has won Olympic gold medals, several World Cup trophies, ESPY Awards, and more. Not only...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
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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...
46) The academy
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Series
Academy volume 1
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Born and raised in a small town, twelve-year-old Leo K. Doyle has never seen the ocean or stepped foot on a plane. But Leo is a star soccer player with big dreams in life. Rock-star, Olympic gold, dragon-slaying dreams. While Leo longs to make the pros one day, he has no idea how to achieve this goal - until a professional scout pays a chance visit to one of Leo's games and extends an invitation to try out for the London Dragons youth squad, known...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"A no-holds-barred exposé on the financial transactions of the world's favourite sport The transfer fees clubs pay to sign top players now top 4 billion a year but much of the money has been flowing out of the game. A small group of wealthy investors including Russian oligarchs, English racehorse owners and a former billionaire gold miner have seized the opportunity to enter this booming market. Some have moved in on the territory of banks and lent...
50) Hermano
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
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Raised as brothers, intense teammates and competitors on the soccer field, the gregarious, swaggering Julio and the wiry, focused Daniel have remained virtually inseparable ever since the newborn Daniel was found abandoned in a trash heap in their La Ceniza slum.
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
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"El chico de oro, el futbolista más caro de la historia y uno de los mejores de todos los tiempos. Desde sus primeros pasos en la isla de Madeira, en el seno de una modestísima familia de barrio obrero, el libro recorre su complicado salto al continente, primero al Sporting de Lisboa y, con apenas 18 años, al Manchester United, donde consiguió el Balón de Oro como mejor jugador el mundo. El autor no olvida su rocambolesco traspaso al Real Madrid,...
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
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"Will loves playing center midfield on his middle school soccer team. This year, though, Will hasn't felt like himself; his stomach has been bothering him, and he has no energy at all. When his new doctor diagnoses him with Crohn's disease, Will hopes that means he'll start feeling better soon and he can get back to playing with his team before the season ends. But Will's new medicines come with all kinds of side effects, Forced to sit out afternoon...
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[2018]
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English
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"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 page-turner by a reporter who was there every step of their journey out"--
56) High
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English
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It is impossible not to root for Ceti, almost fifteen, who tells her story of growing up in shelters, learning soccer from her Gramps, and sleeping in her Mom's red truck where they listened over and over to Rolling Stones discs someone left behind. Following in the steps of her hero, Lionel Messi, Ceti is a shooting star on the field. A U.S. scout is coming to watch her play in the State Championship; she has Ruby, her best friend since kindergarten...
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
Nobby, a sweet but dimwitted English football hooligan reunites with his long-lost brother Sebastian, a deadly MI6 agent, to prevent a massive global terror attack and prove that behind every great spy is an embarrassing sibling. Nobby has everything a man from Grimsby could want, including eleven children and the most gorgeous girlfriend in the northeast of England. There's only one thing missing: his little brother, Sebastian, who Nobby has spent...
58) Whistle!: 3,Vor
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Whistle! volume 3
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
It's the first game of the season and Josui Junior High is matched up against cross-town rival Musashinomori. The elite private school has the better soccer players, but Team Josui is hoping to steal a win with extra hustle and desire.
59) Keeper
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Paul Faustino novels volume 1
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English
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In an interview with a young journalist, World Cup hero, El Gato, describes his youth in the Brazilian rain forest and the events, experiences, and people that helped make him a great goalkeeper and renowned soccer star.
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Whistle! volume 5
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Can Team Joshua teach arrogant hothead--but fabulous soccer player--Ryoichi Tenjo a lesson in humility?
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