Soccer category: 2494 books
by Renae Gilles and Warren Rylands
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2018
Did you know that soccer is the most popular sport on Earth? Many countries call soccer “football.” Discover these and other interesting facts in Soccer.
Goal-Minded
A Choose Your Path Soccer Book
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2016
You may have read sports books before, but you’ve never read one like this. You’re the main character, a young Somali immigrant and a former refugee, and it’s up to you to lead your team to victory! You love soccer and you’re good at it. But you’re Goal-Minded, so you have other dreams,...
by Lisa Bowes
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
Eager to try a summer sport, Lucy and her friends meet at the soccer field for their first game of three-on-three! Thanks to Coach Nick, Lucy and the rest of Team Blue learn a few basic skills as they prepare to face Team Red.This is the third book in the Lucy Tries Sports series, designed to encourage...
by Steve Moore
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
In the third book of this highly illustrated middle grade series from the nationally syndicated cartoonist of “In the Bleachers,” Steve takes one for the benchwarmers to play his least favorite sport.
Perfect for fans of Timmy Failure and Diary of a Wimpy Kid, King of the Bench is an ode...
American Huckster
How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From-and Sold Out-the Most Powerful Cabal in World Sports
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
The first inside account of the international soccer scandal that rocked the world and the American at its center—the incredible story of how a stay-at-home New York soccer dad illegally made millions off the world’s most powerful and corrupt sports organization and became an unlikely FBI whistleblower.
He...
Golazo!
The Beautiful Game from the Aztecs to the World Cup: The Complete History of How Soccer Shaped Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
The definitive book about the national identities, heroes, and dramatic stories from Latin American soccer throughout history, perfect for World Cup reading.
“Golazo!” means “amazing goal!” And the word perfectly captures the unique, exuberant, all-encompassing, passionate role that...
Soccernomics
Why England Loses; Why Germany, Spain, and France Win; and Why One Day Japan, Iraq, and the United States Will Become Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The 2018 World Cup edition of the international bestseller and "the most intelligent book ever written about soccer" (San Francisco Chronicle) is updated throughout and features new chapters on the FIFA scandal, why Iceland wins, and women's soccer.
Named one of the Best Books of...
Young Pele
Soccer's First Star
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2013
HOW DID A POOR BOY named Edson—who kicked rocks down roads and dribbled balls made from rags—go on to become Pelé, the greatest soccer player of all time? While other kids memorized letters, Edson memorized the scores of soccer matches. And when Edson finally played in a youth soccer tournament...
More Than Just a Game
Soccer vs. Apartheid: The Most Important Soccer Story Ever Told
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2010
Timed perfectly for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, the true story of how political prisoners under apartheid found hope and dignity through soccer
In the hell that was Robben Island, inmates united courageously in an act of protest. Beginning in 1964, they requested the right to play soccer...
Futebol
Soccer, The Brazilian Way
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
A new and updated edition of bestselling author Alex Bellos's classic book on soccer, unforgettably capturing the game at the heart of the Brazilian national identity.
Since the 1950s, when Pelé first started playing, soccer has been how the world sees Brazil, but it is also how Brazilians...
by Matt Weiland, Sean Wilsey
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
The Thinking Fan's Guide to the World Cup features original pieces by thirty-two leading writers and journalists about the thirty-two nations that have qualified for the world's greatest sporting event. In addition to all the essential information any fan needs—the complete 2006 match schedule,...
by Mina Javaherbin
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
This narrative non-fiction picture book about the sensational rising soccer star Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior is perfect reading for the 2018 World Cup.
Born in Brazil, Neymar Jr. grew up imagining that he might one day become a famous soccer player. Now his dream has come true. Using playful,...
by Gwen Russell
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The accomplishments of England's greatest and best-loved soccer player are traced in this inspiring biography
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Soccer superstar and darling of the paparazzi, David Beckham has reached iconic status across the world for his achievements and exploits both on and off the field. This...
Best of Soccer Quizzes
For fans of football
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
A book full cover to cover of soccer general knowledge questions aimed at people who live and breathe soccer (or football as it's also commonly known as).
Each quiz contains ten questions and answers, with a bonus tie breaker question at the end of each quiz.
Great for organized events,...