Download or read book Stars of Women s Soccer 2nd Edition written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest stars of international women's soccer today. One of the most anticipated sports events on the horizon is the 2019 Women’s World Cup, to be held from June 7 to July 7, in nine French cities, including Lyons, Nice, and Paris. With the last Women’s World Cup breaking records for worldwide viewership, here is required reading in advance of 2019: The World Soccer Legends series completely revised edition of Stars of Women’s Soccer, with 28 of the best female players from around the world. Discover tournament attendees from the world over, including longtime favorites and impressive newcomers, such as American goal-scoring machine Carli Lloyd; tall, Martinique-born defender Wendie Renard; and the razor-sharp Brazilian defender, Marta. Here is a compilation no fan can do without, filled with all-new photos of the women in action, updated stories that relate each player’s upbringing and unique talents, and callout boxes that distill essential information—including birthdate, flag, height, position, current team, international games, and goal tallies.
Download or read book Stars of Women s Soccer written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by Abbeville Kids. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "World Soccer Legends series presents "Stars of Women's Soccer," featuring a collection of the best female players from around the world"--
Download or read book Alex Morgan written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by Abbeville Kids. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First published in Iceland in 2014 by Seogur autgaafa"--Title page verso.
Download or read book Stars of World Soccer 2nd Edition written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-09-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling guide to today’s most exciting players, completely revised and updated Here are the best of the best: the iconic forwards Ronaldo, Neymar, and Suárez; the legendary goalkeeper Manuel Neuer; and perhaps the greatest player of our time, Lionel Messi. This lively and accessible book features short biographies of some thirty athletes in all: who they are, where they come from, and what they have accomplished. With the same action-packed photos and colorful graphics that fans have come to expect from the critically acclaimed World Soccer Legends series, Stars of World Soccer shows what it takes to be at the top of the game.
Download or read book Under the Lights and In the Dark written by Gwendolyn Oxenham and published by Icon Books. This book was released on 2017-07-06 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer takes an unprecedented look inside the lives of professional football players around the world – from precarious positions in underfunded teams and leagues, to sold-out stadiums and bright lights. Award-winning filmmaker and journalist Gwendolyn Oxenham tells the stories of the phenoms, underdogs, and nobodies – players willing to follow the game wherever it takes them. Under the Lights and in the Dark takes us inside the world of women's soccer, following players across the globe, from Portland Thorns star Allie Long, who trains in an underground men's league in New York City; to English national Fara Williams, who hid her homelessness from her teammates while playing for the English national team. Oxenham takes us to Voronezh, Russia, where players battle more than just snowy pitches in pursuing their dream of playing pro, and to a refugee camp in Denmark, where Nadia Nadim, now a Danish international star, honed her skills after her family fled from the Taliban. Whether you're a newcomer to the sport or a die-hard fan, this is an inspiring book about stars' beginnings and adventures, struggles and hardship, and, above all, the time-honored romance of the game.
Download or read book Star Spangled Soccer written by G. Hopkins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-18 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star-Spangled Soccer traces the development of soccer in the USA. It is the first book that tells the story of how the sport rose to extreme highs and suffered almost catastrophic lows as it fought to position itself on the American sports landscape, beginning with the announcement from FIFA in 1988 that America would host the 1994 World Cup.
Download or read book Trailblazer written by Elizabeth Dale and published by Maverick Arts. This book was released on 2020-08-04 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With one of the most powerful kicks in soccer, young Lily Parr is becoming a soccer star. That is until in 1921, when the Football Association in England bans women's soccer—a decision that will affect future generations! Will Lily and her team be able to overcome this hurdle, or will they have to give up doing what they love? Trailblazer is based on the life of Lily Parr, one of the most famous female soccer players of all time. Parr eventually came to the US and even played against men's teams. Parr together with her teammates battled adversity to keep women's soccer alive.
Download or read book Alex Morgan written by Matt Chandler and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alex Morgan first joined a soccer team when she was 14 years old, quickly impressing her peers and coaches with her skills. From there, she grew to become a world-class soccer player, reaching incredible heights including a FIFA Women's World Cup championship and an Olympic gold medal. Learn about Alex's rise in soccer in this electric biography in the Stars of Sports series.
Download or read book Stars of Women s Soccer written by Megan Cooley Peterson and published by Bolt. This book was released on 2017-08 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With powerful infographics and leveled text, explores the statistics of some of the best women's soccer players.
Download or read book The U S Women s Soccer Team written by Clemente A. Lisi and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated through the 2012 Olympics. On a July afternoon in 1999, the proudest moment for U.S. soccer occurred in Pasadena, California. In the presence of more than 90,000 fans and viewed by another 40 million on television, the U.S. women outlasted China to win the World Cup. Although the United States has lagged far behind other countries in the men's game, it has been at the forefront when it comes to women's soccer. In the second edition of The U.S. Women's Soccer Team: An American Success Story, Clemente A. Lisi examines how the sport has gained popularity over the past few decades. While other books have been written about the team during a specific year, such as those focused solely on the World Cup win on U.S. soil, Lisi looks beyond this event, detailing the program's infancy and how it steadily became a model for women's teams around the globe. Beginning with the start of the U.S. program in 1985, Lisi recounts the development of the women's team, highlighted by their two first place finishes in the Women's World Cups (1991 and 1999) and four Olympic women's gold medals (1996, 2004, 2008, and 2012). In addition to chronicling the history of the team as a whole, this book offers mini profiles and photographs of some of the best players over the years, including Julie Foudy, Amy Rodriguez, Hope Solo, and Mia Hamm.
Download or read book Women s Soccer written by Michael Yessis and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book that contains information on analysis of women's soccer players' running and cutting actions and how they can most effectively be improved. No other book has the sequential pictures depicting how running and cutting are executed, nor exercises that duplicate the joint actions. The book introduces the concept of specificity of exercise and how the strength, flexibility, and explosive exercises duplicate exactly what happens in running and cutting actions. Also unique to the book is information on how you can improve running and cutting through the use of specialised strength and flexibility exercises. The exercises make it possible to make corrections in technique so that the player can improve her performance very quickly. This is the only book that couples technique and strength training together to produce immediate and most effective results.
Download or read book Women on the Ball written by Sue Lopez and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's football is the fastest growing international sport for women and Women on the Ball is the first book to give a comprehensive account of the women's game. It details the pioneering players and clubs, and includes many interviews
Download or read book Stars of World Soccer written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2020-11-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best-selling guide to today’s most exciting players, completely revised and updated Here are the best of the best, from legends like Messi and Ronaldo to dynamic newcomers like Kylian Mbappé. This lively book features short biographies of some twenty-eight stars in all—goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders, and attackers. With the same action-packed photos and colorful graphics that fans have come to expect from the critically acclaimed World Soccer Legends series, Stars of World Soccer shows what it takes to be at the top of the game. Publisher's note: A previous printing of this book contained an editorial error on pages 52–53 that has since been corrected.
Download or read book Stars of Women s Soccer written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just in time for the Tokyo Olympics—a photo-packed guide to today’s most exciting players Here are the best of the best: the stars of the dominant U.S. national team—like Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, Julie Ertz, and Rose Lavelle—and their top competitors from around the world, like Sam Kerr of Australia, Lucy Bronze of England, Wendie Renard of France, and Marta of Brazil. This lively book features short biographies of twenty-eight athletes in all, illustrated with color photographs of the stars in action. Revised and updated from cover to cover, Stars of Women’s Soccer is sure to whet the appetite of young fans who are eager to see the titans of the women’s game battle it out (finally) at the Tokyo Olympics.
Download or read book Stars of the 2018 World Cup written by Illugi Jökulsson and published by Abbeville Kids. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Offers information on World Cup 2018, including the soccer stars headed to the tournament, why the American team will not be going, and the winners and losers of previous World Cups."--
Download or read book The Sisterhood written by Rob Goldman and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-11 with total page 373 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For legions of soccer fans, the players on the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team are the game's standard-bearers. Together their accomplishments include four World Cup titles and four Olympic gold medals. Within five years of their inaugural match in 1985, the team was the best women's soccer team on the planet. But its rise was neither easy nor harmonious. The national team came onto the scene when team sports for women were in their infancy. The players were paid little and played to sparse crowds on marginal pitches and carried their own equipment and luggage. They faced discrimination and unequal treatment, most notably from their governing bodies, FIFA and U.S. Soccer. The Sisterhood is the story of the first and second generations of national team players, known as the 99ers, who were the driving force behind the rise of U.S. women's soccer and who built the foundation for the team's enduring success. Rob Goldman takes the reader onto the pitch and into the minds of the players and coaches for the team's greatest victories and most heartbreaking defeats. Among those featured are players Michelle Akers, Julie Foudy, Mia Hamm, and Brandi Chastain, as well as coaches Anson Dorrance and Tony DiCicco. When the team won the '99 World Cup in front of more than ninety thousand fans at the Rose Bowl, it was the largest crowd to ever attend a women's sporting event. After Brandi Chastain's winning penalty kick beat China, everything changed. These women's soccer players were no longer outcasts; they were hard-nosed players and leaders who not only transformed women's sports but led a cultural revolution. They were trailblazers, role models, and selfless best friends. Their story, told here largely in the voices of the players and coaches who were there, is epic and inspiring.
Download or read book Alex Morgan written by Anthony K. Hewson and published by Sports All-Stars (Lerner (Tm). This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Soccer star Alex Morgan tears up the field! In 2015, she helped lead the US Women's National Team to World Cup victory. Readers get an inside peek at the life of one of the top scorers of the United States"--
