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82) Big game jitters
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When Max's soccer team plays the school bully's team, Max must come up with a secret game to calm his Super Fidgets or it may cost his team the championship.
83) Soccer switch
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When the coach of his middle school summer soccer team retires Andre, his friend Cullen, and their teammates are horrified, and when their new coach implements some highly unusual training methods Cullen is so frustrated that he quits the team--but Andre sticks with it, hoping that there is method in the madness that will lead to a championship.
85) Score one more
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"Sam encourages May to participate in a soccer game"--
86) Game-day jitters
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With help from his older brother Larry, nine-year-old Ben learns to cope with his nervousness about the Kickers League playoffs. Includes "Ben's Top Ten Tips for Soccer Players."
90) Wonder goal!
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Traces the path of an English soccer player, from his boyhood fantasies of being an admired athlete, to his realization of that dream as a member of the national team competing for the World Cup.
92) Eyes on the goal
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Middle-schooler Jackson's baseball skills are not of much help when he and his friends go to soccer camp, and while there he learns that his mother's boyfriend has invited them to move into his house, and friend Diego's father is deployed to Afghanistan.
94) Hat trick
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With the playoffs over, Devin and her seventh-grade friends decide to try out for a soccer travel team, but friendships are threatened because not everyone makes it on to the tough, competitive team, and in the mean time the girls are faced with a crisis--budget cuts threaten to eliminate the soccer program at the elementary school Devin's little sister attends.
95) Fake out
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Nine-year-old Ben and other members of the Bobcats co-ed soccer team improve their skills and begin to win, especially after Ben learns the importance of concentration from his older brother and finally masters the fake out. Includes tips for soccer players.
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Chavo's excitement for attending his favorite team's soccer game with his friends is diminished when he realizes their seats are in the very last row, far from the field. And he hopes he can find a way to get closer to the action. Text written in both English and Spanish.
98) Soccer dreams
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"Wanting to be a striker like her grandpa was, Keisha jumps into soccer practice with both feet and, unfortunately, both hands. She's afraid her habit of catching the ball will end her sports dream, but Coach has a new game plan"--
99) Arcady's goal
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Twelve-year-old orphan Arcady copes with his difficult life in a Soviet children's home by spending as much time as possible playing soccer. When Ivan Ivanych, a man who lost his wife to the Stalinist purges, takes Arcady in and offers to coach him, it transforms both of their lives in profound ways.
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April and Mae are best friends, and their pets are best friends, too! On Tuesdays, April and Mae play soccer. Mae likes to run, and April likes to cheer. But this Tuesday, Mae slips on the muddy field and misses a goal. April tries to cheer up her friend, but Mae is sad and mad. Can April help Mae feel better?
"April and Mae are best friends (and so are their pets). When Mae misses a soccer goal, April helps her realize that the fun is playing, not...