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Soccer Star Brian McBride Calling it Quits
Chicago Public Radio - Sep 3, 2010
One of Chicago's most famous soccer players, Brian McBride, is retiring at the end of this year's MLS season. The Arlington Heights native and Chicago Fire ... Local leaders aim to impress soccer officials
Tampabay.com - Sep 3, 2010
"It shows the destination as well as the enthusiasm in the community for the game of soccer,'' said Dianne Jacob, the senior vice president of marketing for ... Boars force soccer game to be called off
FOXSports.com - Sep 3, 2010
A German fifth division soccer game was called off Friday after a group of four-legged fans invaded the field and left the turf in unplayable condition. ...

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Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference

by: Warren St. John
It is a book worth reading to realize how one person can make a difference - as this woman did with these refugee children. There was probably more about soccer than I care for (I don't follow soccer) but this was the perfect sport for these refugee children.
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Lucy's Perfect Summer

by: Nancy Rue
My 13 year old read this very quickly, and thought it was great! Nice to have fiction that promotes the sames values we teach at home
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Soccernomics: Why England Loses, Why Germany and Brazil Win, and Why the U.S., Japan, Australia, Turkey--and Even Iraq--Are Destined to Become the Kings of the World's Most Popular Sport

by: Simon Kuper, Stefan Szymanski
If you've read "Freakonomics" or any of Malcolm Gladwell's books, Soccernomics makes for an interesting read. Many of the quirky statistical correlations and regressions of Freakonomics are applied to the Beautiful Game. Likewise, some of the observations that typically appear in a Gladwell book makes Soccernomics engaging. Will it help a newcomer to soccer understand the beautiful game? Probably not. But if you're interested in economics and statistics applied to soccer, the game and the numbers make a bit more sense.
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The Baffled Parent's Guide to Coaching Youth Soccer

by: Bobby Clark
This book took me from being a total non-athlete, knowing nearly nothing about soccer and never having coached anything before, to being a coach with a plan. I am coaching my son's U8 soccer team, and even with this book it has been a challenge, but without the book, I would have been completely lost. Here's what the book did for me:

(1) it taught me the rules of soccer. I did have a bit of trouble understanding the offside rule as stated in the book, so I had to ask a friend to clarify for me.
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