Mark, center for his middle school's soccer team the Scorpions, must cope with his parents' divorce and a teammate who holds a grudge against him.

"A new girl has joined Lola Levine's second-grade class. When they get off on the wrong foot, they are forced to spend time together ... and learn they have more in common than they thought"--

When Arthur's soccer team gets a new coach who gives them brand new uniforms and lots of ice cream, it takes them a while to realize that he doesn't know how to coach soccer.

Young Tonito thinks and dreams of soccer all the time, even as he does homework, eats dinner, and spends time with his family. Tonito piensa en el fútbol todo el tiempo, aun mientras él hace su tarea, come la cena y pasa tiempo con su familia.

Although she is a very good soccer player, Sister Bear is not allowed to try out for the team until she is bigger, and so she signs up to be the team manager in hopes of proving herself to the coach.

As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms," slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.

A boy describes what it feels like to score a goal that makes his soccer teammates stop teasing him.

Weir Do tries out for the school soccer team, while his father works on his dance moves for the local dance contest.

Pictures and rhyming text describe the drills and scrimmages of a team at soccer practice.

"Elise comes from a long line of college athletes. More than anything else, she wants to wear the University of North Carolina uniform and play for the college where her parents went. It's a lot of pressure, but if she works hard, she just might make it. At least that's what Elise thinks before she notices that some of her teammates are outplaying her. And a UNC scout is visiting in a few weeks. That's where the pills come in. Taking "performance...