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Fifteen years ago, the United States proudly hosted the FIFA World Cup™ despite criticism from many in the soccer world. Now, the ’94 FIFA World Cup™ is widely considered the most successful in FIFA’s history and is considered responsible for the soccer renaissance that followed in the USA, both on and off the field.
At a professional level, Major League Soccer (MLS) was created in 1996. MLS kicked off its 14th season on March 19, 2009 featuring 15 teams each playing 30 regular season matches. The league will expand to 16 teams in 2010 and to 18 teams in 2011. Since 1999, a total of seven soccer specific stadiums have been constructed in our country and by 2010 that number will increase to ten.
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The World's Greatest Soccer Players (The World's Greatest Sports Stars)Whether it’s smashing a home run, heaving a touchdown pass, or scoring the game-winning goal, fans love watching their favorite stars. With incredible photos and lists of stats, fans will love seeing the world’s best athletes and their amazing achievements up close.
The Everything Kids' Soccer Book: Rules, techniques, and more about your favorite sport! (Everything Kids Series)It?s a goal! Whether kids play defense, goalie, or offense, they?ll have hours of fun with this book. Coach Deborah W. Crisfield gives kids tips and strategies for passing, heading, defending, and more in this fun guide. Kids also learn:- How to stretch before a big game
- Proper throw-in technique
- Rules of the game
- Dribbling drills
- Effective on-field communication
Most important, this guide shows kids the importance of teamwork and motivates them to stay active and healthy. This book will be a hit with kids and parents alike!
Rugby World Cup 2011 Official Review DVDThe Rugby World Cup 2011 Official Review DVD is the definitive story of the most exciting and entertaining sporting tournament of the year. Featuring all the action, drama and intensity of every run, tackle & try from the group stage to the knock out rounds and culminating with the fabulous final.It was a tournament of unpredictable upsets, which produced countless outstanding performances from its spectacular opening ceremony, to the final whistle and the scenes of jubilation that ensued with host nation New Zealand being crowned world champions for only the second time in the tournaments history. The Rugby World Cup 2011 Official Review DVD is a must have for every rugby fan!
Re- live all the great moments and best tries, along with New Zealand s triumphant story in The Rugby World Cup 2011 Official Review, available on one fantastic DVD!
Sharon Foster and the World Cup ConspiracyA high-stakes, romantic thriller, set in June, 1982. Beautiful TV producer Sharon Foster is mingling with the stars and the high-rollers in Madrid for the final round of the World Cup Championship. So is the man she loves, US soccer goalie Keith Palermo. If they're lucky, Keith and his US soccer team will do well in the tournament, and Sharon's new American TV network will generate great ratings and revenues. If they're luckier still, Sharon and Keith will consummate their love.But the lovers are about to be caught in a deadly conspiracy. Even now, in the remote hills of Utah, two American military guards lie brutally murdered. A crate of a lethal new nerve gas is missing and on its way to Madrid, carried by a tall, sandy-haired mercenary who will stop at nothing. Soon the eyes of the world will be on the great Madrid stadium, the cheering crowds, and an event so shocking that it could change the course of history.
Sharon and Keith find their lives intertwined with a colorful cast of characters, each immersed in their own personal dramas and crises. A glamorous network newswoman struggles with her faithless British rock-star lover - and with her taste for cocaine. A pretty teenage Russian gymnast hopes to defect to the West, to save the life of the unborn child she secretly carries. A powerful Russian spy, a wealthy US businessman, and an ambitious TV director all struggle to stay ahead of their competitors and their enemies.
But all their struggles may soon be over, for unless Sharon and Keith can discover and stop the World Cup conspiracy, the deadliest weapon in the world will be unleashed before a TV audience of billions - and America will be blamed.
