Rebecca Thatcher Murcia
1) Freddy Adu
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The United States had never seen a young soccer phenomenon like Freddy Adu. As a young boy in the African country of Ghana, he learned to play with a soccer ball and make amazing fakes and tricks look easy. When he was eleven, he was scoring against thirteen and fourteen-year-olds. When he was fourteen, he was a star on the Under-17 U.S. boys soccer team. Soon after he graduated from high school and became a professional soccer player drawing huge...
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Landon Donovan is one of America s soccer superstars. He has always been good at soccer. When he was five years old, he scored seven goals in his first soccer game, playing against six and seven-year-olds. When he was sixteen, he was named Most Valuable Player in the Under-17 World Championships in New Zealand. He was part of the U.S. team that advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2002 World Cup, and he led the San Jose Earthquakes to the Major League...
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David Beckham started out like so many soccer-playing children around the world: kicking the ball around the park with his father. But Beckham worked especially hard at the sport. He learned how to kick the ball far, and he developed incredible aim. When he was only thirteen, he signed with Manchester United, a famous English soccer team. When he was sixteen, he left home to train with the team full-time. He was picked for the English national team...
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Robbie and Ryan Play Indoor Soccer tells the story of two fourth-grade friends who play on the same soccer team. Narrated by Robbie, the story will feel familiar to the millions of elementary school children who play in a youth soccer league. Robbie leads the reader on an indoor soccer adventure as his team wins the league championship for the second year in a row. Illustrated with actual photographs from the Kirkwood, Delaware, soccer club, the story...
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At the time that Rosa Parks decided not to get out of her bus seat in 1955, African Americans across the United States were treated like second-class citizens. Sometimes they were not even considered citizens. They were not allowed to use white-only restaurants or hotels. They were kept out of public schools, parks, and swimming pools. And perhaps most importantly, they were not allowed to vote.Over the course of the next decade, African Americans...
6) Ronaldinho
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Provides a brief profile of the life and achievements of Ronaldinho discussing his childhood the death of his father 2002 World Cup appearance career highlights and family. Includes a chronology a glossary and a list of resources.