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English
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Follows the infamously terrible American Samoa soccer team, known for a brutal 2001 FIFA match they lost 31-0. With the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers approaching, the team hires down-on-his-luck, maverick coach Thomas Rongen, hoping he will turn the world's worst soccer team around in this humorous and heartfelt underdog story.
2) Alex & me
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl who aspires to become a successful soccer player gets unexpected help from her soccer idol who magically comes to life from a wall poster.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Jack finds himself adrift after his father, legendary Coach Davis, cuts him from his renowned soccer club. Estranged from his dad, at odds with his brother and desperate for purpose, he turns to his ex-girlfriend Sofia. Inspired by her tough love and unwavering pursuit to become a recording artist, he takes one last shot at his lifelong dream, by trying out for a rival soccer club.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An inspiring tale of one of the greatest underdog stories in sports history. Based on the true story of the 1950 United States soccer team who, against all odds, beat England 1 - 0 in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Coming together to form the team just ten days before the start of the Cup, this ragtag team of recreational players came together to represent the United Sates. Although no U.S. team has ever won a World Cup title, this story is about...
5) Coach
Language
English
Description
An unemployed barfly gets dumped by his model girlfriend and working friends, so he finds a job coaching the neighborhood soccer team and attempts to date a beautiful doctor.
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
When an unexpected accident leaves a young boy motherless, he must travel from the United States to live with his estranged father in Scotland. There he finds himself teaming up with a scientifically enhanced soccer-playing dog, a dog who can even outplay Beckham. The dog has managed to escape from the evil scientists who designed him for more nefarious means. Father, son and the incredible soccer dog all band together to bring victory and pride to...
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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Description
The Yellowjackets barely made it through summer in the woods, but now as winter begins to bite, we'll see if hunger and desperation turn into full-on psychosis. While there may or may not be a dark and powerful force inhabiting the wilderness, their survival could depend upon what they choose to believe. Meanwhile, twenty-five years later, each survivor must ask themselves Is the darkness coming for them, or is it coming from them?
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Swedish
Description
Britt-Marie is a 63-year-old housewife who has just left a 40-year marriage. The small town of Borg has lost its pride, except for the young soccer team, which Britt-Marie now has to coach. This journey will be filled with struggles and challenges, but also warmth and love.
10) Back of the net
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After hopping on a bus to Harold Soccer Academy instead of Harold Academy Australian Semester at Sea, science fanatic Cory Bailey has no choice but to complete a semester at the soccer academy. It's not long until Cory embraces her roommate's hospitality and makes new friends. It's also not long until the school's superstar player, Evie begins to make life difficult for Cory. Cory is determined to combine her science knowledge with her team's various...
12) Just Charlie
Language
English
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Description
Young soccer star Charlie has the world at his feet. With a top club desperate to sign him, his future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager sees only a nightmare. Trapped in the body of a boy, Charlie is torn between wanting to live up to her father's expectations and shedding this ill-fitting skin. Charlie's next move will tear the family apart and threaten everything they hold dear.
13) She's the man
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Viola becomes furious when she learns that her high school, Cornwall, has just cut the girl's soccer team. So furious, in fact, that she takes advantage of her twin brother Sebastian skipping town for a few weeks to take his place at his school, Illyria, so she can join the soccer team there. But her disguise as her brother leads to major complications when she falls in love with her soccer-playing roommate and the girl he's in love with falls in...
14) Strike
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A young mole must try to achieve his impossible dream of becoming a soccer player in order to save his hometown gold mine from a greedy supervillain known only as 'The Boss.'
15) Gringa
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
An outcast teen and a disgraced, alcoholic ex-soccer star get a last chance to form a family when she unexpectedly reunites with him in Mexico. Both hoping things can be put back together, even if all you have are the missing pieces.
Author
Language
English
Description
Set in a seaside village on the Italian Riviera, this irresistible new novel by PEN/Hemingway Award-winner Brigid Pasulka tells the story of a widowed butcher and his son whose losses are transformed into love. After losing his brother and mother within a year, 22-year-old Etto finds himself adrift in his hometown, where every man's life revolves around soccer, except for his. Things begin to change for Etto when Yuri Fil, a scandal-ridden Ukrainian...
17) Soccer mom
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
When a frazzled single mom causes an accident that puts her daughters soccer coach out of commission, she masquerades as the coach herself. Can she keep up the charade long enough to coach her daughter's team to regional finals?
19) The keeper
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
When a German POW is signed to the Manchester football club as a goalie, the public outcry from fans -- especially Jews -- is overwhelming. With the support of Rabbi Alexander Altmann and the British woman he loves, together they overcome prejudice, public hostility, and personal tragedy.
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