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61) FC Dallas
Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Most fans call it football, which is a good name since only feet and sometimes heads are supposed to touch the ball. Americans and Canadians like to do things differently so they call it soccer. Whatever the game is called, it is fast-moving and exciting to watch. Major League Soccer is counting on fans to keep coming to games that offer outstanding displays of athletic ability. FC Dallas was one of
...62) Columbus Crew SC
The Columbus Crew has been around for as long as Major League Soccer. Over 20 years ago, the team played home games in a borrowed college stadium. For three years in a row the players lost in the playoffs to D.C. United. They didn't give up. In 2008, with a new coach and star player, they won the championship. Today, they face a different challenge. Their stadium is too small for the many new MLS fans. The team might even leave the city. But like
...63) New York City FC
Major League Soccer began in North America in 1996. Ten years later, the league decided it needed a team in New York City. After years of work, the New York City FC played its first game in 2015, and they have been exciting fans ever since. Led by several World Cup-winning players from Europe plus some great American talent, the FC has gone on to become a great team! This book explains the history of soccer and MLS and features all the excitement
...64) Seattle Sounders
The Seattle Sounders were born in 2009. And they wasted no time becoming perhaps the greatest franchise in Major League Soccer. They have certainly been the most popular. The love from their fans has resulted in the largest attendance in each of their first eight seasons. Soccer is a passion in Seattle! That passion was rewarded in 2016. That is when the Sounders captured their first MLS crown. This book takes readers into the action. It places
...65) Montreal Impact
Before becoming a Major League Soccer team, the Montreal Impact had a 20-year history and multiple championships. As an MLS team, they succeeded early reaching the playoffs their second year. They have won the Canadian Championship against rival Toronto and Vancouver MLS teams. Yet after seven seasons, they have not won the championship. The team and its fans hope a new coach and new energy will change their fortune.
The Philadelphia Union wasted little time creating excitement for team fans. Union players earned a Major League Soccer playoff spot in their second season. They also reached three U.S. Open Cup finals in their eight years of existence. Exciting players such as Sebastien Le Toux, C.J. Sapong, and Zac MacMath have entertained Union fans by scoring goals and saving goals. This fun book gives readers an inside look at the Philadelphia Union and its
...Do you play soccer? Millions of girls and boys spend their free time after school and on weekends playing soccer. Most professional soccer players began their careers playing in town leagues while they were children. Vancouver Whitecap player Alphonso Davies came with his parents to Canada as a refugee. He started playing in the Whitecaps youth training program at age 14. He progressed quickly until he made the team. Davies worked hard. In July
...68) Toronto FC
It's not easy being a new team. Toronto FC was the first Major League Soccer team in Canada. They were also the worst in the league. Every year they lost more games than they won. Then Toronto started hiring stars. Some of the highest paid players now play for Toronto. It's paid off. The team has reached the play-offs two years in a row. In 2016, they almost won the Championship. Many think a MLS Cup is coming to Toronto.
When U.S. Soccer promised FIFA it would create a professional men's soccer league in return for hosting the 1994 World Cup, Major League Soccer was born. Ten teams were part of the original MLS, and Sporting Kansas City, known then as the Kansas City Wiz, was one of them. The club has had its ups and downs over the years, yet this team of two cities has proven victorious time and time again by winning the U.S. Open Cup three times, the MLS Cup
...The MetroStars were one of the first clubs to be part of Major League Soccer when the league began in North America in 1996. Since then, the club has changed its name to the Red Bulls and given its fans many exciting moments. Readers will learn about the team's top players and their ups and downs in this appealing book, and also discover fascinating details about the history of soccer and MLS. Come join the fun of one of America's most popular
...71) Chicago Fire
In 1998, The Chicago Fire became Major League Soccer champions in just their first year and became the first expansion team in a major sport in modern history to capture a championship as an Inaugural team. Young fans will enjoy full-color, action photos of their favorite players, time lines and fun facts like how the team got started and the basics of how to play soccer. Also featured are some of the best players throughout the Fire's twenty-year
...72) Abby Wambach
Few soccer fields have seen a player as fearless as Abby Wambach. From the time she fought to keep up with her older brothers and sisters to today, as she fights to make a goal, she has been unstoppable. She gets knocked down, run over, and injured but just keeps going. Even a gash requiring 11 stitches couldn'¢t keep her off the field during the 2007 Women's World Cup. As tough as she is, Wambach is also a terrific teammate and a lot of fun to
...73) Orlando City SC
When Orlando City SC began as a Major League Soccer team, it already had lots of fans. Orlando SC had been a United Soccer League team. For four years, the team won championships. They were at the top of their division. As an MLS team, Orlando City struggled. Some USL players could not handle the tougher MSL. Neither could the coaches. Yet Orlando fans stuck with the team. Florida had gone without a MLS team for over a dozen years. The Orlando
...75) Ronaldo
Biography of soccer superstar Luiz Ronaldo, including information on his childhood in Brazil and his years with PSV Eindhoven and Real Madrid.
78) Michael Owen
Following in his father's footsteps, young Michael was off and running on the soccer field by the age of eight! Even though he was one of the smallest players, he was also one of the toughest. He was not afraid to get in there with the bigger players and grab that ball. He scored his first hat trick at age eleven and has been going ever since. An early re-injury took him out of the 2006 World Cup, but Michael Owen is still running strong and amazing
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