"A neighborhood soccer star has a secret plan for his team's big game--a plan even more impressive than his bicycle kicks"--

Team rivalry threatens to spoil a budding friendship between a showy soccer player, Bryce, and soft-spoken but talented Renny.

When soccer season starts, Mo, who has been working hard to improve his kicking skills, wonders if he will ever get a chance to show his team what he can do.

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.

Josh does not want to take time away from hockey to play soccer for fun.

"Maisy and her friends can't wait to play soccer! Maisy puts on her uniform, laces up her sneakers, and heads to the field. Charlie, Tallulah, and Dotty are on the blue team, while Maisy, Cyril, and Eddie are on the red. Let's play! Soon enough the game heats up, with plenty of action, excitement, and suspense. Who will be the first team to make a goal? Whatever the score, it's all in good fun, and everyone is still the best of friends at the end!"...

Meg and her friends are playing in the championship soccer match to see who will win the gold medal. However, by half-time, the medal had disappeared. See if you can solve the mystery before Meg, using clues found in the text and illustrations.

Second-grader Eugene McGillicudy finds that he can tap the power of Captain Awesome without wearing the costume, as he scores a goal for his soccer team.

Sixth-grader Alex really wants to make his middle school soccer team this year, but Jake, the class bully, keeps taunting him with his past failures--until Errol, a new student from Scotland, teaches him the importance of practice and teamwork.

Illustrations and poetic text describe the movement and feel of a fast-paced game of soccer.