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Soccer
including indoor soccer

Selected Books

Beckham, David, 1975-
David Beckham's Soccer Skills
j GV943.9.T7 B434 2006x
David Beckham shares his knowledge of playing the game of soccer.
 
Carr, Tony
How to Coach a Soccer Team: professional advice on training plans, skill drills, and tactical analysis
GV943.8.C355 2006x
A well illustrated guide for teaching ball skills, team play, and goalkeeping.
 
Goldblatt, David
The Ball is Round: a global history of soccer
GV942.5.G65 2008
In this extraordinary tour de force. David Goldblatt tells the full story of soccer's rise from ritual to populist sport to international economic phenomenon-even now poised to fully establish itself in the U.S.A.
 
Hunt, Chris (ed.)
The Complete Book of Soccer
q GV943.C583 2006
A well-illustrated world-wide reference for soccer fans including biographies of 200 of the best players ever, detailed histories of the World Cup and European Championships.
 
Luxbacher, Joe
Soccer: Steps to Success
q GV943.L87 2005
Improve your skills in dribbling, passing, receiving, shooting, defending, tackling, heading, and goalkeeping with the help of clear, detailed descriptions and accompanying illustrations of all fundamental techniques and variations.
 
Meier, Ralf
Soccer Injuries: prevention and treatment
RC1220.S57 M45 2008x
This book describes modern methods of treatment for soccer-specific injuries and shows how training can be better structured to try to avoid risk factors in the future.
 
The Official Rules of (US) Soccer
GV943.4.O34 2008x
United States Soccer Federation official rules
 
Science and Soccer
Edited by Thomas Reilly and A. Mark Williams
GV943.S36 2003
This fully revised and updated edition of the classic text "Science and Soccer" looks at the application of sports science to the world's most popular sport.
 
 

DVDs

Advanced Soccer Drills
(DVD) GV943.9.T7 A383 2007x
Presents a series of advanced soccer drills for players and coaches, covering: footwork, crosses, heading, shooting, juggling, volleys, conditioning.
 
The Anson Dorrance Legacy Soccer Clinic
(DVD) GV943.9.T7 A57 2004x
Combines two of America's top coaches sharing offensive and defensive basics of the game. The topics include offensive basics, defensive basics and challenging drills.
 
Bend it like Beckham
In this 2002 feature film, eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham.
 
Really Bend it like Beckham: David Beckham's soccer skills
England's soccer superstar David Beckham shares his knowledge, skills, and experience.
 
 

Web Sites

  • American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO)
    more than 560,000 boys and girls ages 4 1/2 to 18 are actively involved in AYSO programs in over 900 local regions across the country
  • MLSnet.com: Major League Soccer
    News, team rosters, MLS Cup, store.
  • National Soccer Coaches Association of America
    the largest single-sport coaching organization in the United States with more than 14,600 members.
  • Soccer America Online
    presented by the Soccer Industry Council of America
  • United Soccer Leagues (USL)
    Formerly the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, founded in 1986, USL provides the starting point for players working toward Major League Soccer, the top professional, or Division I, level in the United States.
  • United States Futsal Federation (USFF)
    The United States Futsal Federation (USFF), under the banner of United States Soccer is the National Governing Body for Futsal in the United States. Futsal is the only international form of indoor soccer approved by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).
  • United States Adult Soccer Association
    Division of the United States Soccer Federation.
  • United States Soccer Federation
    Official site of the United States Soccer Federation; news from the US Soccer Wire; rosters of national teams
  • United States Youth Soccer
    "US Youth Soccer is the Youth Division of the United States Soccer Federation, the governing body for soccer in the United States. US Youth Soccer is a nationwide body of over 500,000 volunteers and administrators, and over 250,000 dedicated coaches, most of whom also are volunteers. US Youth Soccer registers over 2,500,000 youth players between the ages of five and nineteen."
  • USA Today: Soccer
    Check here for the latest news.
  • Women's Premier Soccer League (WPSL)
    WPSL is a national adult amateur league formed in 1998 as a regional amateur league serving the Western United States, sanctioned by the United States Adult Soccer Association (USASA). The WPSL is currently a national league comprised of the western and eastern United States.
  • Women's United Soccer Association
    WUSA was the world's premier women's professional soccer league that is now nonoperational. In its 2001 inaugural season, the eight-team league featured the best players from the U.S. World Cup Championship Team and top-flight international players. The eight teams are the Atlanta Beat, New York Power, San Jose CyberRays, Philadelphia Charge, Boston Breakers, San Diego Spirit, Carolina Courage, and the Washington Freedom.
  • www.soccerTV.com
    The ULTIMATE guide to televised soccer

International

 

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