Competitive Soccer for Girls

Just in time for the new wave of interest in women's athletics, here is a series of books teaching the basics of eight different sports that girls can play in competition, for good health, and for just plain fun. The books include current rules of the sports, brief biographies of stars in each sport, updates about professional leagues, and plenty of full-color action photographs.With the 1996 gold medal performance of the U.S. Women's Soccer team and its capturing of the 1999 World Cup, women's soccer has become a prominent and popular sport. In record numbers, girls all across America are playing on school and community teams. In this timely book, the author traces the history of the sport and women's participation in it, explains its rules, discusses training and equipment, and encourages girls to take part in one of our most exciting and challenging sports.