Soccer's Greatest Last-Second Shots and Other Crunch-Time Heroics

by Matt Chandler

Overview

When victory is within reach and the game is in its final moments, some players seize the moment and make themselves legends. From stunning goals in injury time to breathtaking saves in shootouts, some of soccer's greatest moments are chronicled in vivid fashion here. You've got a front-row view of the action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781496687333
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2020
Series:	Sports Illustrated Kids Crunch Time
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	690L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 11 Years

About the Author

Matt Chandler is a newspaper editor and freelance journalist from New York. Matt grew up in a family of hunters and developed his love of the outdoors early in life as a Boy Scout. Matt has been writing professionally since 1996. The New York Press Association named him an award-winning writer in 2007 and 2010.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Fantastic Finishes 4

Chapter 1 U.S. Women's Heroics 6

Chapter 2 European Magic 16

Chapter 3 Olympic Gold 26

Chapter 4 U.S. Men's Highlights 34

Chapter 5 The Best of the Rest 40

Goals around the World 44

Glossary 46

Read More 47

Internet Sites 47

Index 48

Interviews

Features today's most popular team sports: football, basketball, baseball, and hockey and their respective superstars, both past and modern-day; Action-packed photographs provide a full-color, in-the-game perspective to some of sports greatest moments; Filled with snappy, memorable true stories of sports that young athletes will remember and retell to friends