Mia Hamm's speed, aggressive play, and ability to 'read the field' helped her become the best women's soccer player in the world. Her stellar performance as a college, World Cup, and Olympic champion made her a sports hero, and her story will inspire a new generation of young athletes.

Star soccer player Peyton Rios has an offer from her first-choice college-- until she confronts her boyfriend about performance enhancing drugs, and finds herself falling down a flight of stairs. Now her knee-- and maybe her dream of going pro-- is shattered. With her future on the line, Peyton goes to stay with her uncle in a small Tennessee town to focus on her recovery. When she meet Owen Law she doesn't trust him-- she senses that Owen is hiding...

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. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.

The US team not only won the Women's World Cup, but they also took women's sports to an entirely new level in 1999. They proved that women's teams could sell tickets, excite and entertain, and succeed to the greatest extent. Learn more about the team and the individuals who made the 1999 Women's Cup the most-watched women's sporting event in history. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of...

When Alex Morgan was eight years old, she dreamed of becoming an Olympian. In 2012, that dream came true when she helped the United States Women's National Team (USWNT) win the soccer gold medal at the Olympic Games in London, England. In 2015, Alex and her USWNT teammates beat Japan in the championship match to win the World Cup. Alex is also an author, a model, and much more. Read all about Alex's life and her path to soccer stardom.

There are many amazing soccer players―but who are the greatest of all time? Readers will learn all about the sport, including its top stars, incredible statistics, and more, presented in an engaging top-ten format.

"From the World Cup to the Olympics, from Mia Hamm to Carli Lloyd to Alex Morgan, here is the ultimate guide to Women's Soccer for young sports fans from an award-winning sports journalist. The moment the U.S. Women's Soccer team won the World Cup in 1999, the team's--and the sport's--popularity exploded in America. The Americans' electrifying rise to the top marked the biggest women's sporting event in our nation's history. Players like Mia Hamm...

Solo is the face of the modern female athlete: fearless, outspoken, and the best in the world at what she does: protecting the goal of the U.S. women's soccer team. But her journey is haunted by the fallout of her family history. She tells her story as a woman of uncompromising independence and hard-won perseverance, navigating the petty backlash against her. For the first time, she offers a full understanding of her hard-scrabble life.

Carli Lloyd is the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team captain who helped win a FIFA championship in 2015 with a hat trick in the first sixteen minutes of the final game. Yet she nearly quit the sport in 2003. Here is the inspirational story of how she rose from near defeat to the ultimate triumph.

A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup—winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women's soccer goalie Briana Scurry. Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the US Women's National Team. She won gold in Atlanta in 1996, the first-time women's soccer was ever played in the Olympics. She was a key part of the fabled "99ers," making an epic save in the decisive penalty-kick shootout in the final. Scurry captured her second...