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Soccer GOATs: The Greatest Athletes of All Time (Sports Illustrated Kids: GOATs) - Softcover

Book 5 of 8: Sports Illustrated Kids: Goats

Berglund, Bruce

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9781669063148: Soccer GOATs: The Greatest Athletes of All Time (Sports Illustrated Kids: GOATs)

Synopsis

Jammed full of facts about soccer’s most legendary top performers, this book gives young sports fans ages 8–11 the information they need to decide—are these soccer stars just great, or are they truly the Greatest of All Time?

How do you pick soccer’s GOATs? Pelé and Marta get a lot of GOAT nods. But is Nadine Angerer the greatest goalkeeper? And what about 2022 World Cup champion Lionel Messi? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches. Read more about some of the legends of soccer and see if you agree that they’re the greatest of all time.

More about Soccer GOATs:

  • Created in partnership with Sports Illustrated Kids, an elite sports magazine that offers a kid-first perspective to millions of young sports fans
  • Empowers readers to compare and contrast statistics and debate who’s really the GOAT
  • Features a variety of soccer superstars, both past and modern-day

 

Every book in the Sports Illustrated Kids: GOATs series offers readers the chance to debate legendary athletes, think about their own picks, and satisfy their craving for sports analysis.

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About the Author

Bruce Berglund is a writer and historian. For 19 years, he taught history at Calvin College and the University of Kansas. His courses included the history of China, Russia, women in Europe, sports, and war in modern society. He has earned three Fulbright awards and traveled to 17 countries for research and teaching. His most recent book is The Fastest Game in the World, a history of world hockey published by the University of California Press. Bruce works as a writer at Gustavus Adolphus College, and he teaches writing classes at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis. His four children grew up reading books from Capstone Press, especially the graphic novel versions of classic literature. Bruce grew up in Duluth and now lives in southern Minnesota.

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