Format:
Book
Author:
Longman, Jere.
Title:
The girls of summer : the U.S. women's soccer team and how it changed the world / Jere Longman.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher, Date:
New York, NY : HarperCollins, ©2000.
Description:
viii, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Summary:
The story of the U.S. women's soccer team and their rise from a virtually unnoticed group of young women athletes to the champions of the 1999 Women's World Cup includes profiles of top players.
Subjects:
FIFA Women's World Cup.
Women soccer players -- United States -- Biography.
Soccer for women -- United States.
Genre:
Biographies.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-314).
Contents:
List -- "I will have two fillings" -- Babe city -- "I'm expecting great things from you" -- Savages and blunt instruments -- Great Wall of China -- Green eggs and Hamm -- Burden of expectations -- And the captains shall lead them -- "She is our everything" -- "Coach us like men, treat us like women" -- "My team needs me" -- Most underrated player in the world -- "Hollywood" confidential -- Jell-o wobble of exhaustion -- Fly in the milk -- Moment of temporary insanity -- "We did it for each other."
Web Site:
LCCN:
00711798
ISBN:
0060196572
9780060196578
9780060934682
0060934689
Other Number:
44569513
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
83680
Call Number:
796.334 Longman
Course Reserves:
0
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# System items in:
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