| 单词 | soccer |
| 例句 | European soccer, similarly, is organized like hockey and baseball—and the birth-date distributions in that sport are heavily skewed as well. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “I figured if I could survive this, I could limp my way onto the soccer team.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z She says we used to swear our heads off when we were kids, playing soccer in the backyard. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “His name is Patrick. And it turns out half of JV soccer is in love with him.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z These are two teams who know how to play soccer. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And the weekend after that: “All hail Aven Laura Green, future world dictator of the Desert Ridge Middle School soccer team!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The Fugees were in a playful mood, laughing and joking with one another, trying, it seemed, not to think too much about soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The next weekend he played the tuba and announced, “All hail Aven Laura Green, future emperor of the Desert Ridge Middle School soccer team!” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We walk down the bright cobblestoned street, past other apartments and children playing soccer, and stores selling ripe fruit and raw meat and shiny cookware and colorful cans of food. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z He endured trumpet lessons, soccer camp, church-sponsored basketball tournaments, and after-school sessions with well-meaning tutors who would politely change the subject when asked about the Rooster's chances of getting into Yale or Princeton. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Jeremiah loved soccer and wanted his brother to play for the Fugees too, on the older boys’ team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One Saturday, after the Mother Paula’s scandal had died down, Roy went to watch Beatrice and her friends play a soccer game. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was standing in the goal at soccer practice taking shots from some of the starting players, mostly eighth graders. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was dribbling a soccer ball with his brother on the front lawn of their house. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Tough Will, who was known to sit down in the middle of his own soccer game, right there on the field, until his coach gave up and called in the sub. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Ishtar had taught her war like other moms taught their kids cooking or soccer. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z With school over this afternoon in late August 2004, she has already been dropped off at her soccer practice blocks from home. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Maybe my school's a great place if you're a show-off genius or a soccer god or something. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Through the loosely placed boards in the wall floated the bark and jabber of a talk-radio show about the latest soccer perfidy from Argentina, Brazil’s hated rival. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They stuffed their pipes—except Baba always called it “fattening the pipe”—and discussed their favorite three topics: politics, business, soccer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “So you have to set an example so other people can use that field for soccer.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Dr. Johnson was just inside the glass doors talking to two other adults—Tomas Cruz and a woman who I recognized from the soccer games. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “So how did you get kicked off the soccer team? I thought you were on the bus.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess if they have a decent soccer team, I’ll let them slide about not having indoor classrooms and not having a gym.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “So it’s going to be mostly soccer people?” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The team came from one of the Atlanta area’s most expensive soccer academies, the Concorde Football Club, in the upscale suburb of Alpharetta. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We turned left at the hut and soon came to an open space, as long as a soccer field, but square in shape. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A cathedral stood next to a line of Roman columns, which stood next to a modern soccer stadium. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “No one believes that,” Lina said sympathetically, kicking her soccer ball in front of her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The other kids had history—they’d been in the same class the year before, or soccer league, or Sunday school, or Girl Scouts, or had grown up on the same street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “Look, I was exaggerating when I called it a house party. It’s just Sarah, her sister Missy, and this guy Alfie I used to play soccer with when I was a kid.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z I hadn’t played on a proper soccer team since I was twelve, but we played it in physical education sometimes, when we weren’t doing Net Sports or Whiffle ball or timed mile runs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He volunteered to read a paragraph aloud during Social Studies, but didn’t feel like helping his team advance the soccer ball in gym. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Matt remembered something El Patron had said long ago about Tam Lin and Daft Donald: I picked up this lot in Scotland, breaking heads outside a soccer field. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The reason I bring this up is that Ms. Alvarez read the announcement this morning that tryouts for the soccer teams, boys’ and girls’, will start tomorrow. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A little farther back, Jordie is pumping his fist, like he’s watching a soccer match and I’m on a breakaway. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z My brown eyed, grammar nerd, soccer star boyfriend. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I had just seen a group of boys from a dozen war-torn countries come together as a team and play beautiful soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Three blocks away are the tennis courts, the pool, two soccer fields, and the two-story community clubhouse. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “They have to play in all kinds of weather, Mom. Sometimes you get caught in a blizzard. Sometimes you get caught in the rain. It’s part of football. It’s part of soccer, too.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My belly feels like our soccer ball at Titid’s, got no air but people kick it anyway. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Except for soccer, rural Brazil’s main sporting event seems to be Attack Kiting. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z He took comfort in the occasional pickup games of soccer that he played on weekends and after school. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I walked across the dorm circle, and then straight through the soccer field, bushwhacking through the woods, until I ended up on the banks of Culver Creek just down from the bridge. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Most especially, he never went near the soccer field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z After he finds only two dimes, Joon bounces the soccer ball off the ceiling and starts to sing. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z “The only thing I wanted was to play soccer,” Bien said later, recalling that day. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z My arm and leg wounds had healed—just being in the ocean can do that for me, given enough time—but I still felt like I’d been trampled by a Laistrygonian soccer team in cleats. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z This was all a game to them, like a hand of cards or a soccer match. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z Allie came back and asked Uncle if it was okay for me to go with him to a local soccer match. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Why don’t you blog about soccer? That reminds me—did you find out when tryouts are?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “We don’t all want to be the same. We want to be different. And playing soccer doesn’t have anything to do with your hair.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I remembered how green the playing field grass had been in the ’70s when Baba used to bring me to soccer games here. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Papa and Jonas had gone to a soccer match, and Mother and I had spent the morning shopping. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z The other half of the students were asked to first sit and think about soccer hooligans. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He’s attached a picture of a girl wearing what appears to be a helmet cut out of a soccer ball. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But they also were given an extraordinary opportunity, in the same way that hockey and soccer players born in January, February, and March are given an extraordinary opportunity. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Garrett and all the soccer guys probably think it’s crazy to stop at one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “This summer. I don’t want to go. I suck at soccer anyway.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z They were bringing back gangs of fans from the local soccer stadium. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z For the time being, he was perfectly content to watch a soccer match being played in Quito, Ecuador—wherever that was. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a few feet away when you realize that no dance move or soccer trick is gonna stop his death blow. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “And that was one of the most beautiful games of soccer I’ve ever seen.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It seemed I had misread the situation between Sohrab and Ali-Reza, who had acted like friends, but were clearly engaged in some sort of personal vendetta that could only be settled through soccer/non-American football. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It had grass, proper soccer goals with nets, and lights overhead that allowed for practice when the sun set early in the fall. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She wanted to be able to play pickup games of soccer with whoever was around, whether they were boys or girls. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I wondered if it was wise to work up a sweat playing soccer/non-American football if you couldn’t hydrate after. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I played soccer daily with my friends but had never heard of field hockey and was not sure how to say the word. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Simon’s eyes cut to the soccer ball, and he gives it a halfhearted nudge with his foot. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But to the south it also includes a corner of the soccer field and all of the baseball diamond. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z At the national team tryouts, the Czech soccer coaches might as well have told everyone born after midsummer that they should pack their bags and go home. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Mental,” Ron sighed, shaking his head at the completely stationary soccer players. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Franz is standing at one end of the table, eyeing a soccer ball. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Nick is in a crowd of soccer guys at the very edge of the pavilion, his arms flung around Garrett’s and Bram’s shoulders. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z The soccer games reminded me of the league matches I used to play in when my family first moved to the mining town of Mogbwemo. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sometimes, I’d play soccer with the Italian kids in the square. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “Did somebody kick you in the head at soccer practice, or what?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z He pats us each on the shoulder before jogging back to the soccer boys as Simon and I watch, agape. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Virgil slipped his phone into the pocket of his pajamas and followed the unmistakable sounds of his parents and brothers, who were early risers because they seemed to have an endless stream of soccer practices. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z The sun had already set, but across the lawn the airstrip was ablaze, artificially illuminated by the sort of lights Alex had seen in soccer stadiums. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z She looked like an athlete—soccer, probably, or volleyball. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The mesh sagged in certain places where it had come loose from its posts, a victim of the kids who used the yard to play soccer. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Since then Luma has been free to run her program the way she sees fit, and to fund-raise toward her real ambition: building a tutoring center and soccer facility within walking distance of Clarkston. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Maybe the only cool thing I did in middle school was fight my way into the boys’ soccer games. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I text Nick to see what he’s up to, even though I know he’s playing video games in the basement, because that’s what he always does in the afternoons until soccer season starts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z There’s extra land to the south, so the soccer field can be moved. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I had stopped going to soccer practice after the day I crashed and burned in the star drill. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I pick up the mini soccer ball from the step between us and trace my finger along the blue border of the FC Cincinnati logo. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z A soccer player pulls out her phone to read a text. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Not a chance. You make enough money tutoring after school. It’s my turn to earn some cash. Besides, I want to squeeze in some soccer practice afterward. Tryouts are next week, remember?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Deborah died in the clothes she wore to bed that night, including my hand-me-down soccer jersey that she loved. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z “I have a late settlement appointment. Can you take Emma to soccer? Practice starts at five.” Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z The next morning his knee looked like a soccer ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I find out that he’s a great soccer player, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Once, in middle school, back when I played soccer, I was stretching with three other girls, and a boy walked by with his friend. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “Something that will take less time during soccer season. Maybe some painting or...” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I picture him better playing soccer, or dancing. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, when we went to play soccer/non-American football, I knew to pack a towel. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I no longer spent all my time playing soccer or fighting in gangs or hunting for money to go to the Bioscope. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Quang-ha is in love with Dell's large TV and he finds a program where Japanese soccer players use their heads to smash clay pots. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z A heart attack, in the middle of soccer practice, for no good reason. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z “Are you going to try out for the soccer team in the spring?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Luma started to explain that she was on the way to a soccer game when she had been pulled over, but she was cut off. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The kids who played soccer were mostly black. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The Letter Dear Coach, Your team is invited to compete in the Dr. Pepper Dallas Cup, the renowned world youth soccer tournament. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That night, I dreamed about Doug Swieteck’s brother as Shylock, and him bending over me with a soccer ball in his hand, about to smash it into my free because I had taken him out. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He honed his cooking routine to free up time for soccer practice. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Zoey peels one off its paper and sticks it to the soccer ball. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z In it, Aaron stood on a soccer field, the same field I saw every day through the window of my math class. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They played whenever they could, as opposed to when they had to, and they didn’t need a soccer complex or a formal practice to get inspired. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “But what if we have soccer practice?” asked Ruby, in the middle of a plié. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Do you play soccer with the kids you babysit?” he asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Qendrim Bushi’s soccer idol was his grandfather, once a famous goalkeeper at the highest level of play in Kosovo, and later, a well-known referee and the author of an Albanian-language soccer rule book. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I grabbed some clean underwear, a pair of blue Adidas soccer shorts, and a white T-shirt, mumbled that I’d be back in a second, and ducked back into the bathroom. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The few conversations we had that weren’t related to our journey were mostly about soccer and school before we resumed our silence. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The Annual Sledge Game is a preposterous game of soccer played at the Grounds before Christmas. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z But it was the soccer match, at four in the afternoon, that was the highlight. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Are you still going to be able to do soccer camp with me this summer?” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “Mandela, from the beginning, he not wanted to play soccer,” Beatrice recalled. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Rocco is a graduate student in English literature at the university where Aaron coaches women’s soccer. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He stands a foot or so back from the fence, totally sweaty, with a white turtleneck under his soccer shirt. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She bounces off the couch and over to the orange-and-blue FC Cincinnati mini soccer ball against the wall in the corner and starts juggling it with her feet. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The soccer field had become the plains of northern Kenya, the great savanna. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z He’s a sports fanatic—he plays soccer on the JV squad, but his real love is baseball. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She was sitting with three other girls from the soccer team. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z For him, the logic went something like: I was Latino and male and not a cripple, therefore I should play soccer. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z If not for the marks, he’d look like the Italian soccer stars. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Then they started missing actual games, like field hockey and soccer. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z The bleachers had been erected in what was normally a pasture, and they afforded a view of a spacious plywood arena in which a dozen young men engaged in a game of soccer. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z “Luis played soccer, you know. At Tangerine Middle School. At the high school, too.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Unburdened by a dairy cow's timidity and great bother of fat, she charged the soccer players as if seeking revenge in the name of oppressed cattle the world over. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He was too focused on his soccer and his debate team and his grades. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z Take a look at the roster of the 2007 Czech National Junior soccer team, which made the Junior World Cup finals. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z “Do you know anything about the soccer team?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Not long after Kanue arrived in the United States, he was playing soccer in the parking lot of Southern Pines when one of the other kids told him he should come practice with the Fugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Or—with a faint blush—“Trip’s going to be starting forward on the soccer team in the fall. He just found out.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Schoolchildren kicking a soccer ball on the street, backpacks to the side. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z “Maybe like combine all the sports. Football, baseball, basketball, soccer,” Teddy said. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z The public-address system blared the usual Monday- morning announcements about bake sales and soccer practice. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z But when I look over his shoulder, I see a dozen other soccer guys, also smiling expectantly. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She said, “This is the one I told you about. The one who wants to play on your soccer team.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “With all this soccer, when do you ever get the time to do your homework?” my mother said concernedly. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Pictures of him with other guys on a soccer field. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Emily had been in the gym with the girls’ JV soccer team when Patrick’s photo was posted at 3:27 p.m. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z The room was roughly the size of our house, and was elaborately decorated with posters, pennants of various white soccer and cricket teams, rock stars and photographs of Clyde in various stages of development. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z But then my dad said, “I asked her if it was because you were spending too much time at soccer.” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z We even bundled up Al- haji’s old shirt and tied a rope around it to make a soccer ball. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z He thinks his father’s limp is the consequence of an injury playing soccer in his teens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z I saw a big guy—big for a soccer player—with long, curly black hair. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Bjelica was a Yugoslavian chess journalist; he was also nationally known as a television commentator on soccer. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Outside, children's voices rang out over the soccer field. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z She wears soccer shorts and a T-shirt with a picture of her little brother in his Little League uniform silk-screened to the chest. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The inherent telepathy that made us such a good team at soccer/non-American football helped us with Rook too. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z She stands up and starts juggling the soccer ball with her bare feet. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z “You are the first soccer team to use that field,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Some buy Mexican clothes or ones sporting the name of a Mexican soccer team. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I feel like I played a soccer tournament in this town. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z It turns out that Joeys a pretty terrible soccer player. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We played our first soccer game today, an away game against Palmetto Middle School. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They are arranged in a semicircle around a scrubby grass expanse where the youths play softball, touch football, soccer. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z The Palmetto team had two big fullbacks who couldn’t play soccer at all but who wiped out anybody who got near the goal. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We make a little parade, Justin in his bright green soccer uniform and knee socks, the barking black dog, me, and Elizabeth calling, “You don’t have to...the kitchen is a mess.” A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z Given the love for soccer in the refugee community, Luma wondered if the game and her team could attract some of these kids to after-school tutoring that might give them a better chance to succeed. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “That eighth grader. His name is Patrick. Very cute, actually. And he plays soccer.” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z There were my brothers playing at soccer and our courtyard with its tamarind tree and me at the well. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Dad had just yanked me off the soccer team and the lectures were fast and furious, not to mention loud and long. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z She said, “Ms. Bright, this is Paul Fisher from Lake Windsor Middle School. He wants to play on your soccer team.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z So there was this whole world of soccer games and swim meets and “away games” that Ellie and I couldn’t really talk to them about. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z I took a seat on one of the benches and looked around at the boxing gloves and soccer balls and every other kind of sports equipment. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Tagoe rushes toward Peck and I swear he’s about to kick him like his head’s a soccer ball, but he grabs my phone off the ground and answers the call. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Shin saw a soccer ball for the first time when he was twenty-three, after fleeing to China. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z Billy says if we’re to be great soccer players we have to practice and we’re to meet over in the park. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z In the others, flowers bloom flawlessly, and there are SUVs in driveways, ready to ferry the kids to soccer practice. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z The principal of Indian Creek had given the Fugees use of the field with the understanding that she wasn’t offering much: there were no lights, no soccer goals, no bathrooms. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At the game, in the bleachers, probably wearing a homemade soccer ball helmet. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He saw kids kicking a soccer ball around in one yard. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Later, while the other children played soccer, the aunties punished us by putting us to work feeding and bathing the babies. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z A 3-1 lead at halftime would have pleased most soccer coaches. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There was only one referee, and he didn’t seem like he knew too much about soccer. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a player on the Fugees who was not as good at soccer as his teammates—a tiny defender from Afghanistan named Zubaid. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z All week, I’ve been doing my best to forget about the soccer team. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z A group of red-cheeked girls playing soccer, ponytails flying, their shouts and laughter carrying faintly over the velvety, twilit field. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z She traps the soccer ball with her heel. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Maybe if he liked soccer more, he’d get along with them better. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z My most incredible sculpture was a soccer ball I made out of Play-Doh when I was four years old. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z We ran past the soccer field and into the woods, running uphill and with only the vaguest sense of direction. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I wished I could go to school with Sohrab, and play soccer/non-American football every day, though I supposed I would have to start calling it regular football. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z He got another pleasant surprise when a van from the Trace Middle School Athletic Department rolled up and Beatrice’s soccer teammates piled out, some of them carrying posters. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma kicked off the black Puma soccer shoes she wore each day to practice and offered them to the boy, who stepped out of his sandals and slipped the shoes on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “We’re going to figure out the number of blades of grass in the soccer field,” he announced one day. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z I stood in a goal on the soccer field, looking through the back side of the football stadium bleachers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Grace explained: there was a soccer team for refugee kids like them, with lots of Africans and kids from places he’d never heard of. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Play for them wasn’t soccer practice twice a week. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Left with the class’s emblematic cars, Lilly Pulitzer skirts and Ralph Lauren shirts, their golf, tennis, and soccer, and, most conspicuously, their houses, they have staked out their place and inflated the American dream. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I have already seen her at diving lessons, another ballet recital, practicing piano, and now I see her running across a field kicking a soccer ball. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z “She would have a fit if she saw me playing soccer with men,” Luma said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Arwin doesn’t say anything, even though he knows Jack from soccer. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Some of them are nightmares, like hanged corpses rotting in soccer fields with bloodred grass. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I don't have to worry about accidentally using my hands in soccer. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z One afternoon, I was playing soccer when I attempted to steal the ball and felt a searing pain in my heel. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He was not allowed to play soccer, do homework, or leave the apartment until the cooking was done. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He took to kicking a football, soccer style, into a small net that he set up in our backyard. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He was a skinny guy who shaved his head at the beginning of every soccer, hockey, and baseball season. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to go to soccer camp with you,” Ivy said. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “I played soccer back home in Kansas. But, you know, I had a lot of friends and had always gone to the same school. I hardly know anyone here.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z One of my comrades on these expeditions was a serious young science scholar whom I had met on the soccer field. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I had started kicking a rock between my feet like it was a soccer ball, chasing it back and forth across the sidewalk. Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z I yearned for someone to come play with me—soccer, marbles, hopscotch, anything—but no one was in sight. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Actually, I’m selling candy bars for my soccer team. It’s a good cause.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z I hadn’t really finished back at the soccer field. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z South Africa was also banned from Olympic competition, international track and field, swimming, World Cup soccer, cricket, rugby and a dozen or so other sports. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z On a cool spring afternoon on a soccer field in northern Georgia, two teams of teenage boys were going through their pregame warm-ups. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “This lady came and talked to me about using the lower end of Armistead Field—using the end for soccer,” he said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The Fugees played better soccer in the second half, even with one of their most talented players sitting on the bench. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Playing pickup soccer all day long seemed to postpone my pangs of hunger somehow. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Think of soccer balls, science kits, chemistry sets, racetracks, and model trains. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Sneider trained Bobby in swimming, weight lifting, tennis, and soccer, and they became friends. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Two weeks ago, a concrete foundation had been poured onto the field where we played soccer. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I was feeling pretty miserable myself—about Kerri Gardner, about soccer, about my whole life here. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z No offense to the dead, but soccer is a really stupid thing to stay awake for. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z She was good at baseball, and she was better at soccer than most of the kids in the whole school, boys or girls. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a race around the soccer field in third grade that swept me into a real love of running. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Then I walk over to the tree, where Tomás has dug a hole out of boredom and is kicking at the loose grapefruits like they’re soccer balls. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I held my little brother’s hand, and he told me about school and challenged me to a soccer game later in the evening. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I have plenty of experience being the center of attention—on a soccer field, a basketball court, a baseball diamond. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Droppeth thine soccer ball as thunder from the clouds Those are words to make you shiver, too. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z I watched soccer, cartoons, music shows featuring British boy bands, and world music from Ireland, America, Burundi. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I’d imagine myself a Goliath on the soccer pitch, with legs like rocket launchers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z She played soccer her first fall there, but midway through the season she injured her knee. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The players were walking off the field at an old football stadium where youth soccer games were now played, when Tracy spotted Grace, whom she recalled as shy and scared. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There was a fence made to look like ornate wrought iron around the little platform yard, which was done up with synthetic turf scraps left over from the indoor soccer field in Billings. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z We were playing soccer in the courtyard while I waited for my mom and sister to come down. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Since I was a good soccer player and a responsible student, in my third year the headmaster asked me to be one of the co-captains of the team. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z She played basketball, volleyball, soccer, and baseball, and stood out to her coaches, particularly an African American woman named Rhonda Brown, who coached volleyball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “The diner closed early today. Not enough customers in the afternoons anymore. Aren’t you supposed to be at soccer?” The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z I stood there on the sidewalk as the kids poured into the buses, my soccer bag hanging around my neck, still hoping I might see Connor. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z There were no bathroom time-outs during soccer games, she would tell her players, for example, so there would be no bathroom breaks during practice either. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was not technically a field—it was more of a lawn, really, and there was a slight grade to it—but that was where Coach Fortes took us to play football/American soccer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The one thing they didn’t do was play soccer in Taryn’s backyard like they used to. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z It’s weird, because pretty much everyone looks familiar, but its all soccer people and other miscellaneous jocks. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Less than three hours after their best soccer of the season, they were beaten 2-1. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I’m a soccer player.I corrected her. “I play goalie.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z But soccer was one of the few things that could tempt Jeremiah into defying his mother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z They always came to my baseball games and basketball tournaments and soccer matches. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z And after a while, there’s only so much you can say about soccer. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Their eyes follow me when I go to the kitchen to see if my soccer permission slip is signed yet. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I kick a piece of balled-up loose-leaf paper as if it’s a soccer ball, working on swiveling my feet around the front as I go. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It’s filled with jars and specialty items instead of pill bottles, sitting under his shrine to his favorite skateboarder, Paul Rodriguez, and the entire Colombian national soccer team. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Too many days felt like that day on the soccer field. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z Before the soccer match ended, he grabbed his shirt and slipped away. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The soccer team says they are dedicating the rest of their season to Cassie, both weeks of it. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I saw children dressed in rags chasing a soccer ball outside the huts. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She squats down and opens her gym bag to retrieve a soccer ball. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I’m playing in a big soccer tournament next week. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The discovery enterprise is no more universal than cricket or baseball or soccer; it is peculiar to the post-Columbus world, and it can only survive within a society which fosters competition. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Then we took our average number and used it to predict the soccer field total by figuring out how many of our squares could fit inside the field. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z We played soccer and alueth, and we wrestled and told stories in the Dinka way. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned to Coach Warner and reported, “My wife thinks they’re from his soccer team. The Tangerine Middle School soccer team.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We stopped and ran over to greet him, and he asked me, “Who is soccer captain?” Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z Last summer, when Ivy decided she really did want to go to soccer camp with Taryn, June went with them. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My brothers played at soccer with a ball they had fashioned from old rags. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z Blackjack in the Library Let’s play soccer after school, Nick. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Dad said the snakes would be hibernating now, so after we practiced soccer, I would hike up the hill behind Stagecoach Pass. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The torso, the soccer player’s calves and thighs, the arms of the twenty-year-old I never was, I possess now in my thirties. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Three months, ma’am. At least through the soccer season.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Will I make the difference between winning and losing for the middle school’s soccer team? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The women are like the rulers,” Kelsey said on a drive with her father during a weekend soccer tournament in Columbus, Georgia. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “This is one of your worst games. I want it to be one of your best games. I want to sit back and watch good soccer—do you understand?” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “You’ll never be good at soccer if you don’t practice your skills,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z He saw children playing with a soccer ball near a field of grain, a field that Rameel had helped to get planted for them. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z There are soccer games, and the mothers are allowed to bring out all the babies for us to play with. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I continued: I play softball and soccer and field hockey. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z She kicks the soccer ball into the corner. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z In fact I’ve never seen so many fans at a kids’ soccer game. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He had planned to do our street last, so I suggested we go outside, while we still could, and kick the soccer ball around. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z He knew he was talented at soccer, and he fully expected Luma to make an exception and let him on the team. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z A crowd of people had come to see the games: first basketball, then field hockey, then volleyball, and last of all, soccer. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z But I have to admit that there’s something kind of awesome about soccer calves and scuffed tennis shoes coming out of pleated cheerleading skirts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z I think what happened on the soccer field just set us up for disaster later on. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z “He took away your soccer season, and the price turns out to be one dino park.” Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z It’s not enough to say that we have won seven soccer games in a row. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “What kind of soccer player are you going to be if you are afraid to kick an empty groundnut shell?” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z When we were done with soccer, we decided to go to the river for a swim. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was only a matter of time before tennis replaced soccer as my favourite sport. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z If it weren’t for Jude, you’d be mincemeat on that soccer field. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z When we got to the school, our little brother was in the yard playing soccer with his friends. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z At school, the Polish boys wouldn’t play soccer with me anymore, and no Poles or Germans bought shoes from my father’s store. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z During recess he disappears into the cinder playground, where last week he had his lip kicked open during a soccer game and had to have stitches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z With Annie, we would start talking about something like soccer and the next minute we’d be talking about rowdy soccer fans in Europe. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I had failed to anticipate the need for soccer/non-American football gear when I packed. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I’m halfway up the stairs, Emma bursts through the front door, soccer uniform dirty, cheeks red. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z In the evenings, man and boy watched the soccer match with equal delight. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z The soccer ball rests next to a folded black T-shirt from the stage crew. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Esther and Alhaji looked at soccer jerseys, and she bought him one. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z They landed in a public park, in the center of a vacant soccer field lightly dusted with snow. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z I was so good at it, it almost felt like I was cheating because I use my feet for my hands and you’re not allowed to use your hands in soccer. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I asked him what football would be called, then, if soccer was called football. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Mom finally put her foot down and insisted it was okay for me to quit, scuttling Stephen Kellner’s dreams of me playing professional soccer before they even made it out of dry dock. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “They nailed him at soccer practice,” she said. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Hockey and soccer are just games, of course, involving a select few. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z I wasn’t that good at any form of sportsball, really, although I used to play soccer when I was a kid. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z When I was a little girl, my entire notion of love was to marry the soccer star. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The rack in front of it held five large octahedron-shaped devices, each roughly the size of a soccer ball. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I mean, soccer players don’t get that excited about winning the World Cup. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z And even with their busy work schedules, my dad was still able to find time to coach Kia's soccer team, and my mom still chaperoned Kia's school field trips and attended all his games. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z A group of boys kicked a faded soccer ball in the street. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Occasionally, I would go out and play soccer with boys who did not belong to gangs. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z We can bounce the soccer ball against the gray walls until the manager comes outside and says, “Cut out that racket.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z For in one month, four short weeks after his birthday, the soccer field would become, as it did every year, a place of horror. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z This, of course, took us right beside the fields where the soccer and football teams practiced. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z A kid new to Stirling named Max Wade, who rarely came to open gym because he also played soccer and baseball. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z When they walked into the gym, someone yelled “Emily!” and Em scanned the room, broke into a grin, and went straight to the soccer table, where she disappeared into a sea of matching yellow sweatshirts. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z A couple of guys at soccer practice were talking about the accident. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A shot bird, instead of falling onto the soccer field, made it to the picnic area before it came down. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z When the soccer team walks by the casket, the captain hands a team ball signed by all the girls to Cassie’s father. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z Ivy kind of wanted to play, but since she told Taryn that she didn’t care about the soccer camp, Ivy didn’t want to bring it up. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Dad and I practiced soccer in the arena together early on weekend mornings when it was cool outside. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I have to go to soccer practice. Do we have a decision about Halloween?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z He was showing up, she suspected, because on some level he wanted to be on the Fugees, or at least to play soccer with his friends. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Millie’s wearing a polyester pantsuit and Amanda’s in a pair of soccer shorts—I think they might even be the same ones she wore yesterday. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z During recess he disappears into the cinder playground, where last week he had his lip kicked open during a soccer game and had to have stitches. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Now that soccer season is over, I’m back to accompanying her on her endless errands. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A thousand humiliations crossed my mind: There’s the new junior, Miles Halter, handcuffed to the soccer goal wearing only his boxers. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z The Fugees, she said, were finished playing soccer at Indian Creek Elementary. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Ronan pumps his fist like he just made a soccer goal. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z A shape bends over him, cutting open his favorite Colombia soccer jersey, which his mom sent him for his birthday, slapping two pads on his chest. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z During one practice, Mandela simply wandered off and joined in a pickup soccer game at the far end of the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Matt borrowed his friends football jersey, and his friend wore Matts soccer shirt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He signed me up for soccer teams to stir the same passion in me. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I told him about soccer and about Boy Scouts. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z And maybe even doing rec soccer, if we could come up with the money for a uniform. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z “I wasn’t going to come to tryouts,” he said, “because I tried out. I love playing soccer,” he added as he waited for Coach. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Ma hated the game, but when Willy agreed to play soccer, the deal he cut, the little prince, was that he could play GTA as often as he wanted. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And since he’s off the soccer team, the sports connection between us is gone too. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Friends from Smith remember Luma as outgoing and involved, active in intramural soccer and in social events sponsored by the college’s house system. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When he returned, Freebie had a half-deflated soccer ball in his mouth. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z Those are the statistics of this soccer season. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I smothered my face with a pillow and told him there was no such thing as a queen in soccer. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z I call him while running across the soccer field, holding down 1 to speed dial. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Palmer opened them: a soccer ball, a book, a pair of sneakers, a Monopoly game. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The first pupil with his hand in the air, the fastest player on the soccer field, but for all that, just another kid in Conor’s class. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z They had noticed how I had been ducking all invitations to join them for ice skating at Fivemile Creek Park or for kicking a soccer ball around. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z At the soccer match, all I could think about was the discovery of a family I never thought existed. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Few had cars to allow them to travel to soccer games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z But now, with soccer games, and football games, and school, and crosscurricular projects, whole chunks of time fly by and I’m amazed at what hour it is. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Not until spring, unfortunately. I kind of hoped they would have soccer in the fall.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z The field and surrounding asphalt track were covered with glass from broken bottles, and there were no soccer goals, only a couple of rusting chain-link backstops. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I put off getting my license because of soccer practice, homework, and the fact that I know my parents couldn’t afford to get me a car right now, so what was the point?” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The “professor” group didn’t know more than the “soccer hooligan” group. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z We always got along well with the soccer team; they tended to be pretty clever with the jokes they’d play on us and were always appreciative of what we’d do to them. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z His feet were still pointed toward the soccer field; his whole body was twitching. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z This morning I asked her for my consent form for soccer tryouts and she didn’t have it, even though I put it right on the refrigerator so she wouldn’t miss it. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z I would run outside to the middle of the soccer field and rock back and forth, my arms wrapped around my legs. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Bien had grown up playing soccer in a refugee camp in Mozambique on a patch of bare earth with goals marked by small piles of rocks. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z A pack of Scottish soccer louts sounded about right. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Mouse was playing with a bunch of kids who had a soccer ball. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z But I heard myself saying, “Yes, ma’am. I’ve played soccer since I was six.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “A good soccer player is not going to let them know what he’s going to do every time,” she said. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When we climbed on, Joey sat with one of the soccer players from the other day. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “When I came out of the exhibit, I saw a bunch of guys from Tangerine Middle going in. I think they were soccer players.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z My drawers were so empty, I was wearing an old soccer uniform. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z They used to play soccer with you and Coby till they got kicked out of the league for literally tackling opponents and then, get this, biting them. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z That nickname is all I’m ever going to get from the Lake Windsor soccer program. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Ralf here is from England, and I’m from Wales. Wee Wullie in the cab is Scottish, though. But we all like to play soccer and thump heads.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of the guys are wearing these long-sleeved spandex shirts under their soccer shirts, and a few of them are wearing shin guards. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z A couple of guys from the soccer team were there, too, a couple of the toe stubbers. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a famous incident during an Orlando Pirates soccer match a few years ago. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Tracy did her best to encourage the boys, but she was not a soccer coach. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z On the way back from the gym after a soccer game, Daphne kept trying to trip me. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z No one had ever invited me to play soccer or hang around on rooftops or stand around a Ping-Pong table eating lettuce. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z All day long I played soccer in various neighbourhoods, and toward afternoon, as hunger began gnashing at my guts, I left for home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Other than it kinda blows that I’m here instead of playing in the soccer tournament, I’m good. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z See, it’s a Sunday now And I’m hot from playing soccer With my sister. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s an awesome soccer player and he has a severe Brazil nut allergy. Do you have any Brazil nuts in your lunch? Because they could literally kill him.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z No thanks, we have soccer obligations, you answer. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When we played soccer in the yard, the babushkas would suck their teeth, because Ali Shekari was a high-flying acrobat with the ball. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z They’re the reason I’m not playing soccer, so it’s hard not to be upset with them. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Billy just happened to be walking to work with some others shortly after sunrise, and they came to a gallows and a small crowd in front of a soccer stadium. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I dropped my bag onto the bench by the field and walked over to a cluster of soccer balls. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A bent bicycle wheel and one soccer boot, caked in silt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I also watched the soccer World Cup with great interest; I loved the game. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Mom had warned me not to wear it to soccer practice, but I didn’t listen. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Luma figured she could devote a few hours a week to a soccer program and still keep Ashton’s running. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Joon and I are jailed inside with only a soccer ball and one old library book. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z Real men—real boys—played soccer just as Baba had when he had been young. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t speak English, but he liked soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Carry on with the game. Right now I want to see my soldiers play soccer.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z That afternoon my uncle Mada invited me to watch a District League soccer game at the town pitch, and I went in hopes of testing my powers. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z And then I noticed Drew, who played soccer with Matt. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z What I love about driving to soccer games with Papi is that it puts him in a good mood. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z When the kid got down to the soccer field, he turned and punted the ball. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He explained that he had seen some adult refugees playing soccer in the park and had assumed they were affiliated with the Fugees. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z So, maybe it’s the winter air or maybe it’s soccer boy calves, but after everything that’s happened today, I’m actually in a pretty decent mood. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The field was flat, she told them, with grass and no other soccer teams. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I want to play soccer on the surface of the sun.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Oh, if only...The girls who made the soccer team had their names announced this morning. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “On the eve of your wedding day, you denounce him, but you wanted to marry him, the Brazilian soccer player; you always said when you were young that you wanted to marry him.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z With no obvious provocation, he leaped down to the floor and bounced right out of the building like a bright- colored, fur-covered soccer ball. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z More than 300 sharpshooters—“not all of them so sharp,” quipped one official—took aim on some 5,000 birds released on the Memorial Park soccer field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z I kick a soccer ball around with Marv at the local grounds on Thursday night and watch him get drunk afterward at his place. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z We Crossed Over the bus lanes and headed down to a soccer field that was circled by an asphalt running track. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She kicked the skates aside and positioned a soccer ball in their place. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “In soccer you get shown the red card and you’re out of the game!” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Well, sir, they were carrying a soccer ball.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You shut up. He’s carrying his soccer ball around all day, showin’ off, you know? Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In my letters to my children, I regularly urged them to exercise, to play some fast-moving sport like basketball, soccer, or tennis to take their mind off whatever might be bothering them. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, you heard soccer tryouts are day after tomorrow?” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z A crowd is already gathering at the soccer field, while the athletic track is empty but for barefoot images of the girl. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “But this isn’t soccer, Dean,” Ron reminded him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He looks more like a baseball-basketball guy to me, but he coached the soccer team last season, and he knows most of the seventh and eighth graders. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “The girls on soccer. Do you even get how crazy it is that he picked me?” Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z My friend Kurt wanted to attend a soccer match with the rest of our group, but all tickets had been sold. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Dad had signed me up for the neighborhood soccer club when I was seven. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z While turning around, she came across a group of boys playing soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Luma decided that the kids really needed a free soccer program of their own. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z He even played on the college’s first soccer team, where he was a star performer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Its front end, the size of a soccer field, looms over us. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z She walked through the middle of the boys’ soccer games in the street, impervious to their shouts for her to get out of the way. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z The Lightning came from a well-established soccer program with a history of sending teams to both state and national championships. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z This was my time—eighth grade, captain of the football and soccer teams, Big Man on Campus. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Afterward, we would have lunch, then busy ourselves playing table tennis or soccer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Darryl and Bruce played on the basketball team; Don, the aesthete among us, played soccer and tennis. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Back then, he was seventeen, and I was seven, but we were both very good at soccer, so we respected each other like men. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z “I see you’ve ventured on a little field trip, Miss Amin. Not hanging out with your friend on the block? What...watching the soccer players?” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “The rodeo arena is all closed down, so I thought we could set up a soccer goal out there and practice.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry about that, Morrow,” she says earnestly, calling me by my last name like we do in soccer. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “Big deal. I’m missing soccer practice,” said Beatrice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a soccer/non-American football jersey, with a green stripe across the shoulder, a red one across the chest, and the lightly drawn outline of a cheetah’s head on the stomach. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z We looked, and we saw the gang of soccer kids from Tangerine Middle all climbing into the back of a light green, classic Ford pickup truck. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z A goalie, even in youth soccer, needs to be aggressive and sometimes reckless, but Eldin and Mafoday were both gentle, happy souls. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I was returning home after a long afternoon of playing soccer at the stadium on Twelfth Avenue. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Nonetheless, every morning several of us were found hiding in the grasses by the soccer field. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I think of the time my mother took me to the park with a soccer ball under her arm. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Just outside the entranceway I saw a group of guys with a soccer ball. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They led me, almost at a jog, behind my dorm building, and then across the soccer field. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z But Abby tells me not to be ridiculous, and that she can kill the time by watching the soccer tryouts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z But the thing about soccer is that you can run around a whole lot and never, ever touch the ball. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z It’s really freaking chilly out, and I have no idea how these soccer kids are surviving with their shorts and bare legs. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She puts the soccer ball between her knees and smacks them both. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z The soccer fields have been set up with orange cones and extra nets for the tryouts, so I’ve had a reminder every single day that I’m not going to be on the team. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It would be easier to accept that version of events, however, if we hadn’t just looked at hockey and soccer players. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The field was quiet except for the thumping of soccer balls against forefeet and the rustling of the balls against the nylon nets hanging from the goals. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It’s the soccer players and the track teams that show all-weather grit. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z With the help of some friends, she crafted a flyer, in English, Vietnamese, Arabic, and French, announcing soccer tryouts at the Clarkston Community Center. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Palmer brought out his new black-and-white soccer ball. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Or Danny who screamed out of his skull at soccer games. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z He ran across the huge, grassy expanse of the soccer field. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z Ankle sprains are very common in soccer, she says, talking fast like she’s in a hurry to show you the x-rays on her iPad. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I had a soccer tournament in New York, but my parents said I can’t go. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I was returning home from playing soccer when a neighbour accosted me by the gate and told me that there had been a bloody fight at my home. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The cops, the jail, how she missed Grace’s soccer game. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She liked the soccer, but there was a moment after the game that strongly affected her. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She looked out the window, to the empty soccer field. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z He sat at the long bar nursing vodkas with cranberry juice, glancing at the soccer match on TV and the busty Brazilian bartender who spoke only a little Spanish. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z As one of few open spaces in Clarkston available to the public, the field at Indian Creek Elementary was certainly well used, but it was a rotten place for a youth soccer program. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “It’s not his fault. He probably thought he was playing soccer with Kuda,” said Fist. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She won her soccer team’s Golden Boot award for scoring the most goals. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “You guys are a pathetic excuse for a soccer team,” she told the boys, her voice breaking with anger. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Abby dances to the drumbeat for a minute as we pass, and then we bust out the side door near the soccer fields. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z “What’s ridiculous is the cutting of the art program in the elementary schools this year, sir. And the simultaneous building of a soccer field when we already have one soccer field.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z If it was cuteness we were after, they'd be playing soccer against a newborn kitten. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She does hate the soccer, but she’s always there, every year. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Looking back, I didn’t even need that soccer ball that Ali Shekari popped, because JR wouldn’t have played with me anyway. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z We walk past them to get to the boys, who are running around orange cones and kicking soccer balls back and forth to each other. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z She spoke in a soft, meek voice and introduced herself as the head of a soccer program for Clarkston’s youth. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Babou said you went and played soccer. He said you made a friend.” Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z “I’m more of a soccer fan. Have a seat next to Elle, please.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z On the soccer field, though, things were looking up. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I was at a soccer game in Ghazi Stadium in 1998. Kabul against Mazar-i-Sharif, I think, and by the way the players weren’t allowed to wear shorts. Indecent exposure, I guess.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Under our long-sleeved shirts we had sleeveless undershirts, T-shirts, and soccer jerseys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z By the time he came home each day, I just said I’d been at soccer and he didn’t know the difference. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z As soon as we left the coffee farm, we unexpectedly ran into another armed group at a soccer field adjoining the ruins of what had once been a village. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But take a look again at that roster for the Czech Republic soccer team. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z They were watching the soccer team’s “informal practice,” which was taking up most of the yard. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z Terror’s nickname comes from his prowess on the soccer field, but he was just as formidable in a debate. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Right behind the girls come the soccer gods. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Comrade Pillai had begun to watch the goings-on at Paradise Pickles with the keenness of a substitute at a soccer match. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Soccer player, but not a star soccer player. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z “Why’d you pick this place? It almost smells as bad as my brothers’ room after soccer practice.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z It was something that a soccer coach told her at some point in her life. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z How was that soccer book I loaned you, Nick? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z When Jeremiah asked his mother if he could try out for the new soccer team in town, she stood her ground. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The soccer girls were at the table in front of us, and Miri was bragging about the new “designer cleats” her dad had bought her. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z The soccer team wheels in spinny chairs from the conference room. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “I was like—yeah. I’m gonna go ogle soccer boys now.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z Then he, too, saw that the man was staring at the Masks in openmouthed delight, just as he had watched the soccer matches on Dead Man’s Vlei. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z For hockey and soccer players born in January, it’s a better shot at making the all-star team. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Tito and Osman were to have nothing to do with her soccer program ever again. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “We didn’t do nothing. Without soccer, life was boring.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z She always had a boyfriend—usually a soccer player with really defined abs. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z But you cant leave in the middle of soccer season. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Molly couldn’t care less about Jack’s prowess on the soccer field, but smart she respects. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z “Raw liver is stuffed with tapeworms, little boy. Once they’re inside, they grow in a bunch until they’re as big as a soccer ball.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z I told her that I loved to play soccer, and that I really hoped we'd continue to write each other. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z A boy in the last row is dribbling a soccer ball on his knees. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The first is that he plays soccer in winter and has mates from there. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z “The only sport I can really play well is soccer.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z All my cousins would gather in the courtyard between my house and Geoffrey’s house to kick the soccer ball—made from plastic shopping bags we called jumbos, which we then bound in twine. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I walk back through the soccer fields and hide out in the shade of the trees, watching the boys playing soccer with their dads and wishing they’d kick hard and fast at my head instead. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z Signora Divino says, “No, no, no shooting. Is for you . Again she wiwles her arm over the meatballs and soccer balls and dolls and hats. “Is freely! The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Watching soccer practice brings me a pang that’s part longing, part regret, and part resentment. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z As soon as I heard him banging drawers and looking for his uniform for his soccer game, I went to the kitchen for my own bit of packing. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The biggest trophy was for last year’s boys’ soccer team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma got out, opened the trunk, and took out a mesh bag full of soccer balls. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I suppose it’s fine if you get a good buddy, but it takes a lot of time, and I want to try out for soccer this year. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Perhaps when the boxes were opened and they flew into the sky over the soccer field, they were not trying to fly away at all. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “Or play soccer or act in plays or swim in the ocean or do whatever I want.” Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z There were photos too, of ice skates and soccer balls, tubes of lipstick and red high-heeled shoes. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The next morning was a Saturday, and it was our first summer in Oklahoma, so we didn’t know that kids went to camps, and soccer leagues, and vacations, and stuff. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Ms. Alvarez read some announcements from a computer printout, but there was nothing about the soccer team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The soccer field is to the left of that, next to a stretch of undeveloped land. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Beneath the drop slot, there are two more stickers—a soccer ball, and a soccer net—along with the word GOAL! in gel pen. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z We have our last futsal tournament this week, then travel soccer club revs up. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z The article, which detailed Mayor Swaney’s ban on soccer in the town park, prompted an unexpected response. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We also had our own L-shaped terrace, an open, outdoor section that was as long as half a soccer field, where we were allowed out during the day. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “So we hustled back over to the office, right? Dad had Gates write out a letter giving me special permission to play soccer at Tangerine Middle School.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z She comes to soccer games when he’s playing, too, even though she’s fuzzy on the rules of the game. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “I kind of want to do something having to do with soccer,” says Amanda. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I follow his gaze, taking in the freshly mowed fields and soccer goals and boys. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z In the evenings, they started up a soccer game with crude wooden goalposts and a flabby ball. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Hockey and soccer games were the sport of choice among the men. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They finally found Farquar kicking a ball on the soccer field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z That day in Butte, we visited the local mining museum, had a water-pistol battle, and kicked a soccer ball around in the grass. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Despite an incredible love for soccer, I wound up on the bench most every match. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z By the time she hit middle school, she’d won just about everything there was to win — science fair, debate team, gymnastics, soccer, synchronized Tae Kwon Do. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z What is it that soccer, darts, chess, backgammon and Scrabble have in common? The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When they got to the bus stop, Beatrice hooked up with one of her soccer teammates and they started talking about the previous night’s game, which Beatrice had won with a penalty kick. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s a robot, a skull with a bow on its head, a kid kicking a soccer ball, an owl, and more. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z On the way home I turned the conversation to the soccer tryouts. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Through Paula, Tracy met Luma, who mentioned that she was looking for a coordinator for her soccer program, someone who could handle team logistics like travel and scheduling and be in charge of tutoring. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z There is a long article about middle school soccer and a “Looking Back” feature about Betty Bright at the Pan American Games. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We ended up playing soccer with them for the entire year. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Most of the girls’ soccer team is there, too, along with Cassie’s friends from the stage crew and a couple of girls from the musical. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z “Got it,” he announces, emerging triumphantly with a soccer ball. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z And then it jerked, spontaneously, like he was kicking a soccer ball. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z When soccer wasn’t on, my dad turned to football. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Finally, he said, “I heard soccer tryouts are day after tomorrow.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Alhaji had already put on his jersey and was running around playing imaginary soccer. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Dude, what if basketball was like soccer and you couldn’t touch the ball with your hands?” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z And I can’t play the piano at all or play soccer. Mockingbird 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z “But if you live in California, Daddy, you won’t be here for my piano recitals or...or...my soccer games! You won’t ‘always be here’ for me!” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Both soccer and lacrosse were big sports in our town, but they didn’t really pique my interest. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z “I can’t stay in here all day. I have a soccer game at two.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Roy turned to see that Beatrice had been joined by the entire soccer team, linking arms in a silent chain. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was one reason that even the most suspicious community center supporters accepted the idea of a refugee soccer program on the new field: it was great public relations. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was an extraordinary compound including a gym, large stadium, outdoor fields for soccer and volleyball, tennis courts, a giant auditorium, and a library. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z And my mom was a soccer mom times ten, always picking up someone from practice, dropping someone else off, fixing a uniform, or cheering someone on from the sidelines. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z As he kicked his checkered soccer ball along the streets, he could feel it lurking in shadowy doorways, behind shaded windows. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Munawar’s home was near a lot where young men played soccer in the afternoons. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Posing in their soccer uniforms before their first game. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The soccer field, she felt, should be a place where they could leave all that behind. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The stadium where I played soccer was adjacent to four ramshackle sand courts, used primarily by kitchen girls and kitchen boys on their day off. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he said, “What about the soccer team? What are those guys like?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Naturally, Joey Costello was not at soccer practice, or at school. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “There are kids at school who took that Red Cross class and actually want to babysit. I can get you names. Hire them. I won’t be able to watch them once soccer season starts, anyway.” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Harry had caught Ron prodding Dean’s poster of West Ham soccer team, trying to make the players move. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z This was the Em who Bridge saw on the soccer field, the one in the yellow sweatshirt who threw two fists in the air after every goal. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z When the soccer ball rolled his way, he would draw his foot back, swing his leg with all his might, and usually miss the ball. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I stop and look back at the school to make sure no one’s around, to make sure no one’s within a soccer field of our conversation, a conversation I can’t believe we’re having at school. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z Maybe soccer is taking too much of your time. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Paolo is in charge, which does not seem such a smart decision because he is doing most of the bouncing of the soccer balls. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Four soccer boys were at the booth next to us, including Joey Witter, who kept staring at me the way you look at chocolate cake. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z We played lawn tennis with homemade wooden rackets and soccer with bare feet on a field of dust. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the sun go down over the soccer fields; the dads toss their kids on their shoulders and carry them home. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z They tried out for a soccer club and all three made the cut. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z At Emily’s third soccer game, Bridge and Tab stood together in a drizzling rain. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z “I always do my homework before I go to soccer practise,” I said. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “The fine thing about soccer,” said Ralf, with a distant look in his eyes, “is that you enjoy both the game and the trimmings.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z And even then, how would a bunch of kids who had never played together compete with teams from Atlanta’s best soccer academies—teams that had been playing together for years? Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z One was wearing a soccer uniform, shirt neatly tucked in, socks pulled up to her knees, like a peewee soccer player who had been carefully dressed by her mother. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Luma had a few extra pairs of used soccer cleats; she waved over the young man in stocking feet and placed her foot next to his as a reference. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Nation was in his last year, Form Four—he wanted to finish up and then focus on a soccer career instead of trying for university. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z So his mom drove him thirty miles to try out for another club, and now the most dangerous player on the rival soccer club also happens to be your best friend. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But also I was feeling very, very low about myself and about the soccer team, and I realized that Joey was the only person I knew who was feeling worse. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Her coach bumped her down to the JV soccer squad because she couldn’t run fast enough. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z With my profits I buy lollipops and bananas from Otavalo and spend weekends at soccer and basketball games in nearby communities selling my sandwiches and candy and bananas. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z When the community center offered a soccer program for young kids, “Refugee parents ran to get their kids enrolled,” Holliday said, laughing at the memory. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Mom and I would always stop here on the way home from soccer practice to get a Powerade and corn nuts. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Two teenaged boys lived there, and their deck overflowed with soccer balls, baseball bats, tennis rackets, basketballs, hockey sticks, and apparatus from games Luke could only guess at. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z Our soccer things are still in here, too. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The other kids had history—they’d been in the same class the year before, or soccer league, or Sunday school, or Girl Scouts, or had grown up on the same street. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z There were some schools, a few soccer fields. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z In those days we wore baggy jeans, and underneath them we had soccer shorts and sweatpants for dancing. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z I felt like a soccer ball after a game. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z I stomped away from him and plopped down under the cafeteria windows and glared at the kids playing soccer on the playground. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z “I know enough to stay out of her way. She’s a major soccer jock,” Garrett said, “with a major attitude. I can’t believe you got the hots for her—” “I don’t even know her!” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Gymnastics wasn’t like soccer or swimming or track and field, where athletes could qualify multiple times. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z I was like a boy who worships a local soccer hero and is not interested in a national soccer star with whom he has no connection. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad had enrolled me in soccer when I was in second grade. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At the soccer field a mob of kids was gathered around a man with a neon pink baseball cap. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Parents picked their children’s hair, girls played singing and clapping games, and some of the young soldiers played soccer with the boys. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Now she moves quietly through the hallways, and I suspect has completely lost her edge on the soccer field. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Crowds of questions stream through me like lines of people exiting a soccer ground or a concert. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z Imagine a homecoming football game taking place on the same day as the lacrosse, soccer, baseball, tennis, and cross-country championships. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z “Yeah. Well, you said you wanted to play soccer.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The second half would be for soccer—and running, lots of running. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “I know. But I looked up the soccer schedule, and we’ll be back by then anyway. Wells has tee time at two.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Tats and I say good-bye to each other, and I head to where Simone is waiting for me, soccer legs planted firm, mat spread out. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z Megan was the other girl in my class who wanted to play soccer. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Taft has a Bakugan arena on the floor, a soccer ball, books about wizards and orphans. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z Around the church, there were two soccer fields, and in the middle of one field they noticed a heap of burned mattresses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z If not for soccer, Conversation Before the Match You okay, bro? Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z I in turn would tell him about the table tennis and soccer tournaments I had participated in, the performance we had given for visitors, if there was any that week. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z So am I. You know my ancestors invented soccer in China over four thousand— You’re from Singapore, dude. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Without soccer, he would be free in the afternoons and evenings to roam around Clarkston, to get into trouble. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z A girl from the soccer team, wearing a grass skirt, glided up to Kevin and started cooing over his stab wound. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Tino and I get along OK on the soccer team, as long as I know my place and stay in it. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Rumor has it that the crewmen with peg legs got that way because they were caught playing soccer on deck. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Playing nine against eleven was not the way to win soccer games. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I hefted up my gym bag and set off for the soccer tryouts. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The soccer field that once held the 1984 Olympics is now filled with tombstones. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The girl soccer players held their homemade signs with the blank side facing out, as they awaited directions from Beatrice. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I was out in the streets playing soccer one weekday afternoon when Florah came running up to me, crying. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Being out of the hospital perked up Bobby’s spirits for a while, and he began to feel better, even going to a movie with Sverrisson’s twenty-year-old son, a professional soccer player. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z But the more she played soccer in the parking lots around Clarkston and the more she learned about the kids there, the more she felt a nagging urge to do something. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Today the cutoff date for international junior soccer is January 1. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But soccer couldn’t distract Luma from homesickness for her friends and family. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z When my work detail passed men in other groups, I would hear the whispers being exchanged as they kept tally of the casualties by Goeth and his henchmen as if they were soccer scores. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z But after everything that’s happened, she realizes that her and Garrett’s survival requires the kind of aggressive hardness she usually reserves for the soccer field. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z I had a soccer ball I was going to take to meet the American family since they had a boy my age. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Part of that wisdom is understanding what you were given—a city where gay bars are unremarkable, a soccer team on which half the players speak some other language. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Some kind of sport or recreational activity—soccer, dance, swimming, professional hopscotch. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Unlike basketball, football, soccer, there’s not supposed to be any shouting, chattering, or heckling. Black Brother, Black Brother 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z “It’s a dumb idea. I don’t want to be a spy. I want to play soccer. Anyway, I have a life of my own.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I ran for my life, at full speed, like I was sprinting down the sideline of an endless soccer field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kristina must get to her soccer practice four miles to the north, and Kelsey to her practice fourteen miles to the south. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I had loved soccer from that very first kick in second grade. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z We played soccer and kickball and basketball all night long and went home with “turf stains” all over our knees. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z He taught me to play soccer with his friends, using makeshift balls made from wadded-up plastic bags and rubber bands. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Tall, handsome, and muscular, he was a fine sportsman, excelling in track and field, cricket, rugby, and soccer. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Dawit knew the routine well, and so he went back to watching the soccer match on the tiny television that he kept behind the counter. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Branwell cannot hit a ball with a bat or get one into a basket, and he is never on the A-list when kids are picking players for a makeup game of soccer or softball. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z So we lay in the tall grass between the soccer field and the woods, passing the bottle back and forth and tilting our heads up to sip the wince-inducing wine. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z I was able to compete in both soccer and cross-country running. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Luma was right in front of them, but a woman soccer coach was a strange sight to young Africans, and to young Muslim boys from Afghanistan and Iraq. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was a lovely, perfect evening as I kicked the row of soccer balls into the net one by one. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Children kicked soccer balls back and forth on the dirt-covered road, with large rocks serving as goalposts. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z He played soccer, a cool sport at my school, and had wavy brown hair that almost touched his shoulders. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z He takes one of the soccer balls lying in the yard and pancakes from one foot to the other. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z The girls’ soccer team has its first home scrimmage after school today so the team got to wear their jerseys. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Belén forces me to go to the soccer game, even though I tell her I have a hatred for sports that is located deep inside my entrails. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z But at a dedication ceremony for the soccer field out back, Hansen said, he learned that not everyone in Clarkston felt the same way. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It was like 3:15 that morning, maybe, and I walked out there and saw her walking through the soccer field. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z Even if it does manage to sprout, it can be choked by weeds, rooted up by a dog, mashed by a soccer ball, or asphyxiated by car exhaust. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z I would have been wearing a soccer jersey at school, too, and getting fist bumps all day for making the team. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Can’t figure out why one second, a healthy sixteen-year-old teenager is playing soccer on the field, and the next, he's dead on the ground. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z He was one of those little skinny Mexicans you see out on a soccer field during recess, running all around after the ball, never getting tired. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I don’t know why we cheered on Brazil, but I think it was because they call it football instead of soccer. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Just don’t go running off with any Brazilian soccer players.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z We could have been having a great time sharing meals, playing cards, and talking about women and soccer. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z But when Beatrice Ziaty found out her son was sneaking off to play soccer with strangers after school, she became angry. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “Three Chasers,” Harry repeated, as Wood took out a bright red ball about the size of a soccer ball. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z He has some major things going for him: flashy moves on the soccer field, a dazzling smile, great big cow eyes, and ridiculous lashes. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The soccer field awaited us on the side of our school. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z He was a really good soccer player and wanted to try to make a career of it. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z “We’ve been on soccer together since we were ten. His parents don’t get home till eight, and sometimes he brings a date down to the rec room in the basement.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z It was as big as a soccer field, carried by a thirty-foot-tall giant with bright blue skin and icy gray hair. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z It’s the way soccer is organized in Europe and South America, and it’s the way Olympic athletes are chosen. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Eventually, Luma floated the idea of starting a small soccer program for the refugees to the mother of one of her players, who was on the board at the YMCA. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Saturday's game is in the soccer field behind the auxiliary gym. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z Each thud of a foot said: We’re kicking your soccer ball. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He liked the guys who went to his mosque, but they were more interested in playing soccer than in building robots or in the new comics being released. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z She made a few friends and, as if by reflex, began looking around for opportunities to coach soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z At lunch hour, the girl soccer players were sitting together in the cafeteria, but Beatrice wasn’t among them. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Like I just ran a marathon, swam a few laps, and played back-to-back soccer matches, is how you answer Mom’s question. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z But Baba sensed my lack of genuine interest and resigned himself to the bleak fact that his son was never going to either play or watch soccer. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I’m really sorry about soccer camp, Jacks. Just couldn’t swing it.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I let go of one handle, and the bag unraveled quickly, reaching the size of a soccer net and then doubling every second. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z During the night before, trucks could be heard rumbling through the streets, carrying wooden crates from the old railroad station to the soccer field. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z He is a little guy, affable, who still spends weekends coaching youth soccer. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z He’s the kind of guy you have to have on a soccer team in order to win. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d played soccer before I was in high school and loved it. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry, too,” she says, tossing her soccer ball from hand to hand. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z We played much better soccer, and we played it like a team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The sooner you got your food, the longer you had to eat, play a game of soccer, or hang out. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Justin then takes his turn talking to Grandpa about school and soccer until we notice Grandpa’s eyes starting to close. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z So I tell her I’m sorry, it won’t happen again, then head off to my next class.Gym class is supposed to be about balls: volleyballs, basketballs, softballs, soccer balls—sometimes sit-ups and always sweat. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z It was a short ride from the soccer field to the hidden creek. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the sun lit up the green soccer field like a neon carpet, and Roy was happy to peel off his T-shirt and bake. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The one thing I liked about tennis was that it was not a team sport like soccer. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite the gleeful shouting and merry-go-round music, he could not forget the soccer field at far end of the park: silent, waiting. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The guys who I had seen at the entrance with the soccer ball were there, waiting to go in. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Lots of Syrian soccer supporters here,” I say. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z “What are you saying, that I stink in soccer?” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Stacie said she saw him with his shirt off after soccer practice one day and thought he was fine. She said—and I quote—he was the bomb diggity.” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z We started a soccer game, and as we played, the lieutenant came out to sit on the verandah of his house. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Then she turned back to me and said, “I hear you’re a great soccer player.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z After he hurt his ankle playing soccer, they told him to go home until he was better. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Children in colorful T-shirts and shorts kick soccer balls on sidewalks with their bare feet, ignoring the grunts and screams of the food cart owners. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “We do. We have an excellent soccer program—a boys’ team and a girls’ team. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s nothing to me. I just don’t understand. I thought you wanted to play soccer.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Kids, many of them Sohrab’s age, chased soccer balls, giggling, yelling. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Tufts of onion grass sprouted across the soccer field, releasing their sweet scent. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z Luma reached into the backseat and retrieved a soccer ball, then got out of her car, approached the boys, and asked if she could join in. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In the courtyard around his church lots of boys hanging out, talking, playing with an old soccer ball. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z And it didn’t slow her down on the soccer field. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z We parked across the street, and I reminded her, “I’ll be at soccer practice until five. I hope.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Young men were playing their own pickup games of soccer on the field. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z Before we leave, the soccer captain reminds the team to wear their uniforms to tonight’s wake. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z I had dreams too—of playing soccer this fall. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Whenever he asked for something specific—a television, a soccer ball—she sent it. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z The boys are doing well in school and, of course, are playing soccer. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I didn’t listen, but I guess she explained the situation, because Dad got out and walked to the soccer field. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We followed in silence through the dorm circle and then across the soccer field. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z And I was actually looking forward to soccer. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z I considered Jeremy an acquaintance because we had been on the same soccer team and we’d see each other around school. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Certainly I say, Jeremiah,” Beatrice told him, “you won’t play soccer every day.” Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I measure myself; I can’t act or play soccer, and most of them have better grades than me. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z He heard, then saw them at the soccer field, racing and yelping like puppies in a pasture. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z For instance, Mr. Kleiman reported this week that a soccer match was held in the province of Gelderland; one team consisted entirely of men who had gone underground, and the other of eleven Military Policemen. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z |
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