FREE SOCCER SQUAD: STARS! PDF Bali Rai | 128 pages | 01 Jan 2009 | Random House Children's Publishers UK | 9781862306578 | English | London, United Kingdom Uruguay national football team - Wikipedia Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Preview — Stars! Soccer Squad 3 Soccer Squad: Stars! Bali Rai. Rushton Reds are going to be famous. A TV documentary is being made about the team and Chris, Dal, Abs and Jason can't wait to show off their skills in front of the cameras. But is it more important looking to look like a star, or to play well as part of the team? Will fame go to their heads? Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Soccer Squad: Stars! Original Title. Other Editions 2. Friend Reviews. 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Afterthe U. They qualified for five more consecutive World Cups after for a total of seven straight appearances, a feat shared with only seven other nations[9] becoming one of the tournament's regular competitors and often advancing to the knockout stage. Soccer Squad: Stars! the Confederations Cupthey eliminated top-ranked Spain in the semi-finals before losing to Brazil in the finaltheir Soccer Squad: Stars! appearance in the final of a major intercontinental tournament. The team's head coach is Gregg Berhaltersince November 29, Earnie Stewart is the team's General Manager since August 1, The first U. Soccer on August 20,against Sweden Soccer Squad: Stars! Stockholm, where the U. There was no third place Soccer Squad: Stars!. In a straight knock-out format, the team first played host Italy and lost 7—1, eliminating the U. At the Olympic Games in Berlin, the U. Striker Soccer Squad: Stars! Gaetjens was the goal scorer. Called "The Miracle on Grass", the result is considered one of the greatest upsets in the history of the World Cup. In their third game of the tournament, a Soccer Squad: Stars! defeat by Chile saw the U. It would be four decades before the U. The national Soccer Squad: Stars! spent the mid-to-late 20th century in near complete irrelevance in both the international game and the domestic sporting scene. However such hopes were not realized and by the s the U. Soccer Federation found itself in serious financial struggles, with the national team playing only two matches from to Soccer targeted the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the World Cup as means of rebuilding the national team and its fan base. The International Olympic Committee declared that teams from outside Europe and South America could field full senior teams, including professionals until Soccer Squad: Stars!, the amateur -only rule had heavily favored socialist countries from Eastern Europe whose players were professionals in all but name. This team lacked the continuity and regularity of training that conventional clubs enjoy, and many players were unwilling to play for the national team instead of their own clubs when conflicts arose. Team America finished the season at the bottom of the league, with U. Soccer canceling the experiment and withdrawing the national team from the NASL after one season. Soccer scheduled the game to be played in Torrance, Californiaan area with many Costa Rican expatriates, and marketed the game almost exclusively to the Costa Rican community. InU. Soccer attempted to re-implement its national-team-as-club concept, offering contracts to players to train with the national program full-time while occasionally loaning them to club teams as a revenue source for the federation. This brought many key veterans back into the program and allowed the team to begin playing more matches which, combined with an influx Soccer Squad: Stars! talent from new youth clubs and leagues established across the nation in the wake of Soccer Squad: Stars! NASL's popularity, allowed the national team to end the s with optimism and higher hopes of qualifying for the World Cup than had existed for previous tournaments. This criticism diminished somewhat when a 1—0 win against Trinidad and Tobagothe first road win for the U. The team was managed by Bob Gansler in preparation for the World Cup in Italy, with two Soccer Squad: Stars! the team's more experienced players, Rick Davis and Hugo Perezrecovering from serious injuries and unavailable for selection. Rather than fill out his team with veteran professionals from U. In a noteworthy match, in U. Cupthe U. In its second game, the U. In the round of 16, the U. In a friendly, the U. In the World Cup in France, the team lost all three group matches, 2—0 to Germany2—1 to Iranand 1—0 to Yugoslaviafinishing dead last in the field of Head coach Steve Sampson received much of the blame for the performance as a result of abruptly cutting Soccer Squad: Stars! captain John Harkeswhom Sampson had named "Captain for Life" shortly before, as well as several other players who were instrumental to the qualifying effort, from the squad. Thomas Dooley became the Captain at that point. The team advanced in the Soccer Squad: Stars! stage with a 1—1—1 record. The team started with a 3—2 upset win over Portugalfollowed by a 1—1 tie with co-host and eventual semi-finalist, South Korea. The third and final match was lost 1—3 to Poland, but the team still got to the round of 16 when South Korea defeated Portugal. This set the stage for a face-off with continental rivals Mexicothe Soccer Squad: Stars! time they met in a World Cup. Brian McBride opened the scoring, and Landon Donovan scored the second goal. That victory advanced the team to the quarterfinals, where it met Soccer Squad: Stars!.