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From Barnes & NobleThe author of this book requires no introduction. During his long playing career (1956-1977), the Brazilian soccer player known as Pel brought honor to himself, his teams, and his nation with his superb play. As the millennium approached, several polls named him the greatest soccer player of the century. Now as the World Cup returns to Brazil for the first time in sixty years, the man that magnetized the attention of millions of Americans reflects on the recent history of the sport and its changing role in the world. Inspiring words from an incomparable athlete. Available in simultaneous English and Spanish language editions. Library Journal04/01/2014 In the short list of celebrities known by one name, Brazil's Pel (born Edson Arantes do Nascimento) stands alone above Lebron, Michael, Magic, and all the others.



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Dan Blank

When Football.com named it's Top 14 Books for Soccer Players and Coaches, seven of those titles came from a single author - Coach Dan Blank. Dan Blank has emerged as the most popular how-to author for soccer players and coaches. His first book, Soccer iQ, was named a Top 5 Book of the Year by the NSCAA Soccer Journal and has been the #1 bestseller in Amazon's Soccer and Coaching Soccer genres since 2013. It's also been an Amazon #1 best-seller in Canada and Australia. It has been featured in various soccer publications and websites and has been translated into six other languages: Russian, German, Danish, Dutch Chinese and Korean.

Dan has been coaching college soccer for over twenty years and most recently served as associate head coach at the University of Georgia. He is the first coach in Southeastern Conference history to lead the conference's best defense in consecutive years at different universities (Ole Miss 2009, Georgia 2010) , a feat that is detailed in his book Shutout Pizza. He has an 'A' License from the USSF and an Advanced National Diploma from the NSCAA.

Coach Blank has also authored:
Soccer iQ - Volume 2
Every Thing Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl
HAPPY FEET - How to Be a Gold Star Soccer Parent (Everything the Coach, the Ref and Your Kid Want You to Know)
ROOKIE - Surviving Your Freshman Year of College Soccer
Possession - Teaching Your Team to Keep the Darn Ball
Shutout Pizza - Smarter Soccer Defending for Players and Coaches

You can buy his books and read his blog at www.soccerpoet.com.

From the Author: Soccer iQ is the first book I published and I'm very proud of it. As I wrote Soccer iQ, I could never quite get over the fact that the book I was writing hadn't already been written. There are roughly seventeen million... that's right, seventeen MILLION soccer players in the United States, and no one thought it might be a good idea to write a book to help them become better soccer players? ? ? If they wanted to become better players of Pac Man, Donkey Kong or Call of Duty, yeah, there were books available. But remarkably, no one had the idea to write a book that spelled out how 17 million people could become better soccer players. I felt like they guy who was about to invent the fork... in 2012. And then it happened all over again in 2014 with the publication of HAPPY FEET. Somehow, yet again, no one had written a book specifically for the parents of the 17 million players. So now as Soccer iQ educates soccer players, HAPPY FEET educates their parents. And ROOKIE, well, that's the ultimate survival guide for players about to enter the ranks of college soccer.

Everything Your Coach Never Told You Because You're a Girl is my personal favorite because I think it has the chance to impact a lot of lives. It also gave me the opportunity to write about some of th



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