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The Angel Park players are so nervous about winning their upcoming "big game" with Blue Spring that they mess up all over the place.

When eight-year-old Owen and his best friend Joseph join a neighborhood soccer league, they not only face a test of their game skills but also of their friendship.

Ant's feelings are hurt when Red says she is too slow to play soccer with her friends at lunchtime, but she gets a little help from the substitute school librarian, and learns to her surprise that her own mom used to be a school track star.

Small for her age, Lisa Gaddy, the soccer team fullback, has trouble with her throw-ins from the sidelines until the coach devises a plan to turn her into a team asset.

Having been kicked off the third grade soccer team, Brian challenges them to a match against his own team, a team which he and his cousin Angel hasten to create and whip into shape--if possible.

Julie MacNeil feels threatened both in the family and on the soccer field when her widower father begins to date the mother of her arch-rival Benji True.

After her talents are grudgingly recognized and she is accepted as the only girl member of Joe's Garage soccer team, eleven-year-old Scrappy feels let down when the sponsorship changes and the feminine owner of a dress shop becomes the new coach.

Arthur and his teammates are so impressed with the new uniforms and treats given to them by their new coach, they fail to realize at first that he does not know how to coach soccer.

While playing soccer with his classmates, Jeff demonstrates poor sportsmanship but gets some pointers on good behavior from his physical education teacher.

The night before Lena's first soccer game, her father tells her a story about how his mother used to act bizarre at his soccer games and embarrass him.