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Women's Association Football: Gracie, Bend It Like Beckham, Women's Association Football Around the World, She's the Man
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-05-26.
ISBN 9781156987865
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Publisher description
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Gracie, Bend It Like Beckham, Women's Association Football Around the World, She's the Man, Fifa Women's World Rankings, Dick, Kerr's Ladies F.c., Dare to Dream: the Story of the U.s. Women's Soccer Team, List of Women's Association Football Clubs, Her Best Move, Women's Football Association of Ireland, Rakt. Excerpt: Gracie is a 2007 American historical sports drama film directed by Davis Guggenheim. It stars Carly Schroeder as Gracie Bowen, Dermot Mulroney as Bryan Bowen, Elisabeth Shue as Lindsay Bowen, Jesse Lee Soffer as Johnny Bowen, and Andrew Shue as Coach Owen Clark. Gracie takes place in New Jersey, United States in 1978 before Title IX (which was passed in 1972) had a chance to take effect and when organized women's soccer was still very rare in the United States. Gracie, the film's central protagonist, overcomes the loss of her brother by convincing her family and school to allow her to play varsity soccer on an all-boys team. It is loosely based on the childhood experiences of Elisabeth Shue. The novel Gracie (by fantasy and science fiction author Suzanne Weyn) was released in June 2007. It is 1978 and 15-year-old Gracie Bowen (Carly Schroeder), who lives in South Orange, New Jersey, is crazy about soccer, as are her three brothers, neighbor, and former soccer star father (Dermot Mulroney). Although Gracie wants to join her brothers and father in the nightly practices, she is discouraged by everyone except her elder brother, Johnny (Jesse Lee Soffer). The game at their school comes by with Johnny as the star on the team, the last shot is about to happen and he misses it. He then is sad, but gets over it. He then gets in his friend's car and drives off. Tragedy unexpectedly strikes when Johnny, the star of the Columbia High Sch... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=10444955
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