Soccer Dreams: Playing the Seattle Sounders FC Way

AUDIO INTERVIEW WITH SOUNDERS FC PLAYERS MICHAEL GSPURNING AND MAURO ROSALES. The perfect book for kids, parents, and coaches who love soccer! A licensed product of Major League Soccer, this book combines a fictional story with full-color photographs and profiles of Sounders FC players. A portion of the sales of this book will help support scholarships for area youth-in-need to attend Sounders FC Youth Soccer Camps. 10-year old Todo has just moved from Nairobi, Kenya to Seattle, Washington with his family and is looking to make new friends. A local youth soccer coach sees Todo and his older sister playing soccer in Beacon Hill Park and invites him to join his team. Todo is thrilled to meet a group of kids who share his love of soccer, but struggles with an overconfident striker named Peter who views him as unwelcome competition. "Peter is a ball hog," says Todo's classmate, Anna, who is a skilled defender on a girls team. They devise a plan to bring their teams together for a scrimmage. Coach Dan has his own strategy for building teamwork using tips and strategies from his favorite MLS team, the Seattle Sounders FC, and giving Todo and his friends the chance to meet and walk out on the field with their soccer heroes as members of the Dream Team. Clare Hodgson Meeker is an award-winning author of ten books for children, including the Smithsonian Notable Book LOOTAS LITTLE WAVE EATER. She lives in Washington and is a huge Seattle Sounders FC fan. Please visit her website, www.claremeeker.com for more information about her books, speaking engagements, and teaching.