As her third-grade class makes its selections for the "Graveyard of Boring Words" and learns about "superb synonyms, " slow-footed Nancy enthusiastically plays on the soccer team, with the goal of just being mediocre, or maybe even a little better than average.

Brief rhyming text follows a group of children through some exciting plays during a soccer game.

"Nick is a star up and down the soccer field, but off it, things are a little more hectic." Twelve-year-old Nick loves soccer and hates books, but soon learns the power of words as he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams.

Although he feels shy and out of place on the playing field, Kenny agrees to try soccer.

Second-grader Eugene McGillicudy finds that he can tap the power of Captain Awesome without wearing the costume, as he scores a goal for his soccer team.

When Strawberry Shortcake and her friends play a game of soccer, Angel Cake is reminded that friendship is more important than winning.

Each member of Jamie Cocker's soccer team has a special talent, but it takes their mascot, Shoot the dog, to help them win the game.

When a cartoon appears in the school newspaper making fun of his tendancy to talk a lot, Mac, the goalie for the Cougars soccer team, is determined to find out who is responsible.

Each member of the South Orange River seventh-grade soccer team has qualities of excellence, but not on the soccer field.