Successful Sports Teams
Recommended Reads: Successful Sports Teams
One of my favorite parts of being a college soccer coach was having a front row seat to the story-behind-the-story.
The books recommended below provide a fantastic window into the world of high-achieving women’s and men's teams.
To be quite honest, as a way to combat entitlement issues, I think Girls of Summer should be required reading for every fourteen-year-old soccer-playing girl in the US.
![Crashing the Net by Mary Turco](https://www.soccerpoet.com/images/links/CrashingtheNetBYMaryTurco.jpg)
Crashing the Net by Mary Turco
About the US Women’s Hockey Team winning the first gold medal in Olympic Ice Hockey![Girls of Summer by Jere Longman](https://www.soccerpoet.com/images/links/GirlsofSummerBYJereLongman.jpg)
Girls of Summer by Jere Longman
About the 1999 USWNT Women’s World Cup Championship
![When the Game Stands Tall by Neil Hayes](https://www.soccerpoet.com/images/links/WhentheGameStandsTallBYNeilHayes.jpg)
When the Game Stands Tall by Neil Hayes
The story of the De La Salle Spartans, and high school football's longest winning streak.![The Junction Boys by Jim Dent](https://www.soccerpoet.com/images/links/TheJunctionBoysBYJimDent.jpg)