US MEN'S NATIONAL SOCCER TEAM WORKBOOK
SOUTH AFRICA 2010 FIFA SQUAD
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Answer Key 0310027 In the 2007 SuperLiga (1) tournament, Donovan was the (2) top scorer. Donovan scored (3) a goal in every (4) game except for the (5) final. In November 2008 Donovan (6) trained with FC Bayern (7) Munich, and later joined (8) the German club on (9) loan until the start (10) of the 2009 MLS season (11) in mid-March. Playing along (12) with David Beckham at (13) Los Angeles Galaxy in 2009, (14) Donovan enjoyed an outstanding 2009 (15) campaign. He won the (16) league's Most Valuable Player (17) and MLS Goal of (18) The Year 2009 award. As (19) his club's captain, Landon Donovan (20) led the Galaxy to (21) MLS Cup 2009, which they (22) lost on penalties. Landon Donovan led the Los (23) Angeles Galaxy side to (24) an MLS crown in 2005 and a (25) runner-up finish in 2009. After the 2009 MLS (26) season, Donovan joined English (27) Premier League side Everton (28) on loan in January 2010 (29) where he played thirteen (30) games in all competitions and (31) scored two goals. In (32) January 2009 at Everton F.(33) C., Landon Donovan was (34) named the club's Player of the (35) Month for his performances in January. Answer Key 0360112 BRADLEY'S US NATIONAL TEAM His friend, Bruce Arena (1) was the U.S. (2) men's national team's manager (3) that took Team USA (4) to the 2006 FIFA World (5) Cup in Germany where (6) US got eliminated at (7) the group stage. Initially the (8) United States Soccer Federation (9) had promised a foreign, (10) big-name coach to follow (11) up Bruce Arena after the (12) failures of the 2006 FIFA (13) World Cup in Germany, (14) but they changed their (15) mind to stick with (16) a local manager. The (17) decision to opt for (18) home-grown coach fell on (19) Bob Bradley. He was (20) appointed the interim U.(21) S. coach in 2006 and (22) he soon proved to (23) be the thoughtful tactician (24) whose approach would reap (25) immediate benefits for the US (26) men's soccer team. He (27) officially took over from (28) his friend and mentor (29) Bruce Arena as manager (30) on May 15, 2007 after a (31) series of successful friendlies (32) which included a 2 -0 win (33) over Mexico. Bob Bradley (34) also led the USA to (35) CONCACAF Gold Cup glory (36) in the summer of 2007, (37) beating Mexico in a (38) thrilling final in Chicago.
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About the Book
This is a detailed account of the US Men's National Soccer team that featured at 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. It also highlights on the achievements and challenges of Team USA. This book is one of two books, a text and a workbook. Both books provide an up-to-date biography of all the 2010 FIFA World Cup US soccer players and Coach Bradley. Included in the pages of this workbook are worksheets loaded with quizzes, fun and educational activities for the soccer enthusiast. It is a relic and must read book for all soccer fans.
About the Author
Okyere Bonna is a strong soccer admirer and a strong advocate of patriotism. He volunteers his time teaching and coaching youth soccer in his community. He is the author of many books including: Presidents of the United States, Vocabulary Success, Student Vocabulary Companion, and What You Did Not Know About the United States.