Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer
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football (american),soccer,sports and outdoors, A new book chronicles the adventures of minor league soccer in a way that has never been done before. Unlucky: A Season of Struggle in Minor League Professional Soccer, follows the adventures of the Fairfax, Virginia-based Northern Virginia Royals, which made its debut during the 1998 season. The Royals played in the D3 Pro League of the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues, the lowest level of professional soccer in the U.S. Players in D3 can be paid, but the Royals players received no financial compensation for their efforts. Most worked full-time jobs while playing for the Royals. Author Dave Ungrady has written a behind-the-scenes and honest account of the struggles athletes endure at the minor league level. Most sports fans see the glory and excess that prevail in the top levels of professional sports today. In "Unlucky", the reader will be exposed to the grit and sacrifice a minor league soccer player must endure.Ungrady, a former collegiate soccer player and track athlete who turned 40 last year, also trained with the team the entire season with the hope of playing in one game. Part of the book documents his struggle to stay fit for a professional debut. Never before has anyone written about minor league professional soccer while training with a team. Ungrady lived the team experience, attending meetings and road trips and practicing up to four times a week while working full-time. "Close access and time commitment were important to understan.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Bluestocking Books [50067872], Bangor, PA, U.S.A.
New Market , MD: Sports Pub International , 1999 Blue & white soft cover, good. Minor rubbing to edges. INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR," Ray Good Luck, Dave Ungrady ". Black & white photo's thru out. 207 pgs . Signed by Author. Soft Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Hippo Books [50294793], Toledo, OH, U.S.A.
Light rubbing wear to cover, spine and page edges. Very minimal writing or notations in margins not affecting the text. Possible clean ex-library copy, with their stickers and or stamp(s).

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks [8304062], RICHMOND, TX, U.S.A.
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:3].
Paperback.