For the 13.5 million players who make soccer the fastest-growing participatory sport in America, and their families. For the audience who flocked to the surprise hit film BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM. For literate sports fans and SPORTS ILLUSTRATED readers who enjoy inside the locker room reporting and have bought books such as JORDAN RULES, GIRLS OF SUMMER, THE BOYS OF WINTER, and HOW SOCCER EXPLAINS THE WORLD.