Product Description

Soccer is the hottest trend in years, and Bill Hinds's comic strip Cleats finds endless humor in the sport's rowdy but lovable players, coaches, and parents. Carried in 75 newspapers-including the Chicago Sun-Times, the Dallas Morning News, and the Houston Chronicle-the two-year-old Cleats follows the trials and tribulations of a thoroughly contemporary team: Abby Harper, a competitive but kind 11-year-old on a select soccer team Jack Dooley, Abby's 10-year-old neighbor, who's determined to move up from his recreational team to a select team Armando "Mondo" Ruiz, a talented player who continues his family's tradition in the sport but prefers to remain on a rec team Coaches "Bull" Tippit, a granite-jawed retired military man, and earnest Chester NordlingGiven soccer's soaring popularity, Who Tracked Soccer Through the House? A Cleats Collection is sure to score.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1161718 in Books
• Published on: 2004-03-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

About the Author
A soccer parent and coach himself, Bill Hinds also created, writes, and draws the cartoon feature Buzz Beamer for Sports Illustrated for Kids, which has been the most popular feature of the magazine since its first issue. Bill also has been the drawing half (with writer Jeff Millar) for the comic strip Tank McNamara for almost 30 years.

Customer Reviews

As a youth Soccer referee...
As a youth Soccer referee, I have seen everything you will see in this book. For real, At games, practices and so on.
All of this is REAL!! Enjoy!
Thanks Bill

Funny stuff.
Instantly identifiable to anyone who has kids in youth sports, Cleats is one of the most consistently "on the money" strips in existence.

It's a great strip and and a great book.