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World-Class Athlete: Do You Have What It Takes? by: Leah Lauber The following excerpt comes from the book, Soccer Dreams, (a top-seller in sports journalism at Amazon) which describes Leah Lauber's true adventure following the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, as a fan and 12-year old Junior Reporter during the history-making 1999 Women's World Cup. While the article is now dated and was written primarily for children, the lesson itself is timeless in describing what it takes to be a world-class athlete. Do you have what it takes to be a world-class athlete? Do you know what it takes? Well, if you don't know, keep reading! I attended the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team training session at the Seminole Sports Training Center near Orlando, Florida recently while the team was preparing for the Women's World Cup, which began Saturday and runs through July 10. The United States Women's National Team is a great team. In '1998
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