Coach Pedro & Susan Adam Rita
The book A Great Soccer Tournament is about a soccer team that plays at a tournament.
The tournament is held in upstate Michigan and the kids have all the excitement one can have. Between lots of fun, hard work, determination, and adventures, they will also experience the fun of playing on a typical chilly early morning, having car lights as the only source of showing them the dimensions of the field.
A Great Soccer Tournament is for all of those, children and adults, who love the game of soccer and who make a simple tournament a great one—filled with the best you can have in life: family, friends, the sharing of happiness, fun, and lessons you can keep forever.
Amarildo Pedro Rita was born in 1962 and has been playing high level soccer in Brazil and has being coaching youth soccer players in the United States since 1999. Currently he is the Director of Developmental Soccer Program in Ann Arbor, Michigan and author of The Magic Soccer Ball series plus The Boy and His Dream, A Great Soccer Tournament, Bending a Soccer Ball and 20 Easy Ways to Help Save the Earth.
Coach Pedro holds a bachelor degree in physical education and USSF “A” License.
www.coachpedro.com
Susan Adam-Rita was born in a small city in Brazil where she lived for twenty-seven years. A psychologist in her home country, she continued to pursue her studies and currently is a PHD candidate in the counselor education program at Wayne State University. Susan lives with her husband, Pedro, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The referee started the game. We were pressuring the opponent's team and leaving no space for them to play. This is exactly what my coach asked for us. We had possession of the ball and were on the attack when Lane scored our first goal of the year on a beautiful straight shot. Lane is a girl. Yes, we have a girl playing with our boy's team and she is a really good soccer player.
