Beautiful Game

Once nobody noticed Santa Rosa''s Thunder. They were a ragtag team of girls who wanted to play soccer, and no one took them seriously. Their male coach expected little from his "ladies, " and their mediocre performance convinced them he was right.

Then a kind of miracle happened. Emiria Salzmann, Thunder''s new coach, a top player herself, knew what it took to win--discipline, relentless drills, th...