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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. "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 Nordling. Given soccer's soaring popularity, "Who Tracked Soccer Through the House? A Cleats Collection" is sure to score.