Bankston, John . Portland Timbers . ISBN 9781680202625 . Bankston, John . Toronto FC . ISBN 9781680202540 . Gagne, Tammy . LA Galaxy . ISBN 9781680202601 . Gitlin, Marty . D.C. United . ISBN 9781680202465 . Gitlin, Marty . Seattle Sounders FC . ISBN 9781680202649 . Hinman, Bonnie . FC Dallas . ISBN 9781680202564 . Hinman, Bonnie . Houston Dynamo . ISBN 9781680202588 . Kjelle, Marylou . Sporting Kansas City . ISBN 9781680202663 . Mattern, Joanne . New England Revolution . ISBN 9781680202489 . Mattern, Joanne . New York City FC . ISBN 9781680202502 . Mattern, Joanne . New York Red Bulls . ISBN 9781680202526 .ea vol: 32p. (Major League Soccer). chron. further reading. glossary. index. photos. websites. Mitchell Lane . Sept. 2018. lib. ed. $29.95. Gr 5-8 These thorough team biographies devote equal time to describing each Major League Soccer (MLS) club's origin and gameplay basics. MLS is the most international league in the world and has a high volume of turnover, so many of the books address the language barriers as well as how difficult it is to create a cohesive team when the roster is constantly changing. Fact callouts, "What You Should Know" blurbs, superstar profiles, and time lines offer great bite-size bits of information that break up the text-heavy pages. The quality of the writing varies from title to title. The titles with the best sports writing are D.C. United , Seattle Sounders , and Sporting Kansas City . Sporadic typos make some books, like Chicago Fire , less valuable than others. VERDICT This is a series librarians will want to cherry-pick for big names and local interest.