A Soccer Team of Fictional Characters

     

    This post was inspired by a conversation with a couple of my siblings. Together (with much laughing) we compiled the following group of fictional characters -- a group which we think would make a good soccer team. We love soccer, and books, so isn't it only natural that we would want them to combine? :D Also, for an additional challenge, we decided to only choose one character per author! Enjoy!
    
     Goalie - Rubeus Hagrid (Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling). He's part giant, so he's very tall and strong and would be excellent at blocking the ball.

     Center defense - Artham Wingfeather (Wingfeather Saga, Andrew Peterson). It is in this Throne Warden's nature to defend and protect at all costs, so center defense is the perfect position for him.

    Right defense - Lucy Pevensie (Chronicles of Narnia, C. S. Lewis). She's quiet, but enthusiastic, so she would make a good defense. Besides, Wingfeather Saga fans, don't you think she'd be great to work with Artham?

     Left defense - Ella of Frell (Ella Enchanted, Gail Carson Levine). Outgoing and spunky, she'd be confident enough to play alongside all these heroes. And she'd probably hit it off really well with Lucy.

    Right midfield - Westley (Princess Bride, S. Morgenstern). Dashing and courageous. Considering all that "man in black" mysteriousness, I don't think he'd go for forward. But midfield? Definitely!

    Center midfield - Legolas Greenleaf (Lord of the Rings, J. R. R. Tolkien). It's a wrench to only include one Tolkien character. But Legolas would make a perfect midfield, since he'll never tire of rushing all over the soccer field to help out whoever needs it most.

    Left midfield - Kaladin (Stormlight Archive, Brandon Sanderson). Kaladin doesn't go for the gold all by himself, which is might be the tendency of forward/offense players. He would stick in the center, helping out wherever he could to benefit the team. He'd be the one asking all the players their ideas for strategies.

    Right forward/offense - Kate Wetherall (Mysterious Benedict Society, Trenton Stewart). Kate is strong, enthusiastic, and unfailingly energetic. It would take a lot to tire her, and she'd be the one aggressively pursuing the ball.

    Center forward/offense - Arya Drottningu  (Inheritance Cycle, Christopher Paolini). She's an elf, so not going to run out of energy any time soon. She's not afraid to take on dangerous dramatic missions, and taking the ball up to the goal would sound like one to her.

   Left forward/offense - Jason Grace (Heroes of Olympus, Rick Riordan). Jason's a leader. Praetor of New Rome, etc. Arya would take center for sure, but Jason would still be at the top, ready to score and win big. 
  
   These people are all rather brilliant, so it wouldn't take them long to learn the game (if they didn't know it already, that is) and practice. Then they'd go for the World Cup! (It doesn't matter in the least that they're mostly from different worlds.;))

   Well, what do you think of this team? Who would you put together on a soccer team? =)