Kumagaya Goro is a goalie for Shirayuri Junior High, a team that hasn't won in three years.

Goro and Nagisa enroll in Kawasaki High, and Goro joins the soccer team with Yakumaru and Shingo. They beat Yokohama Minami's fifth team, but they tell Goro he has to save 100 penalties if he wants to play the fourth team.

Goro and the Kawako team play Yokonan's fourth team, but all is not as it seems. Even so, Kawako keeps it tight until Yokonan's star player, Kayano, enters the frame.

Kawako face bruisers, Miwa Technical High, in the first round of the Inter High prelims. How far can they get in their debut tournament?

In the quarterfinals of the Inter High prelims, Kawako is forced to play with only ten men after Yakumaru stops coming to practice.

In the final of the Inter High prelims, Kawako faces Yokonan, but Kayano has a surprise in store for Goro and the gang.

One day over summer break, Goro and the team run into Katsuhiko, twin brother of Yokonan's Yoshihiko. What does his arrival at the school mean for Goro?

Fall is here, and the prelims for the High School Soccer Championship have begun. Yakumaru is jealous of Goro for stealing the limelight. Can the pair overcome their issues?

After a fierce battle with Otomo of Seyani High in the semifinal, Kawako reach the final, where they play Yokonan again. It's Oda's last chance to see that Yokonan's coach, Arimoto, gets his comeuppance.

As the teams enter the second half of the final, Yokonan has a one-goal lead over Kawako. Can they come back to win?

The first round of the National Championship sees Kawako go up against Kishiwada Fisheries. Kishiwada are huge underdogs, but their tenacious defense prevents Kawako from making much headway. Will there be an upset?

Kayano shows videos of Shizuichi's matches to Goro and the team to prepare them for their quarterfinal, but seeing how invincible they are sends Kawako's morale plummeting.

It's the quarterfinal against Shizuichi. While Kawako are light years behind them in terms of skill, their belief keeps them in the game. Can they defeat the invincible team?

It's spring, and Goro bumps into Kayano while they are both out training. Along with Nagisa, they reminisce about the events of the past year.

Goro, Yakumaru, Shingo, Katsuhiko, and first-year, Shimamoto, are all selected to be on an All-Star team to represent Kanagawa. But what's this special training that Serie A star, Pell Antonio, has in store for Goro?

Kawako is seeded for the prelims of the High School Soccer Championship. While watching Yokonan's game, Goro gets mad at the other team for trying to snap Kayano out of the game.

The game against fated rivals, Yokonan, has begun. The duel between Kayano and Goro picks up where it left off the previous year.

In their second year at the championship, Kawako makes steady progress through the tournament. But with heavy rain deluging the field and Katsuhiko appearing to be struggling with a fever in their latest game, is a surprise loss on the cards?

After squeaking through their quarterfinal, Goro visits Katsuhiko to see how he's doing. While there, Katsuhiko's oldest brother, Tatsuhiko, puts a proposal to him.

Kawako find it tough against Kagoshima Academy, and they go into half-time 1-0 down. Frustrated at how he played in the first half, Yakumaru is determined to get the better of Kagogaku's goalie, Kuki.

At last, Kawako reach the final. But before the game, the team is shocked to find out Goro might be going to Italy.

In the final against Shizuichi, Kawako is having a hard time dealing with the set plays signaled by Shizuichi's brain, Akechi.

The final reaches its climax. Will Kawako win the championship and take the flag back to Kanagawa with them?

After the conclusion of the National Championship, Goro and some familiar faces are selected for the Japan U-20s team that will play in the upcoming Italian U-20 Youth Cup.

Nagisa, Yukiko, and Mr. Tanaka meet up with the U-20 Japan team in Italy. Yukiko is determined to tell Goro how she feels about him while they are in Europe.

The Italian U-20 Youth Cup has begun, and Goro bumps into a familiar face on the France team, who just happens to be their star player.

Japan find it a struggle to contain Jean, but they aren't down and out yet. Can Goro produce a moment of magic to catapult his team to the final?

The final against Italy sees plenty of European scouts sitting in the stands, and all eyes are on Goro, but it is homegrown star, Fio, who is intent on making the headlines.

After going behind early, Japan spin their wheels trying to get back into it. It's up to Goro to remind his teammates that only their own style of soccer will help them win this final.

Due to his father's career as a pro soccer player ending in ignominy, Fio seems incapable of trusting his own teammates. Will he ever understand the importance of teamwork or simply carry on trying to do everything alone?

Yakumaru and Shingo get into a fight with two delinquents who turn out to be on Buso High's soccer team. But why have they never seen these guys before?

In the second round of the Inter High, Kawako comes up against the ultra-physical Buso side and struggle to overcome them. Has their championship win made them complacent?

Goro and his team decide they need to focus on improving their strength. They go to Yokonan's Coach Arimoto for help, and after some gentle persuasion, he agrees to put together a training program for Kawako.

It's time for the winter championship again, and a run-in with Buso's Matsuura gets both sides fired-up. Kawako's route through the tournament won't be an easy one, though, as Kagogaku and Shizuichi lie in wait.

Kawako makes it through to the final to face Buso, who they were always fated to meet. Can they get revenge for their defeat at the Inter High?

Kawako and Buso are giving it everything they've got. As the game unfolds, Buso's captain, Tsuno, reflects on the team's troubled past.

Yakumaru and Shingo combine to give Kawako a one-goal lead. But with people getting injured left and right on both teams due to the committed tackles that are flying in, which way will this match turn?

A hard-fought final is really starting to take its toll, with Goro and Matsuura among the walking wounded. As the match nears its conclusion, who will emerge victorious?

At this point in the match, both teams are running on fumes and relying on willpower alone to get them through. Can Kawako win and write their name in the history books as two-time championship winners?