by Carli Lloyd
First published 2016
In 2003, Carli Lloyd stood at a crossroads. Her soccer career was failing, and she considered quitting the sport entirely. Then she met James Galanis, a trainer who recognized her raw talent beneath the struggles. Lloyd lacked fitness, mental strength, and character, but Galanis saw potential where others saw problems. Together they began an intense training regimen, working day and night to rebuild her game from the ground up. No player trained harder than Lloyd. No coach believed more deeply than Galanis. Through benching, criticism, and crushing self-doubt, Lloyd fought to prove the naysayers wrong. Her journey culminated in the 2015 FIFA World Cup final, where she scored three goals in sixteen minutes to lead the US Women's National Soccer Team to its first championship in sixteen years. This memoir takes readers inside the mind of an athlete who refused to accept failure and willed herself to the pinnacle of her sport.
Genres: autobiography, sports, biography-memoir
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: second-chance, underdog
256 pages · Hardcover · Mariner Books