"In 2015, the U.S .Women's National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in sixteen years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. It featured a gutsy, brilliant performance by team captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick{u2014}three goals in one game{u2014}during the first sixteen minutes. But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was...

"From the hosts of the popular NBC Sports show Men in Blazers and one of the biggest soccer podcasts in the world, Roger Bennett and Michael Davies will profile the greatest male and female soccer players of all time. With the same signature humor as they brought to their New York Times Bestseller Encyclopedia Blazertannica, Bennett and Davis will feature a mini biography, fun facts and an illustrated or photographic portrait of both new and legendary...

"With powerful infographics and leveled text, explores the statistics of some of the best women's soccer players"--

"Briana Scurry was a pioneer on the US Women's National Team. She won gold in Atlanta in 1996, the first time women's soccer was ever played in the Olympics. She was a key part of the fabled "99ers," making an epic save in the decisive penalty-kick shootout in the final. Scurry captured her second Olympic gold in 2004, cementing her status as one of the premier players in the world. She was the only Black player on the team, and she was also the first...

"A memoir by a soccer player turned writer"-- The Striker and the Clock is a beautiful examination of the joy and pain of serious athletics. It’s also an eye-opening look at the still-developing world of professional women’s soccer. Written in ninety short passages -- reflecting the ninety inexorably passing minutes of a soccer match -- the book is a love letter to a maddening sport and a reflection on the way it has shaped a life. In vivid prose,...

As a child, Mallory Pugh was soccer obsessed! Not much has changed for Pugh in terms of her passion for soccer. In 2015, she was named the U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. And in 2017, she began her professional soccer career. Discover more about Pugh's path to soccer stardom.

A star athlete shares her account of triumph in the face of sexism, self-doubt, and injury, gives a global tour of the women's soccer world, and presents a call-to-action to secure equal pay and conditions.

"On July 7, 2019, Megan Rapinoe ran out onto the field to play in her third Women's World Cup final. Determined to succeed after having to sit out of the semifinals due to an injury, Megan scored the first goal of the match. Thanks to this goal, Team USA won the Women's World Cup, and Megan added yet another victory to her impressive record. In her career, Megan has won Olympic gold medals, several World Cup trophies, ESPY Awards, and more. Not only...

"In 275 career games with the US Women's National Team, soccer superstar Mia Hamm won two Women's World Cup titles and two Olympic gold medals. Learn about the life of US soccer's biggest star"-- provided by publisher.