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When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to Soccer's Summit
When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to Soccer's Summit | Carli Lloyd
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From the celebrated star of the US women s national soccer team, an inspiring, uplifting, and candid memoir of how she got there In 2015, the US 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 also featured a gutsy, brilliant performance byteam captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick three goals in one game during the first sixteen minutes.But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling, hersoccer career at a crossroads. Then she found a trusted trainer, James Galanis, who saw in Carli a player with raw talent, skill, and a great head for the game. What Carli lacked were fitness, mental toughness, and character. Together they set to work, training, fighting, gritting it out. No one worked harder than Carli. And no one believed in her more than James. Despite all the naysayers, the times she was benched, moments when her self-confidence took a nosedive, she succeeded in becoming one of the best in the world.This candid reflection on a remarkable turnaround will take readers inside the women's national team and inside the head of an athlete who willed herself to perform at the highest levels of competition."
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kspenmoll
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Watching Lloyd‘s last game tonight. Wonderful interview with her & moving tributes. Retiring at 39 from a brilliant international career. She & her husband plan to visit US National Parks in an RV to wind down.

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SqueakyChu
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As an avid soccer fan, I chose this library book for a reading challenge on #LibraryThing to read a book about a sports figure. I very much love to watch Carli Lloyd play on the US Women‘s National Team (#USWNT). Any other #soccer fans out there?

SqueakyChu I bailed only because this was a library book, and I had other books at home that I wanted to read much more. 6y
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BookaholicNatty
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Trying to discreetly take a picture of the book the gal beside me was reading at church today. 😂😂😂

Bronte_Chintz 😂😂 7y
Cinfhen Haha 7y
Reggie Lol 7y
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stephhammer
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It was a long line to meet Carli Lloyd, but it was worth the wait to get my book signed. It's exciting to see how popular women's soccer is becoming. I'm looking forward to reading the book. ⚽️📚

Texreader Awesome for you!!! 8y
Bkwurm Great moment! 8y
SqueakyChu Lucky you! 6y
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stephhammer
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Anyone who doubts the popularity of women's soccer needs to see how long the line is at Carli Lloyd's book signing at Vroman's in Pasadena, CA.

Texreader Yahoo!! She rocks! 8y
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Steffer1985
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"It is not how you start that matters, it's how you finish" ⚽❤

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