Describes the life and career of professional soccer player Alex Morgan. Discusses her childhood, rise to fame, career achievements, and charitable efforts. Includes statistics, color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
"The Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements, and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change"--OCLC.
Presents the life and accomplishments of the soccer star, from her childhood in Southern California to her career on the United States women's soccer team in the World Cup and the Olympics.
"Traces Megan Rapinoe's rise to stardom, from her childhood in a soccer crazy Northern California family, to her outstanding college career at the University of Portland, to her co-captaincy of the dominant U.S. women's team"--Provided by publisher.
a memoir of soccer, grit, and leveling the playing field
Petruccelli, Susie
2021
"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"--Provided by publisher.