When Nobody Was Watching Signed Edition: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World - Couverture rigide

Lloyd, Carli; Coffey, Wayne

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ISBN 10 : 0544976800 ISBN 13 : 9780544976801

Editeur : Mariner Books, 2016

Synopsis

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. 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 16 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—three goals in one game—during the first 16 minutes.

But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling, her soccer 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 dedication to the game. What Carli lacked were fitness, mental toughness, and character. Together they set to work, training day and night, fighting, grinding 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 players in the world.

This candid reflection on a remarkable turnaround will take listeners inside the women's national team and inside the head of an athlete who willed herself to perform at the highest levels of competition.

“If you are a real soccer player—then this is the book for you to read . . . Inspiring and uplifting.” — GoalNation

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À propos des auteurs

CARLI LLOYD is captain of the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team and has been named the FIFA World Player of the Year for two years in a row (2015 and 2016). The midfielder led the U.S. team to World Cup victory in 2015 and also scored the gold-medal winning goals in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. She has played in three FIFA Women's World Cup tournaments, helping the U.S. win bronze, silver and then gold. In 2015 she was also awarded the FIFA Golden Ball and the Silver Boot. The New Jersey native currently plays for Manchester City Women FC in England. Follow Carli at carlilloyd.com or on Twitter @CarliLloyd.
 

WAYNE COFFEY is an award-winning sports journalist and the author of more than thirty books, including such New York Times bestsellers as The Closer with Mariano Rivera; Wherever I Wind Up with R. A. Dickey; and Above the Line with Urban Meyer.
 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0544976800
• ISBN 13: 9780544976801
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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