When Nobody Was Watching

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Label

When Nobody Was Watching

Creator

• Coffey, Wayne
• Lloyd, Carli

Subject

• Biography & Autobiography
• Nonfiction
• Sports & Recreations

Summary

A New York Times bestseller from the superstar who is going to Tokyo for her fourth Olympics—the oldest player the U.S. women's national team has ever sent. "If you are a real soccer player—then this is the book for you to read . . . Inspiring and uplifting. "—GoalNation 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 during the first sixteen 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. Together they set to work, training day and night, fighting, grinding it out. Despite all the naysayers, the times she was benched, the moments when her self-confidence took a nosedive, she succeeded in becoming one of the best players in the world and bound for the Summer Games in 2021 at thirty-nine

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