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My greatest save : the brave, barrier-breaking journey of a world-champion goalkeeper / Briana Scurry, with Wayne Coffey ; [foreword by Robin Roberts].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scurry, Briana, 1971- author.
- Coffey, Wayne R., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scurry, Briana, 1971-.
- Scurry, Briana.
- Women soccer players--United States--Biography.
- Women soccer players.
- Soccer players--United States--Biography.
- Soccer players.
- Lesbian soccer players--United States--Biography.
- Lesbian soccer players.
- African American women athletes--Biography.
- African American women athletes.
- Women Olympic athletes--United States--Biography.
- Women Olympic athletes.
- Olympic athletes--United States--Biography.
- Olympic athletes.
- African American women Olympic athletes--Biography.
- African American women Olympic athletes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (187 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Abrams Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cup-winning, Olympic gold medalist, and US Women's soccer goalie Briana Scurry 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 player to be openly gay. It was a singularly amazing ride, one that Scurry handled with her trademark generosity and class--qualities that made her one of the most popular players ever to wear a US jersey. But Scurry's storybook career ended in 2010 when a knee to the head left her with severe head trauma. She was labeled "temporarily totally disabled," and the reality was even worse. She spiraled into depression, debt, and endured such pain that she closed out her closest friends and soccer soulmates. She pawned her gold medals. She walked to the edge of a waterfall and contemplated suicide. It seemed like the only way out until Scurry made her greatest save of all. A memoir of startling candor, My Greatest Save is a story of triumph, tragedy, and redemption from a woman who has broken through barriers her entire life.
- Contents:
- My people
- Searching
- Swimming with the minnows
- College girl
- - Going national
- World cupper
- Debutantes
- Golden girls
- Full houses
- "This is the one"
- Sit and weight
- Losing pops
- Gold never gets old
- Team turmoil
- Brokenness
- Bottoming out
- Rising
- The gift.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on period record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Scurry, Briana My Greatest Save
- ISBN:
- 9781647005481
- 1647005485
- OCLC:
- 1330935767
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