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My Greatest Save: The Brave, Barrier-Breaking Journey of a World Champion Goalkeeper



by
Briana Scurry

Edition
Hardcover edition
Publisher
Abrams
Imprint
Abrams
ISBN
9781419757679
POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Crime: Hate Crimes , Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Discrimination: Sexism , Discrimination: Sexuality , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Underage Use , Language: Moderate Language , Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur , Violence: Suicide Reference/Discussion
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Sports High

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.

Foreword by Robin Roberts. Index.

POTENTIALLY SENSITIVE AREAS
Crime: Hate Crimes , Discrimination: Racial Insensitivity/Racism , Discrimination: Sexism , Discrimination: Sexuality , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Alcohol Abuse , Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco: Underage Use , Language: Moderate Language , Language: Racial or Ethnic Epithet/Slur , Violence: Suicide Reference/Discussion

Details

Format

Print

Page Count

288

Trim Size

9" x 6"

Dewey

B

AR

0: points 0

Genre

Nonfic

Scholastic Reading Counts

0

JLG Release

Nov 2022

Book Genres

Autobiography/Biography, Sports

Topics

Briana Scurry (1971– ). African American soccer players. Women soccer players. Black athletes. US Olympic athletes. Sports and recreation. Injuries. Head trauma. Activism. LGBTQ. US Women’s National Soccer team.

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