
- 288 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A deeply moving and painfully honest memoir from the trailblazing, World Cupāwinning, 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 classāqualities 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Prologue
- Chapter One: My People
- Chapter Two: Searching
- Chapter Three: Swimming with the Minnows
- Chapter Four: College Girl
- Chapter Five: Going National
- Chapter Six: World Cupper
- Chapter Seven: Debutantes
- Chapter Eight: Golden Girls
- Chapter Nine: Full Houses
- Chapter Ten: āThis Is the Oneā
- Chapter Eleven: Sit and Weight
- Chapter Twelve: Losing Pops
- Chapter Thirteen: Gold Never Gets Old
- Chapter Fourteen: Team Turmoil
- Chapter Fifteen: Brokenness
- Chapter Sixteen: Bottoming Out
- Chapter Seventeen: Rising
- Chapter Eighteen: The Gift
- Index of Searchable Terms