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From the celebrated star of the U.S. Womens National Soccer Team an inspiring uplifting and candid memoir of how she got there
If a player trains when nobody is watching she might be able to do superhuman things when the entire world is watching. Like scoring a hat trick in the first sixteen minutes of a World Cup final an eventual 52 victory over Japan. Or topping off that hat trick with an astonishing fifty-yard strike from midfield the greatest goal in U.S. soccer history a shot so audacious that it's surprising to learn that Lloyd had actually practiced it for years with [James] Galanis on an empty field in New Jersey far from any crowds. Grant Wahl Sports Illustrated
In 2015 the U.S .Womens 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?three goals in one game?d