A must-read for anyone who calls themself a soccer fan. Bri talks through her early years growing up in small-town Minnesota to winning Olympic gold in 1996 and 2004 to the career-ending concussion she suffered in 2010 and the difficulties she had post-career. Highly recommend also watching the Paramount+ documentary about her, which follows the same general path as the book. 

A page-turning and inspiring read. I was familiar with Briana Scurry from watching her on the USWNT growing up, but didn't know basically anything about her backstory or what happened to her after her career ended (with a brain injury caused by a blow to the head in her last professional game). She really had a lot of obstacles to overcome but stayed true to herself the whole way.

as a person in recovery i had to skip the parts about weight but as a giant bri scurry fan, i completely ate up the rest of the book. so much respect for scurry talking so openly about TBIs and suicidality.

As a young soccer goalie, Briana Scurry was someone I looked up to. I've made my way through countless sports memoirs and I'm glad she's finally gotten the chance to share her story with the world. Unfortunately, I don't think she had the strongest team by her side. By that, I mean Wayne Coffey. For a co-author and not the subject material, Coffey's voice often suppresses Scurry's. 

The trend for many memoirs is to capitalize on the time shortly after retirement. Scurry's memoir hits the shelves over 10 years after her last match. The most obvious explanation is the season-ending concussion which is described 75% of the way through the book. This is her major challenge in life, I feel as though Scurry and Coffey do not describe any real-world challenges Scurry faces before this point in her life. This doesn't feel believable and it comes off arrogant. 

The pacing was super off as well. The tone switches from a jovial walk down memory lane of past matches to detached depression which no reconciliation between the two parts. The first tone is the majority of the book however I would argue the least important and the least explored of the themes.