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My Greatest Save, By Briana Scurry

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Briana Scurry was the goalie for the United States Women's National Team from 1994-2008. She played in four World Cups and three Olympics, winning the World Cup in 1999 and Olympic gold medals in 1996 and 2004. Scurry is the first African American woman inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2017. Her autobiography "My Greatest Save" talks about her experiences as the keeper of such an influential team. She talks about her professional career and how the concussion she sustained during that time changed her life and put her through many challenges that changed her life. For something to be relevant, it should have a current real-world connection and be related to a current or past time period, and it should be applicable in some …show more content…

When describing her second nearly-attempted suicide, Scurry remembers, "I put my palms on the railing. Jumping was something I was always good at. I leaned forward and put my weight on my hands and tensed my upper body, and then just like the last time, the lovely, light brown face of Robbie Scurry came before my eyes" (Scurry 230). By being transparent about her challenges with her mental health and suicidal thoughts in the three years following her concussion, Scurry breaks down some of the stigma surrounding mental health, making it easier for people to start those conversations within their …show more content…

After finding out her first ancestor in America was Henry Gordon, who arrived in New Orlean via slave ship, Scurry marvels at how far her bloodline and African Americans as a whole have come since being in America, "One hundred and fifty years later, Henry Gordon's great(x four) granddaughter wore the crest of the U.S. Women's National Team and won a World Cup in front of a jam-packed Rose Bowl. One day maybe I'll be able to wrap my mind around that" (Scurry 10). When comparing African Americans' lives throughout history, people need to acknowledge how far they've come when given so little. When comparing African Americans' lives throughout history, people must recognize how far they've come when given so little. The journey from being enslaved in New Orlean to winning a World Cup representing the United States is integral to U.S. history. That history plays a big part in the importance of Scurry's accomplishments, even if it isn't the book's main

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