I was just taking my place in a long legacy of women fed up with unequal treatment. When I read “Good and Mad,” it made me fully understand that neither my experience nor my anger was unique. Because we are women, we were conditioned to just be grateful for the crumbs we were handed instead of demand what we deserved. Even in years that the women brought in more revenue and bigger championships, the men were paid dramatically more. During my soccer career, the difference between how the men’s team and women’s team were treated and paid was egregious. “Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger,” by Rebecca Traister, brought context to feelings I’ve had for a long time.
What’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned from a book lately? She and Agassi inspired me to write honestly in “Forward.” I’m glad I did, because it freed me to begin to live one life instead of two. If you’re honest and you learn from your struggle - the world will love you more, not less. The first time I met my wife, I told her about my conflict and she said: I don’t know anything about the sports world, but here in the real world, we like real people. I wanted to write about it honestly but I was afraid that it might ruin my legacy as a sports hero or stain the reputation of the National Team.
After I retired, I was struggling hard with addiction. When I read Andre Agassi’s “Open,” it was the first time I witnessed an athlete admitting to humanity and mistakes. Since I’m still trying to detox from the homophobia, misogyny and mind control I internalized from growing up in the Catholic Church, I’m excited to dive into this one.Īre there books that inspire you as an athlete? Any sportswriters you especially respect? It’s about the Gospel left out of the Bible - and buried in the Egyptian desert after a fourth-century command that all copies of it be destroyed - significant because it is written from a woman’s point of view, emphasizes that all humans are divine and insists that there is no need for middlemen between people and God. Avoid reading: anything with dragons or wizards.Īn advance copy of “Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven’t Tried Yet,” by Meggan Watterson. What’s your favorite thing to read? And what do you avoid reading?įavorite thing to read: nonfiction. I loved that book so much I married the author. I’ve never read writing so honest and raw.
It helped me get sober and love myself again. What was the last truly great book you read? “I scored 27 goals in my first three games. The soccer star, whose new book is “Wolfpack,” began the sport because of a how-to guide from the library.
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