Girls with Goals: How Women's Soccer Took Over the World
The twisty, turny but triumphant rise of women's soccer is one of the most fascinating stories in sports – and women's – history.
From the very birth of the sport in 19th century England, girls and women have always found a way to play – and keeping playing – the sport they love, in spite of the bans, challenges, rules, and backward-looking attitudes.
Fast forward to today and women's soccer is now officially a global powerhouse. It is the most popular women's sport in the world with an ever-growing number of players, supporters, and viewers.
With stunningly adept storytelling and a wealth of historical and up-to-date imagery Girls with Goals tells this fascinating story from its origins in working class England to the worldwide phenomenon it is today.
