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This book had me hooked from the jump but it became a disappointing slog before long. While I appreciate Wambach's candor, transparency, and (frequent-but-definitely-not-always) self awareness, I was ultimately let down by this memoir's writing. It seems as though she gave up on using her notes as a tool and instead frequently transcribed entire speeches, press conferences, text exchanges or tweets - sometimes quoted pieces going on for pages at a time.

Certain weaknesses/challenges/mistakes she is glad to own up to: her struggles with addiction and self-acceptance are in the forefront here. Other missteps barely seem to register on her radar - hypocrisy around [perceived] infidelity and her own unsettling xenophobic proclamations come to mind. (She only mentions her own tweet complaining about too many "foreign guys" playing for the US Men's team to contextualize a tweet she felt was unjustly attacking her.)

Wambach is a champion for gender equality, but her "I don't care what color you are" asides leave me concerned that she's firmly in the white feminism camp.

This book was ....fine! If you're particularly interested in women's soccer or addiction, give it a go. If not, ¯\_(�)_/¯