When Nobody Was Watching

My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer World

By: Carli Lloyd, Wayne Coffey

Narrated by: Lynde Houck, Carli Lloyd

Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

From the celebrated star of the US Women's National Soccer Team, an inspiring, uplifting, and candid memoir of how she got there.

In 2015, the US Women's National Soccer Team won its first FIFA championship in 16 years, culminating in an epic final game that electrified soccer fans around the world. It featured a gutsy, brilliant performance by team captain and midfielder Carli Lloyd, who made history that day, scoring a hat trick - three goals in one game - during the first 16 minutes.

But there was a time when Carli almost quit the sport. In 2003 she was struggling, her soccer career at a crossroads. Then she found a trusted trainer, James Galanis, who saw in Carli a player with raw talent, skill, and a great dedication to the game. What Carli lacked were fitness, mental toughness, and character. Together they set to work, training day and night, fighting, grinding it out. No one worked harder than Carli. And no one believed in her more than James. Despite all the naysayers, the times she was benched, moments when her self-confidence took a nosedive, she succeeded in becoming one of the best players in the world.

This candid reflection on a remarkable turnaround will take listeners inside the women's national team and inside the head of an athlete who willed herself to perform at the highest levels of competition.

©2016 Carli Lloyd (P)2016 Random House Audio

A captivating telling is Carliy's journey to become the best female soccer player in the world

An honest and interesting telling of a remarkable journey made by Miss Lloyd - a soccer superstar

The narrator is sleepy and boring.

Carli is awesome! This is her soccer story. It’s all soccer and not much else, but it feels real. I wish Carli would have read it herself. The narrator made it difficult to get through.

Amazing

Carli Lloyd has always been one of my favorite players. It was incredible to listen to her journey and to understand some of the team drama from her perspective.

I have to agree with other reviews that the narration isn’t great. But not so bad that I didn’t want to hear the story of an amazing young woman.

Awful narration: great story

Carli wrote a very open story about her life: her flaws, her hard work, her triumphs on and off the field. We learn how hard Carli worked to become the best player in the world.

Unfortunately, the narrator has not put in the same effort. She reads with a strange rhythm, puts emphasis on parts of a sentence that have no need for it, and is extremely choppy.

Still, don’t let the narration keep you from the story. I’ve been a coach for 20 years, and I am inspired anew by Carli and her trainer. It is a fantastic story of inspiration, and if I ever have a daughter that grows up to be the kind of person Carli is, I would be a very proud father.

Great book about a great athlete's journey.

loved the book just had to finish it. Sadly the lawsuit mentioned at the end will not mean anything until women sports are more recognized.

Good book for a soccer fan

First of The narrator is not Carli, and her voice is horrible. The story is good. Some parts of it are a bit boring. Carli does provide some insight into her long hard battle to the top. Carli proves that hard work perseverance and determination can help you achieve any goal.

Fantastic, full of life lessons

I loved it! a whole new perspective of the work and dedication of a soccer player!

Five Star Must Read

Carli Lloyd definitely will be remembered as one of the greatest with this masterpiece.

Absolutely captivating!

Carli Lloyd is, of course, one the big heroes on the U.S. Women's National soccer team that won the 2015 and 2019 World Cups. This is her extremely captivating story of how she became a soccer player, how she met and worked with her famous coach, James Galanis, to become of the best soccer players in the world.
Her insights to the inner circle of the soccer players during the many years she's been with the USWNT is highly entertaining.
Certainly a fantastic listen!

Learning life lessons here

The one thing I learned oddly is don’t hold a grudge if you want to get to your goal. In the youth team, the coach told her she was no good , then when someone else got hurt, they called her and she didn’t hold a grudge. Instead, she seized the opportunity.