Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan

Name: Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Dan Wetzel
ISBN: 9798347783069

Author: Dan Wetzel

Series: Epic Athletes

Narrator: Kacy Combest

Unabridged: 2 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Spotify Audiobooks

Published: 08/05/2025

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Biographical, Sports, Soccer

Synopsis

Kicking off his new series of sports biographies for young readers, journalist Dan Wetzel tells the inspiring true life story of a US Women's Soccer star in Epic Athletes: Alex Morgan.
Fierce competitor. World Cup winner. Role model.
U.S. Women's Soccer star Alex Morgan has earned each of these impressive titles throughout her incredible career. As a young girl growing up in Southern California, she dreamed of being a professional soccer player, fighting to compete on the international stage against the world's greatest athletes. Flash forward to the present and Alex Morgan has emerged as the face of U.S. Women's soccer, famous for her clutch, late-game goals, and an inspiration to kids across the country.
Bestselling author Dan Wetzel details the rise of an American champion in this uplifting biography for young readers.
Praise for Epic Athletes
* "An unusually informative and enjoyable sports biography for young readers." ―Booklist, starred review for Epic Athletes: Stephen Curry

About Dan Wetzel

New York Times bestselling author Dan Wetzel has been a Yahoo! Sports national columnist since 2003. Heâ€™s covered events and stories around the globe, including college football, the NFL, the MLB, the NHL, the NBA, the UFC, the World Cup, and the Olympics. For years heâ€™s been called Americaâ€™s best sports columnist, appeared repeatedly in the prestigious Best American Sports Writing, been honored more than a dozen times by the Associated Press Sports Editors, and was inducted into the U.S. Basketball Writers Hall of Fame. Follow him on Twitter @DanWetzel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sunday on September 09, 2019

Inspiring and nicely paced biography that doesn't overwhelm the reader by tackling too much info at a time. Wetzel begins in chapter one by describing an "epic" moment in a 2012 London Olympics game between the US Women's National Soccer team and Canada's team. While being introduced to Alex Morgan,......more

Goodreads review by Valerie on July 21, 2019

Women's soccer is highly competitive. Making it to the national team is a long shot. There have been a number of biographies and memoirs written about the women's national team soccer players. They all have an incredible amount of drive, to the point of extreme. Alex Morgan is a current player on th......more

Goodreads review by Barbara on November 21, 2019

Soccer fans will enjoy this profile of Olympic champion and team captain Alex Morgan. As in the other titles in this series, the author begins the book with an important moment in Morgan's career as the United States team battles Canada in the semifinals back in 2012. He then turns back time to foll......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on September 23, 2019

Soccer fans, male and female, will find Olympic medalist and World Cup winner Alex Morgan a leader who will inspire for her determination and hard work on the soccer field. Alex became an elite soccer player in her early teens and was highly sought after by Division One universities. While handling......more

Goodreads review by Karen on November 09, 2019

I enjoyed learning more Alex Morgan in this biography. Before reading, I knew nothing about her. My daughter plays rec soccer so I knew the basics of the game. I really enjoyed the story, and was particularly struck by the work and determination it takes to be great. I also loved the fact that she p......more