Clelia Castro-Malaspina is the author of books for teens and children, including Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’s Guide to the First Amendment. Kirkus called this book “current, insightful and savvy,” and in its starred review, Booklist asserted that the book “empowers kids.” Clelia has been an attorney and a literary agent, and currently runs her children’s book editorial business, Mossy Pines Creative. She lives on Mercer Island Washington, an island suburb of Seattle, with her husband and two daughters.

"A spirited, well-told success story, all the better for being true."

• Introduction1. Kickoff2. Game On: Nettie Honeyball and the British Ladies Football Club3. Dick, Kerr and the First Golden Age of Women’s Soccer4. Going Global5. Time Out: A Fifty-Year Ban6. Back in the Game7. Title IX and Awakening a Sleeping Giant8. The First FIFA Women’s World CupFeature Fashion on the Field9. Game-changers10. A League of Their Own11. Last Chance: The National Women’s Soccer League12. The Ultimate Goal—Equality13. Defeating Abuse14. The Future is FemaleAcknowledgmentsReferencesPicture Credits

Clelia Castro-Malaspina is the author of books for teens and children, including Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’s Guide to the First Amendment. Kirkus called this book “current, insightful and savvy,” and in its starred review, Booklist asserted that the book “empowers kids.” Clelia has been an attorney and a literary agent, and currently runs her children’s book editorial business, Mossy Pines Creative. She lives on Mercer Island Washington, an island suburb of Seattle, with her husband and two daughters.

"A spirited, well-told success story, all the better for being true."

• Introduction1. Kickoff2. Game On: Nettie Honeyball and the British Ladies Football Club3. Dick, Kerr and the First Golden Age of Women’s Soccer4. Going Global5. Time Out: A Fifty-Year Ban6. Back in the Game7. Title IX and Awakening a Sleeping Giant8. The First FIFA Women’s World CupFeature Fashion on the Field9. Game-changers10. A League of Their Own11. Last Chance: The National Women’s Soccer League12. The Ultimate Goal—Equality13. Defeating Abuse14. The Future is FemaleAcknowledgmentsReferencesPicture Credits

Clelia Castro-Malaspina is the author of books for teens and children, including Your Freedom, Your Power: A Kid’s Guide to the First Amendment. Kirkus called this book “current, insightful and savvy,” and in its starred review, Booklist asserted that the book “empowers kids.” Clelia has been an attorney and a literary agent, and currently runs her children’s book editorial business, Mossy Pines Creative. She lives on Mercer Island Washington, an island suburb of Seattle, with her husband and two daughters.

"A spirited, well-told success story, all the better for being true."

• Introduction1. Kickoff2. Game On: Nettie Honeyball and the British Ladies Football Club3. Dick, Kerr and the First Golden Age of Women’s Soccer4. Going Global5. Time Out: A Fifty-Year Ban6. Back in the Game7. Title IX and Awakening a Sleeping Giant8. The First FIFA Women’s World CupFeature Fashion on the Field9. Game-changers10. A League of Their Own11. Last Chance: The National Women’s Soccer League12. The Ultimate Goal—Equality13. Defeating Abuse14. The Future is FemaleAcknowledgmentsReferencesPicture Credits