Briana Scurry interview about her life and USWNT

Former USWNT goalkeeper Briana Scurry is our guest this week on this special episode of the World Soccer Talk Podcast. She’s joined by director Anthony J. Cortese, who created the Paramount+ documentary entitled The Only, which debuts July 12. In our Briana Scurry interview, hosted by World Soccer Talk content editor Kyle Fansler, she shares her inspiring story of a girl from Minneapolis who climbed many obstacles to win World Cup and Olympics gold medals.

Briana Scurry interview

Briana Scurry shares insight into several major topics, including:

1) How her life would have been different if China had won the 1999 Women’s World Cup,
2) Her challenges with depression, and how her partner turned helped her in an important chapter of her life,
3) What happened after winning the 1999 Women’s World Cup on The Late Show with David Letterman,
4) How writing her book and telling her story has been therapeutic.

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