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name: Andrea Montalbano
about: The newest book in the "Soccer Sisters" series has just been published! Get your hands on a copy of "Caught Offside" here:Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Caught-Offside...Barnes &amp; Noble:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/caug...Once you've finished, please take the time to rate and review it right here on Goodreads!**********Andrea Montalbano is an author, journalist, mother and coach. She grew up on a soccer field in Miami and continued to play through college, acting as captain for her Harvard University soccer team and eventually being inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. After college, Andrea pursued a career in journalism, attending Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She was an English anchor at Vatican Ra The newest book in the "Soccer Sisters" series has just been published! Get your hands on a copy of "Caught Offside" here:Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/Caught-Offside...Barnes &amp; Noble:https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/caug...Once you've finished, please take the time to rate and review it right here on Goodreads!**********Andrea Montalbano is an author, journalist, mother and coach. She grew up on a soccer field in Miami and continued to play through college, acting as captain for her Harvard University soccer team and eventually being inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame. After college, Andrea pursued a career in journalism, attending Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. She was an English anchor at Vatican Radio, and then enjoyed a long career at NBC News as a writer, producer and Supervising Producer for NBC News’ TODAY program.Andrea left broadcast journalism to write books and authored “Breakaway” in 2010. Determined to create a series for girls, she spent the next few years writing the “Soccer Sisters” novels – “Out of Bounds,” “Caught Offside,” and “One on One,” which will be published in Spring 2018 – as well as branching out into philanthropic efforts with organizations such as Coaches Across Continents. She launched the #playitforwardproject in 2017, challenging young athletes to share acts of kindness on social media and demonstrate how to take the positive lessons learned on the field with them into daily life.Andrea has also continued her love of coaching by taking the helm of her daughter’s soccer team, and by coaching her son. She lives in New York with her husband and two children. ...more