Briana Scurry

Biography

Briana Scurry is a retired American soccer goalkeeper, a 1999 World Cup champion, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist who became the first female and first Black player inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame. After a career-ending concussion in 2010, she became an advocate for concussion awareness, a professional speaker, and an author of the memoir "My Greatest Save". Scurry was also one of the first openly LGBTQIA+ professional athletes in U.S. soccer, making her a pioneer for both racial and sexual minority representation in sports.