02340cam a2200361 i 4500 1028017974 TxAuBib 20231031120000.0 230414s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2023016632 9781668011300 trade paperback 1668011301 trade paperback TxAuBib rda eng eng Armas, Elena,. The long game : a novel / Elena Armas. First Atria Paperback edition. New York, NY : Atria Paperback, 2023. ©2023. 376 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Adalyn Reyes has spent years perfecting her daily routine: wake up at dawn, drive to the Miami Flames FC offices, try her hardest to leave a mark, go home, and repeat. But her routine is disrupted when a video of her in an altercation with the team's mascot goes viral. Rather than fire her, the team's owner--who happens to be her father--sends Adalyn to middle-of-nowhere North Carolina, where she's tasked with turning around the struggling local soccer team, the Green Warriors, as a way to redeem herself. Her plans crumble upon discovering that the players wear tutus to practice (impractical), keep pet goats (messy), and are terrified of Adalyn (counterproductive), and are nine-year-old kids. To make things worse, also in town is Cameron Caldani, goalkeeping prodigy whose presence is somewhat of a mystery. Cam is the perfect candidate to help Adalyn, but after one very unfortunate first encounter involving a rooster, Cam's leg, and Adalyn's bumper, he's also set on running her out of town. But banishment is not an option for Adalyn. Not again. Helping this ragtag children's team is her road to redemption, and she is playing the long game. With or without Cam's help. 20231031. Man-woman relationships Fiction. Soccer for children Coaching Fiction. Soccer players Fiction. Redemption Fiction. North Carolina Fiction. Romance fiction. lcgft Sports fiction. lcgft