When Michelle L. Brown isn't writing or directing plays, she enjoys writing books and magazine stories. But her favorite activity is cheering on the "home team," which includes her husband Bob, their twelve kids, two bettas, a Great Pyrenees, and a parrot.

Carmen is a 12-year-old soccer star who has to suddenly learn goalkeeper after her best friend abandons the team to try theater. With the championship in a shootout, there's still one shot she can't seem to stop. Can Carmen save both the team's championship dreams and her most important friendship?