By Kate Christie

Sometimes a chance meeting can change everything. The Girls of Summer series features Emma Blakeley and Jamie Maxwell, two young athletes with seemingly bright soccer futures. When they first meet as teenagers at a tournament in Southern California, neither girl suspects that their bond will last across years and miles, from SoCal soccer fields and New York hotels to Portuguese beaches and the streets of Vancouver. But that’s how most friendships begin, isn’t it? With a smile and a nod and the courage to ask, “Do you maybe, possibly, want to come with me?”