{"product_id":"9781250010889","title":"Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-five Countries, and the Search for Pickup Soccer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcross two dozen countries—from back alleys to remote beaches to the roofs of skyscrapers—an eye-opening journey into the heart of soccer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery country has a different term for it: In the United States it's \"pickup.\"  In Trinidad it's \"taking a sweat.\" In Brazil it's \"pelada\" (literally \"naked\").  It's the other side of soccer, those spontaneous matches played away from the bright lights and manicured fields—the game for anyone, anywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt sixteen, Gwendolyn Oxenham was the youngest Division I athlete in NCAA history, a starter and leading goal-scorer for Duke. At twenty, she graduated, the women's professional soccer league folded, and her career was over. In \u003ci\u003eFinding the Game,\u003c\/i\u003e Oxenham, along with her boyfriend and two friends, chases the part of the game that outlasts a career. They bribe their way into a Bolivian prison, bet shillings on a game with moonshine brewers in Kenya, play with women in hijab on a court in Tehran—and discover what the world looks like when you wander down side streets, holding on to a ball.\u003cbr\u003eAn entertaining, heartfelt look at the soul of a sport and a thrilling travel narrative, this book is proof that on the field and in life, some things need no translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122070012144,"sku":"9781250010889","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250010889_p0.jpg?v=1769890953","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250010889","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}