Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-Five Countries, and the Search for Pickup Soccer - Couverture rigide

Oxenham, Gwendolyn

 
9781250002044: Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-Five Countries, and the Search for Pickup Soccer
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ISBN 10 : 1250002044 ISBN 13 : 9781250002044
Editeur : St. Martin's Press, 2012

Synopsis

Across two dozen countries--from back alleys to remote beaches to the roofs of skyscrapers--an eye-opening journey into the heart of soccer

Every 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.

At 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 Finding the Game, 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.

An 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.

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À propos de l?auteur

GWENDOLYN OXENHAM received an MFA in creative writing from the University of Notre Dame, where she was awarded the Nicholas Sparks post-graduate fellowship. A Duke University soccer alum, she played professionally for Santos FC in Brazil in 2005. She teaches English and plays in pickup games in Southern California. She is the author of Finding the Game.

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Éditeur
St. Martin's Press
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1250002044
ISBN 13 
9781250002044
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
304
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Personne responsable
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