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

by Gwendolyn Oxenham

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250002044
• ISBN13: 9781250002044
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.6" x 9.3"