Gwendolyn Oxenham is the author ofFinding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-five Countries and the Search for Pickup Soccer (St Martin's Press) and the director ofPelada, an award-winning documentary. She has written forThe Atlantic,Sports Illustrated, andSlate, and has an MFA in creative writing. A Duke University soccer alum who played for Santos FC in Brazil, she currently lives in Dana Point, California.