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The United States Women's National Team have been around since the mid-1980s, and through their 4 decades of history, there have been some incredible players, moments, and stories. On Episode 89 of the SSFC Podcast, we speak with Gwendolyn Oxenham, who has taken on the incredible task of compiling these stories and moments into a new book that just recently hit book stores. The book is called Pride of a Nation: A Celebration of the US Women's National Soccer Team, and it is a collection of essays by Oxenham that is combined with over 250 full page photographs that chronicle the history of the USWNT. From the team's early beginnings and the story of how the “OOSA OOSA OOSA AH” chant came to be a rallying cry for the program, all the way to the current team and its continual efforts to bring social change to the game for future generations, it's a terrific interview with Gwendolyn Oxenham as she speaks on some of the research she underwent to create the book and some of her favorite moments. Oxenham is no stranger to the soccer field or bringing the stories of soccer to the people. She has been involved in writing books and producing films and podcasts on soccer for over a decade. Her most acclaimed effort on the film side was producing and starring in the 2010 documentary Pelada, which won several awards. She also wrote and directed the 2015 sports documentary An Equal Playing Field, and was a consulting producer for the 2018 series Finding Football. On the written side, she's already written 2 books: Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-five Countries and the Search for Pickup Soccer and Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer. You won't want to miss this engaging interview!

The United States Women's National Team have been around since the mid-1980s, and through their 4 decades of history, there have been some incredible players, moments, and stories. On Episode 89 of the SSFC Podcast, we speak with Gwendolyn Oxenham, who has taken on the incredible task of compiling these stories and moments into a new book that just recently hit book stores. The book is called Pride of a Nation: A Celebration of the US Women's National Soccer Team, and it is a collection of essays by Oxenham that is combined with over 250 full page photographs that chronicle the history of the USWNT. From the team's early beginnings and the story of how the “OOSA OOSA OOSA AH” chant came to be a rallying cry for the program, all the way to the current team and its continual efforts to bring social change to the game for future generations, it's a terrific interview with Gwendolyn Oxenham as she speaks on some of the research she underwent to create the book and some of her favorite moments. Oxenham is no stranger to the soccer field or bringing the stories of soccer to the people. She has been involved in writing books and producing films and podcasts on soccer for over a decade. Her most acclaimed effort on the film side was producing and starring in the 2010 documentary Pelada, which won several awards. She also wrote and directed the 2015 sports documentary An Equal Playing Field, and was a consulting producer for the 2018 series Finding Football. On the written side, she's already written 2 books: Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-five Countries and the Search for Pickup Soccer and Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer. You won't want to miss this engaging interview! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I first discovered the work of Gwendolyn Oxenham when one of my middle school soccer players told me of a film screening he had attended the night before. The film was called Pelada, and "it's about soccer," was the only synopsis he offered (6th graders, waddaya gonna do?). I decided to check it out, purchased it on iTunes, and it changed my life. Two division-1 soccer players, having finished their playing careers, found themselves directionless. In their words, "the pro leagues weren't calling, and we weren't in the national team pool,' explained my guest, Gwendolyn Oxenham. So she and her partner Luke decided to travel the world in search of the heart of soccer: the pickup game. Underneath all the money, all the contentiousness, the drive, the manicured fields, the billion dollar industry, is people with a ball at their feet. As she decolonized her relationship with soccer, she returned to her elemental self: the humans and the stories. Since the publication of her first book, Finding the Game and the film it was based on, Pelada, Gwen has continued the two things that ignite her passion: writing and soccer. She Published her second book, Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer, and it gained such acclaim that it was produced into the podcast series Hustle Rule, in which the stories were narrated by Hannah Waddingham, star of Ted Lasso Anyone who reads Gwen's work will find their assumptions and beliefs about sports in general and soccer in particular disrupted. Plus an amazing top five! Hustle Rule Podcast, narrated by Hannah Waddingham Gwen's Books

With women's continental championships in full swing around the world, Grant interviews Gwendolyn Oxenham, the preeminent long-form writer in women's soccer, about her new podcast series Hustle Rule: The Untold Stories of Women's Soccer, which is hosted by Hannah Waddingham from Ted Lasso. The series, which has a collection of tremendous stories on the women's game from around the globe, is based on Oxenham's book Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer. Get full access to Fútbol with Grant Wahl at grantwahl.substack.com/subscribe Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great Since 68 - Episode 16: Back to winning ways for Birmingham City this week with their first win in four matches. We discuss the 2-0 victory with interviews from manager Marc Skinner and goalkeeper Hannah Hampton. We also discuss the Continental Cup semi-finals and international training camps. Before finally, discussing the potential postponement of the Yeovil v Birmingham game on January 26 with comments from Marc Skinner. Craig recommended a book on the show this week and that was ‘Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer‘ by Gwendolyn Oxenham. Our podcast image this week comes from the superb Birmingham City photographer Roy Smiljanic. Many thanks to him.

Grant leads a panel discussion at Duke University on The Struggle for Equality in Global Women's Soccer. Panelists include Jean Williams of the University of Wolverhampton, Shireen Ahmed of the Burn It All Down podcast and Gwendolyn Oxenham, the author of "Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grant leads a panel discussion at Duke University on The Struggle for Equality in Global Women's Soccer. Panelists include Jean Williams of the University of Wolverhampton, Shireen Ahmed of the Burn It All Down podcast and Gwendolyn Oxenham, the author of "Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We drop the Oxenhammer as we sit down with Author, Director, and former Pro Footballer, Gwendolyn Oxenham to discuss her fascinating new book, Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer, as well as some other topics surrounding the current stat of Women's Football.

The EPLpod boyz chat with Gwendolyn Oxenham, author of Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer. 1. Support EPLpod 2. EatMyGoal 3. TEAMTalk 4. Gwendolyn's book