Gwendolyn Oxenham played a season of soccer for a top pro team in Brazil. She was paid nothing. A horse sometimes grazed in the middle of the field where the team practiced. Now she has written a book that tells the personal stories of some of the sport’s best women players at a time when soccer is big business for some.
Why women's professional soccer doesn't get the respect - or pay - it deserves
Credits
Guest:
Gwendolyn Oxenham - author of “Under the Lights and In the Dark: Untold Stories of Women’s Soccer” -
@gwenoxenham
Host:
Madeleine Brand
Producers:
Gina Pollack,
Sarah Sweeney,
Michell Eloy,
Amy Ta,
Christian Bordal,
Quinn O'Toole