{"product_id":"the-soccer-100","title":"The Soccer 100","description":"\u003cdiv id=\"shopify-section-template--19608171380968__main\" class=\"shopify-section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"ProductSection-template--19608171380968__main-9521918542056\" class=\"product-section\" data-section-id=\"template--19608171380968__main\" data-product-id=\"9521918542056\" data-section-type=\"product\" data-product-handle=\"9780063412675\" data-product-title=\"The Soccer 100\" data-product-url=\"\/products\/9780063412675\" data-aspect-ratio=\"151.04895104895104\" data-img-url=\"\/\/typebooks.ca\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_2b0e8cd8-3a26-4627-a690-70c9361ae8df_{width}x.jpg?v=1781202005\" data-history=\"true\" data-modal=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-content page-content--product\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page-width\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid grid--product-images--partial\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"grid__item medium-up--one-half\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__meta\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-product-blocks=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-block\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"rte\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA celebration of the beautiful game and its 100 greatest players, from the pre–World War II exploits of Dixie Dean to the modern-day genius of Kylian Mbappé and Lionel Messi\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese players left legacies, redefined the game with trademark skills, and grew into national icons. They have their stats—the goals, the wins, the trophies—but, more importantly, they have their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne World Cup winner owned a nightclub that briefly transformed a corner of industrial Germany into one of the hippest places around. An Austrian forward’s death is still shrouded in mystery. A striker who might have become a telephone technician had he not been spotted playing soccer was eventually elected president of his country.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd there are unanswered questions. How did Pelé’s Brazil shirt from the 1958 World Cup quarterfinal go missing in a Welsh school? Which goalkeeper was so good that one opponent considered scoring against him akin to “winning a trophy”?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThrough extensive research and interviews,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Athletic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esoccer staff, led by Oliver Kay and James Horncastle, discovered angles and tales that shine a new light on the sport’s most compelling characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey faced an impossible riddle, too: Of the thousands of players to hit the pitch, who is the best? Their efforts to find the answer took the foremost sports newsroom on a journey, and what emerges is more than a ranking. Through all-new, vivid portraits of each athlete,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Soccer 100\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a tribute to the greatest players to have ever graced the most popular sport on the planet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardcover | 784 pages | 6\" x 9\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"TYPE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52157545513261,"sku":null,"price":56.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/5053\/7261\/files\/Untitleddesign_39.png?v=1781628595","url":"https:\/\/thelobbybyheapsestrin.com\/products\/the-soccer-100","provider":"The Lobby by Heaps Estrin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}