{"product_id":"soccer-100","title":"Soccer 100","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Athletic, Oliver Kay, James Horncastle\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by HarperCollins Publishers, 2025-11-18\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;A 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\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;These 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;One 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.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;And 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\"?\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;Through extensive research and interviews, The Athletic soccer staff, led by Oliver Kay and James Horncastle, discovered angles and tales that shine a new light on the sport's most compelling characters.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt; \u0026lt;p\u0026gt;They 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, The Soccer 100 is a tribute to the greatest players to have ever graced the most popular sport on the planet.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47085052428457,"sku":"PHBK-9780063412675","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/15330853482210.jpg?v=1779805505","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/soccer-100","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}