Playing the Field

Ted Lasso meets Icebreaker. Durham University have the best women's football team in the British University League and their star striker Sadie McGrath hopes that winning this year might lead her to being picked up by one of the National Teams. The male team is much less impressive – they've never won the league and are facing relegation unless they can improve by the end of the season. But now the unthinkable has been asked of Sadie; to train the cocky new male striker who has just moved over from the US. Arlo Hudson is an arrogant, American know-it-all who refuses to follow direction, argues with her every lesson, and calls her "sweetheart" after every sentence. Sadie can't stand him. Even if all the other girls do think he's dreamy. What will happen when the two spend so much time together alone… And will it improve their technique? A football inspired romance, perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Ali Hazelwood and Emily Henry.