Street Football

Street football, or street soccer, is played on a concrete pitch or outdoors on makeshift courts. A fast-paced, short-sided game, it melds together a high degree of skill, personal style, and quick decision-making. Already a global phenomenon, street football has been a training ground for some of the world’s greatest ballers.

Take a Trip Around the World With the Top 10 Tekkers of the Week

The level of play around the world is exponentially increasing on a daily basis. Ballers from all over the globe are constantly landing new tricks and pushing through boundaries...
goal challenge

Take the GOAL CHALLENGE and Win a Trip to Your Favorite Club’s City!

To celebrate the launch of their lifestyle fashion brand, GOAL, the world's No. 1 digital football website, is launching a competition to test your skills and find out just...

“Chikawala” Breaks Down an Insane Move No Human Can Do in a Real Game (Yah, That’s a Challenge)

Popular street baller Jose "Chikawala" Perez demos "The Cobra" for the Nike FootballX Skills series, and the move, to put it lightly, is not user-friendly. The Long Beach footballer is...

Finish 2016 on the Right Track With These Upcoming Football Events

2016 is about to come to an end, but there's still a few weeks to finish the year doing what we love. Football! Here are some upcoming freestyle, street ball, and...

Kristoffer Liicht Brings the Heat with the Latest Episode of Street Soccer Chronicles

Pro street footballer Kristoffer Liicht shows us once again why he's one of the top ballers in the game as he showcases incredible moves in the latest Street Soccer...

The Roundup: Upcoming Freestyle, Futsal, and Street Football Events to Kick Off 2018

FOMO is real. Stay up to date with our monthly Roundup series, which highlights some of the biggest and best freestyle, futsal and street football events across the globe.  Time...

Brazil Once Again the Paralympic’s Brilliant Champions in Football 5-a-Side

Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably gotten wind of the Paralympics in Rio this past September, during which athletes with a range of disabilities brought the fire to the Games and...

Favela Street Harnesses the Power of Street Football to Uplift and Unite the World’s Most Impoverished Communities

Operated by Philip Veldhuis and Roxanne "Rocky" Hehakaija, two established members of the street football scene, the Favela Street organization has provided some of the world's largest impoverished communities...
street football barcelona

Urban Lens: The Evolving Heartbeat of Street Football in Barcelona

Street football in Barcelona has always been a massive part of daily life. But as the city has changed over the years, so has the way in which the...

Top 10 Tekkers: Girls Just ‘Panna’ Have Fun

You can never give the ladies enough love. From the vast improvement of women's freestyle to the Dutch Women's National Team setting attendance and viewership records at the UEFA...

Top 10 Tekkers to Kick Off March!

Seasons are changing, and so is the game. This week, we dive into some of the best tekkers on social media, from freestyle, street ball, pannas, and the latest...
adidas the base la

Heard on the Street: At the UrbanFutsal LA x FTBLR Copa Urbana Tournament

Hosted at Adidas The Base LA, the Copa Urbana co-ed 5v5 tournament and holiday party featured LA's vibrant football scene, complete with amateur and pro ballers competing for not...

Neymar Jr’s Five San Diego Highlights: A Redemption Win for “Dream Killers”

The Neymar Jr.'s Five San Diego qualifier tournament took place on May 15 on the large grass field at Waterfront Park. An enthusiastic crowd of spectators gathered to watch the teams compete...
street soccer park

What’s Next For San Francisco’s Thriving Street Football Community?

Urban Soccer Park’s Mission Bay closure is merely the end of a chapter in a longer story. The five-star skillers, nutmeg merchants, and playmakers that befriended one another in a once-empty parking lot are sticking together, and their example is sure to inspire new street football pitches across America.

Street Madness Russia: The Boom from Moscow

Imagine growing up in a neighborhood amongst aged, towering apartments, walkways with broken concrete, where grass is in short order and every day is a challenge of personal will and strength....
sism street weapon

Searching for the Perfect Street Ball: The SISM Street Weapon, the Official Ball of Tournaments Around the World

They say all you need is a ball. True, but which ball is best? Pele would say a sock full of newspaper is just fine. A freestyler might say...

Who to Watch: Russia’s New Street Ballers

Along with the noticeable rise of street football in the U.S., the street game hype is happening all over the world, with exciting talent popping up all over the place with a variety of unique styles. Russia is one area...
Adidas Tango League NY

Tango League NYC: Adidas Gathers East Coast Creatives for a Night of Street Football

The Adidas Tango League is a global campaign that finds and showcases young, creative football talent around the world. The company has been hosting Tango League tournaments in select cities...
tango squad fc

Getting to Know Komel Alizadeh, the Newest Member of adidas’ Tango Squad FC

After a cliffhanger ending to episode one of the second season of adidas' Tango Squad FC series, we have finally learned that Komel Alizadeh of Austria will be the...
Nike Strike Night LA

Nike Continues Their Strike Night Tour with a Stop in Los Angeles

Pro players, street ballers, influencers, and football fans converged inside a warehouse on the outskirts of Los Angeles last Friday to celebrate the release of Nike's Hypervenom 3 for...