Urban Hype
The Roundup: Upcoming Events From Around the World to Cure Your Post-Summer Hangover
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.
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Urban Hype
The Roundup: The Biggest Upcoming Freestyle, Futsal, and Street Football Events
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.
Are...
Street Football
5 Amazing Pitches that Prove Football Can be Played Anywhere
Street football in many places is part of the identity of the city where it's played. From the colorful sceneries of South America to the urban landscapes of North America...
Street Football
Top 10 List: Best Panna Humiliations
It doesn’t matter if you’re hustlin’ your tail off for 90-plus minutes on the pitch, if you’re jostling in the close-quarter combat of the futsal court, or if you’re...
Futsal
Exclusive: Commissioner Keith Tozer on the New Professional Futsal League and the U.S.’s Biggest Venture into Small-Sided Football
Keith Tozer, commissioner of the new Professional Futsal League (PFL) and respected veteran in both U.S. association football and futsal, will be having a busy week in Orlando, FL, where...
Street Football
Watch it Here: Baller Select Highlight Video
Baller Select is an underground tournament created by UrbanFutsal LA, where the top street teams in a city are invited to compete in a short-sided 5v5 tournament. On Dec....
Videos
Top 10 Tekkers of the Week
Nothing really hits the spot like nailing a great trick, especially in front of a crowd. And nothing really brings out the humiliation quite like a ball between the legs ......
Videos
Top 10 Tekkers of the Week
As we transition to a new presidency, one thing we can expect is change. Regardless of your feelings toward the Donald, you can't argue that his style is very different...
Urban Hype
The Roundup: Finish 2017 Strong and Start 2018 Stronger With These Upcoming Events!
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.
We...
Futsal
What Happens When You Mix Retired EPL’ers, Pro Futsalers, Street Ballers, and Ronaldinho? Premier Futsal League.
Premier Futsal. It's here, possibly the most insane display of wide-ranging football talent in one league, and it's all happening in India. That's right, over the past couple of weeks, elite footballers,...
Spotlight
USMNT Legend Cobi Jones Speaks on His Past, and Soccer’s Future
Last month, Urban Pitch featured LA Galaxy and USMNT legend Cobi Jones on a podcast where he spoke about his journey in soccer, starting as a walk-on at UCLA...
Urban Hype
For the Black Army Supporters Group, Passion, Unity, and the Search for a Club Worthy of Repping L.A.
By many accounts, The Black Army 1850 is your dream supporters group—endlessly energetic, fiercely loyal, with an incredible repertoire of 80s New Wave parody songs they'll croon at the top of their lungs ...
Futsal
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...
Urban Hype
Heard on the Street: At the Crack FC Launch Party and Street Football Tournament
To celebrate the launch of its new line, Los Angeles-based streetwear brand Crack FC held a 20-team street football tournament at The Base LA complete with live music, food,...
Street Football
Street Football Influential in Copa America and Euro Finals
Last week, we saw Chile's Alexis Sanchez named the Copa America Golden Ball winner as the top player while leading his country to another championship. Before the tournament began,...
Editorial
Searching for the Perfect Street Ball: A Trio of World-Class Futsal Entries
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...
Futsal
Les Twins Play Futsal?!
The twins of "Les Twins" (pronounced "lai" because they're French, guys), have danced for Beyoncé and Missy Elliott, modeled for haute couture designer Jean Paul Gaultier, and easily move through an...
Urban Hype
Rare Breeds: A Guide to the Unique Athletes Mastering the Two Worlds of Freestyle and Street Football
Freestyle and street football are often incorrectly thrown together in the same 'alt-soccer' category for those not familiar with the sports. But the comparison is like mixing up apples and fruit...
Futsal
The PFL’s LaunchPad Contest is Giving Amateurs a Shot at the Big Leagues
The Premier Futsal League (PFL) is currently running its LaunchPad contest, a scouting campaign in India where local amateurs can try out for a spot on the league and a chance...
Street Football
Nike Shows Off Street Football Sports Car?
Continuing in the theme of street football commercials that don't make sense, Nike throws their hat in the ring by unveiling a new high-performance sports car ... wait, what? Our thoughts...
