Freestyle
Indian Woman Defies Naysayers to Create Freestyle Football Federation
At just 21 years old, Nikita Anita has established a freestyle association in her native country India. While she has recently gained support from many, she originally faced heavy...
Urban Hype
2016 Year in Review
This year had a lot of remarkable highs and lows in the wide and ever-expanding world of the beautiful game. It was important for us here at Urban Pitch...
Freestyle
Philippines’ PWG Wins Asian Freestyle Football Championship
The Asian Freestyle Football Championship (AFFC) is the preeminent freestyle competition in Asia. This year, the event featured 31 participants from Japan, China, Brunei, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Iran, Hong...
Street Football
Film Review: “Ballon sur Bitume” is a Glimpse into the Culture Behind French Street Football
Ballon sur Bitume, meaning concrete football, is an engrossing 50-minute documentary that offers viewers a chance to immerse themselves in the culture of los banlieues. Los banlieues are the suburbs in France,...
Urban Hype
Last-Minute Gift Ideas for the Footballer in Your Life
With just a few days left until Christmas, you may be like me and still have most (if not all) of your Christmas shopping left to do. Not to...
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....
Street Football
Baller Select: L.A. Women’s Edition
On a breezy and sunny day in Los Angeles, CA, some of the most gifted women's soccer talent in southern California, and arguably the U.S., came to an empty parking...
Urban Hype
The Round-Up: Coming Up in Street Football, Futsal, and Freestyle
2016 is rapidly coming to a close, so let's check out the remaining street football, futsal, and freestyle events for the year, as well as a few events in...
Freestyle
Who to Watch at this Year’s Asian Freestyle Football Championship
The Asian Freestyle Football Championship (AFFC) is the preeminent freestyle competition in Asia, showcasing many of the world's best, from Japan to Indonesia to China and beyond. This year's...
Freestyle
Freestyle Football World Tour 2016 Results
The F3 World Tour concluded in picturesque Melbourne this past weekend. It was an exciting flurry of battles between a new crop of rising stars hoping to usurp the...
Futsal
Iranian Striker Receives AFC’s Futsal Player of the Year Award
Iranian futsal pro Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh has nabbed this year's prestigious Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Player of the Year Award after playing a key role in the year's major...
Freestyle
Freestyle Football World Championship Tour Closes in Melbourne with a Week of Freestyle Events
This week in Melbourne, Australia, the international Freestyle Football World Championship Tour closes its 3-city event with a week-long extravaganza of shows, clinics, and a high-intensity battle for the...
Urban Hype
Our All-Time (Fictional) Soccer Movie Lineup
Despite soccer's worldwide popularity and Hollywood's love for sports stories, there is an alarming scarcity of soccer movies worth watching. But that didn't stop us from putting together a lineup...
Photography
LAFC Continues to Build Its Fan Base With Second Black & Gold Rally
Supporters of LAFC and passionate football fans in Los Angeles were invited to the second edition of the Black and Gold Rally. Beer, singing, drum beating, and some more beer were in...
Urban Hype
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...
Urban Hype
Red Bull Street Style Final Provides Redemption for Four-Time Runner-Up
The Red Bull Street Style world final on Tuesday in London's historic Roundhouse concert venue produced a number of thrilling battles, some never-before-seen moves, and a few surprising results....
Urban Hype
In Atlanta, the First Football Field In a Metro Station Builds Community Through Soccer
Something revolutionary is happening in Atlanta, GA, and it could easily spread to other big cities. Non-profit organization Soccer in the Streets, in conjunction with Atlanta United and the...
Freestyle
Red Bull Street Style World Finals: Where to Watch and Predictions from the Pros
After global qualifiers in over 30 countries, the 2016 Red Bull Street Style world finals begins today in London, with 40 male and female freestylers looking to take the...
Urban Hype
SkillTwins Release Street Football-Inspired Video Game
Popular footballers and insanely gifted futsalers Jakob and Josef El-Zein, better known as the SkillTwins, launched their official street football-inspired game earlier this month, and it's like no other...
Urban Hype
Adidas Disrupts the Shoe Game with Their Revolutionary Glitch Concept
Imagine an alternate reality where the youth consumer and sneaker culture dictate the way a brand creates, designs, launches, and markets a soccer boot. Instead of a high-profile, professional...
