The first ever U20 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Futsal Championship heads into the semifinals and finals stages this week in host nation Thailand. While the senior AFC Futsal Championship dates back almost two decades, this year marks the inaugural...
It's fair to say social media has been a catalyst for the rise of freestyle football in recent years, the chief culprit being everyone's favourite photo/video sharing app, Instagram. Every day, countless new freestyle clips and photos are uploaded, so much so...
The Neymar Jr's Five U.S. qualifiers continued in New Jersey this past Saturday at the Red Bull Arena.
There, "The Ville," a crew of all 18-year-olds still juniors and seniors in high school managed to outplay the field of competitors on...
Providence Park, the home of Oregon's beloved MLS club Portland Timbers, is tucked away below ground level in the neighborhood of Goose Hollow. The façade of the stadium is covered in ivy, and there’s an old-school announcement board accompanied...
The Japan Freestyle Football Championship (JFFC) takes place over two days and acts as a qualifier for the Asian Freestyle Football Championship, an F3-sanctioned event. Now in its third year, the competition features some of the best and highest-ranked...
As the qualifiers for Neymar Jr's Five enters its latter stages, we visited San Diego to witness eager, talented players compete for a place in the U.S. finals in Miami. San Diego with its quiet, seaside SoCal location represented a unique...
The past few weeks have been chock-full of entertainment in the world of football, from insane UCL matches to impressive tekkers from freestylers and ground movers. This week, we take a break from the grind to celebrate some shocking, free-wheeling, and flat-out...
When I started out in freestyle football some nine years ago, the sport was (and probably still is) in its infancy. Since then we have seen the physical and creative boundaries of what is possible with a football pushed beyond...
Dutch freestyler Jasmijn Janssen is hard at work toward her goal of breaking into the top 3 of female freestylers in the world. She's been the Dutch champion for three years running, and finished fourth in last year's Super Ball—impressive credentials...
It's not uncommon for a town to become immersed with its local football club, and for fans to pass on their passion for the game and loyalty to the club from one generation to the next. In Hamburg, Germany, one special club...
Freestyle football is laying deep roots in Singapore, thanks largely to the pioneering freestylers of Urban Street Team (UST). Created in 2009 by Terence Ong, Terry Lee, and Mohammad Azri, all of whom share a football playing background, UST...
Zeem Ahmad is one of those rare specimens that will meg you without a thought and then proceed to dazzle you with his freestyle skills. As one of these crossbreed talents, he has competed at the highest level, whether it be...
Adidas hosted a rare football-meets-track and field competition at Santa Monica College this past Saturday, April 29, that put athletes to a test of endurance and skill, while showcasing the company's latest advancements in boost technology.
The "Boots and Bounce" event featured 20 SoCal...
Even as the world nudges closer and closer to what seems like inevitable, mutually assured destruction, we footballers can still count on the beauty of the game and its unifying power to get us through the day. This week's Top...
The street side of the beautiful game continues to push itself toward the mainstream, as Puma announced the signing of freestyle / ground mover extraordinaire Lisa Zimouche, street football heavyweight Jeand Doest, and Italian bad boy striker Mario Balotelli, along with...
The Adidas Tango League is a global short-sided tournament series that showcases young, creative football talent. Judges award an MVP to a player who displays deftness and creativity, while participants get to try out the latest in Tango gear. At the...
It may already be May, but awards season isn't quite over just yet. The 2016 FutsalPlanet Awards were announced over the weekend, with some familiar faces in the winner's circle. Headlining them all were Ricardinho, the Portuguese virtuoso who took...
As Ryan Sagayaga embarks on improving himself as a football freestyler, he also has a mission to help grow the sport throughout Hawai'i. You see, Sagayaga is currently the islands' only practicing freestyler, and at the age of 18,...
The FA People's Cup is precisely what it sounds like: the "people's" version of England's annual Football Association (FA) Cup, albeit in 5v5 format. Now in its third edition, this year's FA People's Cup has boasted more than 40,000...
A London footballer is putting a small coastal city in England on the map, and he's doing it with a street school for the young. Yofi Yvorra is the founder of Yo Street Zone, a growing group of young...
