Pickup Soccer

In Brazil, the soccer ball is always rolling. The game known as pickup soccer in Brazil which is just a friendly game has been influencing people all over. In Brazil there is such a thing called Sunday soccer. It gives young and older fans of soccer something to do on their day off. But what is it about this that gets the attention of others? Well first is undiscovered talent is found in the deepest of the poorest towns of Brazil where there isn’t even a proper field to play in. Young kids and teens find wide open arenas and with their bare hands they dig up a field. Find some post for goals, a ball, and some players and you got yourself a pickup soccer game.

 

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