Street Soccer is a global affair. Some cultures have a lot and others have less. In all cultures, however, it can be depended upon that the youth will feel the need to play and compete, and youth is able to do this when the equipment requirements are little more than a ball that can stand some abuse, a variety of healthy legs and feet, and that famous street. All over the world, street soccer then reflects expressions of different realities. It demands skill and finesse, but it is there for anyone with the energy and the desire to play. It is internationally celebrated, and games erupt on the clay roads of Mexico City, the barrios of Bogota, the beaches of Rio, the streets of Buenos Aires. It is also always very much a nearly primal event.

It is basic to the neighborhood as it is applauded from vast distances. It belongs, more than anything, to the streets and to the young people claiming them as their own. Rarely in street soccer do you see youths busy practicing isolated technical and tactical drills. No, it is always the competitive form, where youth players learn from their mistakes, unconscious of the technical, tactical, mental and physical qualities they are developing through the scrimmages being played. Playing soccer every day ensures this development.

It is a process where it is not necessary for adults to be present. You also learn the team tactical principles without effort through playing the game. Your teammate, higher in the street soccer hierarchy, forces you to comply. In African and South American countries, where the conditions for street soccer are favorable, you can immediately notice that youth players have a head start.