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"The picture was taken in Ciorescu, a small town near my summer language training site in Cricova which is about 20 minutes north of the capital Chisinau. After lessons one day I decided to go for a walk and get some food at the local convenient store. I saw a bunch of kids playing out on the turf field and decided to snap a picture. From then on out ...

via @ussoccer from evertonFC.com ""I'm more experienced and a better player than I was two years ago," he said. "Before you get to the end of your career, mentally you get better and better. "I feel I have grown a lot over the last two years. I've had a World Cup and I feel these may be the best few years of my career. "Nothing is ever ...

Vancouver Whitecaps Captain Jay DeMerit appears on Shaw TV Vancouver's Urban Rush with hosts Fiona Forbes and Michael Eckford.

It's always great to see guys who have walked away from the professional game find a new path in life... and in the case of our (Beans and I) former teammate Shaun Higgins, his post playing career is focused on the player representation side of things. The Elite Soccer Showcase is being held at Cal State Fullerton on December 17-19th, 2010.  There ...

Jeff York took this while in France last week. Young dudes playing pickup games is certainly a universal concept...

Location - Spence Eccles Field House, Salt Lake City, Utah Submitted - Dunny To submit your photos to be included in this series, email them to ben [at] theorignalwinger [dot] com.

I usually get pictures emailed to me representing what soccer in America looks like, but sometimes I'll get some showcasing the sport in a far away place. I recently got one of those emails that features some images of soccer in Uruguay. Most of us don't get the chance to visit locations like these, so these types of images can give us a great look ...

Our boy kb recently got married, and for the honeymoon they decided some time on the beach in St. Lucia was  mandatory. He was able to snap a few photos of some locals playing soccer St. Lucia style. Not a bad location for a pick up game. And not a bad backdrop for a picture of the very first BP fitted we ever did. Hit the jump for some pictures. ...