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This past week:

SoFive was an incredible space. it might seem out of the way to many, it clearly serves a community that doesn’t have as easy access to parks

Coming up:

Weekly Face of Fútbol: 

Name: José María Rodriguez

Age: 76

From: Uruguay, though moved to NYC almost 50 years ago

Resides in: Jackson Heights 

“I used to play fútbol in Flushing Meadows Park. Some of my friends went pro. Then they built a stadium where we used to play, but it was for tennis! I don’t understand the USA sometimes. In South America, in Europe, in Africa, they all love fútbol, but here in Queens we have baseball and tennis.”


I met José María and some of his friends while catching a game at La Gran Uruguaya, an incredible dual restaurant on one side, bakery on the other. The bakery smells of delicious homemade pastries and it’s decked out in soccer paraphernalia. This is what I love about Queens, soccer is everywhere. 


Send me any upcoming events you know about and I’ll share them next time around! I’m always looking for new fields, new leagues, and new anything fútbol.

And feel free to forward this, it’s just the start.

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See you on the pitch,

—Jon D