It’s put me in conversation with filmmakers documenting freestyle in Central America and photographers capturing the dying breed of intimate, local stadiums. It’s given me space to consider why so many goals are being scored this year in the Prem, or what the new Oakland Roots kit mean to the city.

The piece I’m linking here is one of the dearest to me—a profile of a football collective in SF that I had the pleasure of playing with over the last few years. Because of them, I met and fell in love with this world at the intersection of football and art.

Welcome to the B side, the after-hours words, the stories that animate behind my eyes when I’ve just finished my cup of warm milk and am ready to slumber.

Urban Pitch is a place where I bring my professional tools to address my personal passion—football, and how it influences our world.