30 Goals In 30 Days
[#14] Svob Park
Robert M “Bob” Svob park sits on the quaint Vineyard Road,
and hosts basketball, baseball and soccer games daily.
This football goal sits on the East end of the field.
These grounds are fairly manicured, and watered by flood irrigation.
Once the sun goes down, there is pick-up games a-plenty.
30 Goals In 30 Days
[#13] Warren Park
This goal is near the southwest end of the park,
and has this amazing rust upon it.
It is sitting deep in right field of baseball diamond three.
The field is sharply marked, complete with penalty area and spot.
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[#12] Haven Middle School
Early Saturday morning, while driving past my old school,
I had to stop and take a shot of the fields where I used to play.
Truthfully, I don’t know which story to begin telling.
There are too many beautiful ones.
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[#11] Chicago Indoor Sports
This is one of the better facilities in the Chicago area
when it comes to watching and playing indoor matches.
The surface is of quality, and the top to bottom plexiglas
makes for a very watchable event.
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[#10] Old Orchard Junior High School
When I was a boy in the 1970’s, growing up in Evanston,
these fields were dominated by baseball diamonds.
In the year 2010, it is a Football [Soccer] Future
in the United States of America.
These well maintained pitches are a sign
of more positive things to come in the States.
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[#9] West Rogers Park Alley
A week before Christmas in 2008,
these youths were playing soccer [football] in the alley
behind my home. Their laughter and smiles are what
really stood out to me. Not to mention all the slide
tackling into the deep snow.
Next the furthest player, is the goal – which was a spare tire.
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[#8] Football Park Shibuya
[Five-a-Side Football Rooftop Stadium]
Departing our hotel in the heart of Shibuya, Tokyo
the pace of the football match equalled the pace
of the people crossing the intersection.
Life was moving at an amazing and beautiful beat.
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Shibuya Football
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[#7] Peralta Trail Elementary School
Eight Yards Wide and Eight Feet Tall
No matter where you are on Earth,
there are goals to play football.
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[#6] Estádio do Maracanã [South End]
Moments after a Fluminense goal
inside the historic Estádio do Maracanã
note: the flags raising and the supporter
running down the stairs with the giant banner.
flares and smoke bombs soon followed.
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[#5] Mangere Domain : Football Field
This beautiful field is located in Mangere Domain, New Zealand.
Built upon what would have been a Pā (pronounced Pah),
A traditional Maori village, that was built upon a hill.
This hillfort would have been encircled with palisades and terraces.
