Brazil great Ronaldinho is launching a worldwide street football league to give talented young players an opportunity to showcase their skills and follow the same path to stardom as the former Barcelona player.
The Ronaldinho Global Street League will begin in u201clate 2023,u201d organizers said on Saturday, and will initially feature a social media tryout process where street football players of all ages can upload their best skills and tricks in a bid to join one of the competitionu2019s teams.
Head-to-head matches and skills competitions will be staged in major cities across the world and teams will compete in a league for the title of u201cRGSL Championsu201d and to become part of what will be called the Ronaldinho Globe Street Team.
u201cWe believe there is massive value in the space u2014 and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to support the players of the future,u201d Ronaldinho said in announcing the venture.
There were no specifics about the likely location of the events or the precise start time.
Ronaldinho, a two-time world player of the year, has linked up with sports agent and former player Roberto de Assis Moreira and Sophie Watts, the co-founder of Mike Tysonu2019s Legends League, to launch the league. u201cRonaldinho and I grew up in an underprivileged community in Brazil,u201d Moreira said. u201cWe know first-hand the power of street football in empowering youth and are fully dedicated to discovering and supporting street football players around the world through RGSL.u201d
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