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How can anyone deny a child an opportunity to play? Let alone the most popular game in the world? While I understand that cities have budgets and in the current recession monies may be tight to create more soccer fields, we should still encourage children to play. Soccer is called the people's game simple because it doesn't take anything fancy to play it. How do you think Brazil has become an international soccer powerhouse? Because they have field turf fields as far as the eye can see or because they play wherever they can? How do you think Cristiano Ronaldo became the best player in the world? He played soccer pick-up games in Portugal. I don't think this young man is looking for the "Old Trafford" of public soccer fields, I think he is just looking for a space to play that is safe and that is available. Just a space to let them play. I also applaud these kids in doing what they can to help facilitate these fields on there own. They will learn valuable life lessons along the way all thanks to the beautiful game...soccer.