The aim of the competition is to let budding footballers experience how football was played in the olden days. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Matches are in urban areas of Singapore such as abandoned schools, car parks and in the heart of Orchard Road. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The winning team from the senior division gets a one week, all-expenses paid football experience at the Brazil national team’s training ground in Brazil. The junior division winner will get a training experience with the Singapore national football team. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The matches are played based on an honour system, where teams decide how they want to play the game. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The Nike Cup is a ‘no rules’, ‘no referees’ tournament. Teams decide among themselves when play should stop, when a foul is committed, and who gets the throw-in. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Everyone was going for that one goal, which would allow them to stay on in a ‘King of the Courts’ format. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The tournament is played over four days in four locations located in the Central, North, East and West. Each day, 50 teams will qualify to play in the Grand Finals. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
This tournament was launched earlier in the year alongside Nike’s ‘Write the Future’ campaign. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
A player is too late in stopping the ball from entering the goal. (Photo 11 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Some fancy moves were displayed at the competition, with each team trying to stay in the game. (Photo 12 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
The street soccer matches saw youths from all walks of life come together to play. Being in different schools was certainly no barrier for the players as many teams were a potpourri of different people who may not even be playing for the school football team. (Photo 13 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
With play for two zones completed, the subsequent matches will be played at Tampines Central Park and Sembawang Concrete Space. (Photo 14 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
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