Metegol wasn't born in an office or a boardroom. It began in a neighborhood where soccer was more than a sport—it was safety, community, and identity.
After school, we didn’t always have ten players for a proper match. Sometimes we were five, sometimes three… but we always had a ball, one goal, and the same desire: play.
There was a street game that everyone knew, a game that existed long before us. We didn’t invent it or name it, but we played it endlessly.
They called it "Metegol tapa."
One goal.
One goalkeeper.
Everyone attacks.
Score a goal, and you switch to defend.
We played for hours, laughing, competing, arguing, trying again. What we didn’t realize then was this:
Growing up, we witnessed something impossible to forget: There is extraordinary soccer talent in the streets, barrios, and communities of Latin America and the world, players with professional-level skill, discipline, and passion.
No stats.
No digital identity.
No official history.
No way to be discovered.
But they are invisible.
This reality fuels our mission.
That idea became the spark behind Metegol.
Metegol is the missing infrastructure of amateur soccer.