The Chinatown Soccer Club is a crew of artists, photographers, designers, writers, skateboarders and all-around good people that meets year-round for friendly soccer matches in New York City's Chinatown.

We came together back in 2002, when the World Cup in Korea and Japan inspired us to meet a few mornings a week to sharpen our dormant soccer skills.

Since then, the CSC has grown steadily by embracing friends and acquaintances from the downtown creative community.

A few years on, and even in the dead of winter, the love of soccer still gets us out of bed to have a kick-around before heading off to work.

It's the beautiful game. But most of all, it's the friendships forged on the field.

Chinatown Soccer Club (Summer 2010)