Youth Soccer and Rugby Action

Dynamic scenes of boys playing soccer, including low-angle shots, heading the ball, and rugby players in motion, showcasing teamwork, energy, and competitive spirit.

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Low section view of two boys playing soccer

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Footballer heading ball towards goal

Rugby, sports and motion blur with a team running on a field together for a game or match in preparation of competition. Fitness, health or teamwork with a group of men training on grass for practice

Portrait of football match

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U.S. Army Sgt. Cesar Colchao assigned to 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division prepares to kick a ball during a soccer match at Yambol, Bulgaria, May 13, 2022. The soccer match was an exhibition match hosted by a Bulgarian team composed of referees from the Yambol Soccer Union against the NSTA Strikers, a team composed of U.S. Army Soldiers stationed at Novo Selo Training Area. The U.S. is honored to participate in friendly competition and cultural events that strengthens ties with Bulgaria, a steadfast and gracious host to U.S. Army Soldiers, and to continue our long-term relationship with this strategic ally.

Soccer Goalie Reaching for the Ball

People Playing Soccer

Members from the Tyndall Air Force Base soccer team competes against Eglin AFB soccer team at Tyndall AFB, Florida, Feb. 3, 2024. Eglin's soccer team secured a 5-1 victory during the scrimmage. Air Force

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) personnel participate in a soccer game with former Solomon Islands national soccer team members during PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Three people playing soccer

Fitness, sports and men on a field for rugby, ball or tackle action, game or power outdoor. Energy, handball and male team at a park for competitive, training or practice, workout or active challenge

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Football Youth Match and Training, Stadion der Voelkerfreundschaft, Luebben, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

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Soccer players cheering on soccer field

220901-N-TT639-1323 SINGAPORE (Sept. 1, 2022) - Sailors assigned to amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) play a soccer match against Jollilads Football Club in Singapore Sept. 1, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 2, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) personnel participate in a soccer game with former Solomon Islands national soccer team members during PP22. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Happy girl practicing soccer on field

LOS ANGELES (May 28, 2022) - Sailors, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), Marines, assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Police officers, assigned to the Los Angeles Police Department North Hollywood, play soccer during a tournament for Los Angeles Fleet Week May 28, 2022. Fleet Week is an annual, multi-day celebration of our nations Sea Services held on the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles over the Memorial Day Weekend. Free to the public, the event features public ship tours, military displays and equipment demonstrations, live entertainment, aircraft flyovers, and a Galley Wars culinary cook-off competition between Navy, Army, Marine and Coastguard teams. The event is May 24-30.

Rugby scrum of teenagers playing a game of rugby on a sunny day. Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Young (5-7 year old) soccer players in community field, Monterey Park, CA. A boy races to kick the ball into the goal.

Football match for children and youth team, artificial turf, Luebbenau, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

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A U.S. Marine with the Marine Corps soccer team throws the ball during a game with the Navy soccer team at the 2023 Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship at Paige Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 9, 2023. The championship will take place on Camp Pendleton from the 5th to the 11th of April.

Football youth game and training, young player, Stadion der Voelkerfreundschaft, Luebben, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

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Rugby player passing ball

Boy heading a football at soccer practice

USA, WA, Ferndale. Chuckanut Rugby Club hosts USA Rugby National 7's tournament

A U.S. Marine with the Marine Corps soccer team defends the ball during a game with the Army soccer team at the 2023 Armed Forces Men's Soccer Championship at Paige Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 6, 2023. The championship will take place on Camp Pendleton from the 5th to the 11th of April.

Rugby Players

U.S. Air Force Airmen from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England competed against each other in soccer July 15, 2022. Airmen from various squadrons competed against one another during the Wing Sports Day event.

Senior Airman Scott Decker, 39th Operations Squadron air traffic controller, kicks a ball as 2nd Lt. Jop Van Der Spek, 802 Patriot tactical control officer defends the goal during the NATO soccer tournament Nov., 8, 2013, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Van Der Spek spends his free time on his deployment to Incirlik AB honing his skills for his goalie position on the base team.

Soccer match, Brazil vs Egypt, Street Children World Cup 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil, South America

Referee Making a Call

Happy sports team on field

U.S. Marines with 3rd Sustainment Group (Experimental), 3rd Marine Logistics Group, compete in a soccer tournament during a barracks bash event hosted by the Single Marine Program on Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 9, 2022.  The mission of the SMP is to contribute to the improvement of total force readiness, job performance, and retention by supporting the enhancement of quality of life for all single Marines, including unaccompanied Marines.

220630-N-DF558-1113 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) Machinists Mate 2nd Class Jesus Delatorra, from Liberal, Kan., assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), dribbles the ball during a soccer game against the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) on Ward Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring to safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

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England, West Sussex, Shoreham-By-Sea, Rugby Teams Playing On Victoria Park Playing Fields.

Football players jumping to head the ball during a football match

La Rochelle with ball, line-out, friendly rugby match, Germany against La Rochelle, Fritz-Grunebaum-Sportpark, Heidelberg, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

220701-N-MM912-1192 PEARL HARBOR (July 1, 2022) Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Joshua Edwards, right, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), prepares to kick the ball during a soccer game against Peruvian sailors on Ward Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring to safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Township Soccer Game, Cape Town, South Africa

Rugby player mid air with ball

rugby player on field

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Rugby players in scrum on field

Airmen compete in soccer at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, Aug. 19, 2022. The Summer Games have been taking place since 2015, promoting physical health, camaraderie and competition.

A U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans strikes a ball during an exhibition soccer match against U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, April 13, 2022. Playing sports is one way Marines conduct physical training, not only to build and maintain fitness levels, but to strengthen the bonds between Marines and their units.

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Antonio DeLaFuente, Communications Strategy & Operations chief, Command Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, celebrates after scoring during the Australian Football International (AFI) World 9s tournament in Darwin, NT, Australia, Aug. 13, 2022. AFI invited Marines from MRF-D 22 to participate in the Footy 9s tournament, which was established to grow and develop Australian football internationally, with a focus on community development.

220630-N-DF558-1161 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2022) Sailors, assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), steal the ball during a soccer game against the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) on Ward Field at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring to safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division face off in a Football match in Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. The 101st Abn. Div. took the lead in the first half, but the 82nd Abn. Div. pushed through in the 4th quarter for a final score of 40 to 32.

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U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 and Stray Cats players conduct a line-out during a rugby match in Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 10, 2022. MRF-D and the Stray Cats held a rugby match as a way to come together and commemorate the events from Sept. 11, 2001.

220817-M-JX780-1073CARTAGENA, Colombia - (Aug. 17, 2022) - Intelligence Specialist 2nd Class Christian Kyler, left, assigned to the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), kicks a soccer ball during a soccer match between Colombian sailors, U.S. Marines and fellow Sailors while the ship is inport Cartagena, Colombia, Auf. 17, 2022. The soccer match was held to develop camaraderie between the U.S. and Colombian personnel. Burlington is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support expeditionary maintenance to deployed littoral combat ships operating in the region and conduct theater security cooperation engagements to maintain access, enhance interoperability and build enduring partnerships in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

220901-N-TT639-1334 SINGAPORE (Sept. 1, 2022) - Retail Services Specialist 2nd Class Cyleon Asamoah, from New York, assigned to amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) prepares to throw a soccer ball during a soccer match against Jollilads Football Club in Singapore Sept. 1, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

U.S. Navy Machinist Mate 3rd Class Alexis Alatorre Amanda, from Springfield, Oregon, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), plays soccer for a Morale, Welfare and Recreation event, at Huntington Hall, in Newport News, Virginia, April 26, 2022. The John C. Stennis is in Newport News Shipyard working alongside NNS, NAVSEA and contractors conducting Refueling and Complex Overhaul as part of the mission to deliver the warship back in the fight, on time and on budget, to resume its duty of defending the United States.

Football Youth Match and Training, Stadion der Voelkerfreundschaft, Luebben, Brandenburg, Germany, Europe

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220703-N-XG173-1270 PEARL HARBOR (July 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) and Chilean Navy Sailors assigned to the Chilean frigate CNS Almirante Lynch (FF 07) play a soccer match during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2022 soccer final, July 3. Twenty-six nations, 38 ships, four submarines, more than 170 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 29 to Aug. 4 in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The worlds largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the worlds oceans. RIMPAC 2022 is the 28th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Group of young boys playing soccer, Lyndonville, Vermont

A participant of the Quantico Crossroads Cup hosted by the Marine Corps Community Services Quantico, heads a soccer ball during the 7v7 soccer tournament at Butler Stadium on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, April 1, 2023. A header is a technique that is used in soccer to control the ball using the head to pass, shoot, or clear.

A rugby game

U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Ricardo Gonzalez Jr, an administrative specialist with Marine Corps Recruiting Command, collides with rugby players at Prince William County Rugby Football Club, Triangle, Va, on October 12, 2022. Gonzalez plays in the local rugby team and on the All-Marine Team.

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France's Sarah Palacin scores on the penalty kick, the fifth goal for France in their 5-1 defeat of Mali in match 11 of the 13th Conseil International du Sport Militaire (CISM) World Women's Military Football Championship hosted by Fairchild Air Force Base in Spokane, Washingon. This year's championship features teams from the United States, Belgium, Cameroon, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Mali, Netherlands, and South Korea. (Department of Defense Photo by Mr. Steven Dinote, released).

NAVAL BASE SAN DIEGO (Aug. 18, 2022) Sailors participate in a soccer match as part of Surface Line Week. The two-week competition highlights professional and athletic skills of members of the Surface Warfare community in San Diego while enhancing comradery and team building.

Referee in yellow shirt oversees two teams in a rugby scrum.

Football team leaving pitch

USA, WA, Ferndale. Chuckanut Bay Rugby club hosts USA Rugby National 7's tournament

Charlie Company, 524th DSSB & the Brigade EO Team hosted a friendly, but competitive game of Flag Football at Stoneman Field to see which company in 524th Division Sustainment Support Battalion, 25th DSB reigns supreme. This was another successful event for our Brigade's Equal Opportunity Month. "Whatever It Takes" Photos By: Sgt. Kenyel Jones

Members of the Department of Air Force Women's Rugby Team form a scrum, where players bind together and shove against each other to retrieve the ball, during a game against the Northern Virginia Rugby Team after competing in the Annual Armed Forces Womens Rugby Championship in Wilmington, North Carolina, June 26, 2022. The competition played rugby sevens, which means every team was made up of seven players playing 7-minute halves.

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 play in a rugby match in Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 10, 2022. MRF-D and the Stray Cats held a rugby match as a way to come together and commemorate the events from Sept. 11, 2001.

U.S. Army Soldiers and civilians compete against South Koreas 2002 Olympic World Cup Soccer Team at the USAG Humphreys middle school field, July 11, 2022. The event was held to strengthen comradery and friendship between the United States military and South Korea.

Rugby team playing match on field

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Soccer team in a huddle in a soccer field

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22 play in a rugby match in Darwin, NT, Australia, Sept. 10, 2022. MRF-D and the Stray Cats held a rugby match as a way to come together and commemorate the events from Sept. 11, 2001.

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Girls playing soccer against boys

Soccer Players Cheering

Inter-American Defense College Leadership greeted Mexican dignitaries for a Mexican Independence Day Celebration hosted by students at the IADC on Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022. IADC students celebrate the Independence Day of all nations represented by students with a presentation about the country, food and a 5k run.

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U.S. Army Soldiers and children pay their respects before competing against South Koreas 2002 Olympic World Cup Soccer Team at the USAG Humphreys middle school field, July 11, 2022. The event was held to strengthen comradery and friendship between the United States military and South Korea.

220901-N-TT639-1284 SINGAPORE (Sept. 1, 2022) - Boatswains Mate 1st Class Heath Gregory, from Johnson City, New York, assigned to amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), kicks a soccer ball during a soccer match against Jollilads Football Club in Singapore Sept. 1, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Soccer Player Scoring

Paratroopers assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division face off in a Football match in Normandy, France, June 6, 2022. The 101st Abn. Div. took the lead in the first half, but the 82nd Abn. Div. pushed through in the 4th quarter for a final score of 40 to 32.

Girl throwing soccer ball, Cape Town, South Africa

An Italian child plays soccer during the Giovani in Movimento summer camp in Aviano, Italy, Sept. 6, 2022. During the summer camps members from the Aviano Air Base community worked with local children through crafts, sports, reading and spelling games to improve English communication abilities.

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U.S. Marines with the USMC Rugby Team, play a scrimmage game on Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, June 21, 2022. The USMC Rugby Team is one of the many teams from the Marine Corps Sports Programs, which enables exceptional Marine athletes to compete and play sports they are passionate about and enhance the fitness and resilience of Marines.

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