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Long before becoming a global pop star, Becky G grew up immersed in soccer culture in Inglewood, California, where World Cup watch parties were family traditions and weekend games stretched across generations. Today, the singer and actor has become one of the key investors behind Angel City FC, helping shape the future of women’s soccer in Los Angeles.Words by : Paula MejiaIssue 3 available on newsstands early JuneTalent @iambeckygPhotography @msjosephinFashion @lisajarvis_stylistEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchieroHair: @andrewfitzsimonsMake up: @etienneortegaProduction @agpnycLocation @agpwestExecutive Producer @alexeygProduction Team @ivan.shf @ashtonwilson @shanaoliveroFashion Team @anninaluomahaara @nglnaiara @kassidytaylorxx @riomyalterego Set design: @itsisaacaaron by @players

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From the favela to the pitch to Calvin Klein campaigns, Raphinha’s ascent is better than movie magic. After growing up in Restinga and developing his game in the várzeas, he fought through rejection, injuries and setbacks to become one of the best football players in the world.Now, after tallying 34 goals and 22 assists and helping lead FC Barcelona to another La Liga title, all eyes turn toward the World Cup, where he’s looking to end Brazil’s two-decade drought without a title.Words by Kevin Lincoln.Hit the link in the bio to read the full story now. 📸: Daniel Sannwal by @players

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A competitive soccer player turned photographer, Rafael Moura uses film to capture the rawness and unpredictability that modern digital tools have edited out of Rio de Janeiro’s streets — and the sport of soccer itself. The Rio de Janeiro-born, Paris-based photographer carries a camera wherever he goes, documenting the moments, people and places that find him along the way.Words by @rob_cord_ Photography: @Rafael_Moura Fashion @sofia.mottaaEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @e.mmanEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchiero by @players

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Rafael Moura stopped shooting digital in 2017. He had begun to feel disconnected from the images he was making. Drawn instead to the imperfections of film, he developed an approach rooted in observation rather than manipulation. “I don’t remove anything. I don’t add anything,” he said. “It’s whatever way it’s going to turn out.” The result is a body of work that feels like real life, not a polished version of it.Words by @rob_cord_ Photography: @Rafael_Moura Fashion @sofia.mottaaEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @e.mmanEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchiero by @players

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For PLAYERS Issue 3, Rafael Moura curated a series of archival images. The one featured on the cover explores the intersection of real-life Rio de Janeiro and soccer culture indelibly woven into its streets. From kids jumping from beachside rocks to soccer cleats hanging above the city’s favelas, his photographs capture the rhythms, memories and communities that make the game more than just a sport.Words by @rob_cord_ Photography: @Rafael_Moura Fashion @sofia.mottaaEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @e.mmanEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchiero by @players

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But as rosy as soccer’s future may look commercially, the sport has long struggled to establish itself as a core part of the country’s cultural identity — a gap rooted in a deeper structural problem.“The US is the greatest exporter of culture and entertainment. But you go into the US game and there’s not really an identity,” said Nuno Silva, VP/GM of Nike Soccer North America. “We know how kids in Brazil play: at the beach. We know how kids in Spain play: in parks. The game here [in the US] is very pristine. The game doesn’t exist on the streets. It’s very suburban.”Toma is designed, at least in theory, as an antidote to many of those issues. If Nike is right, the next generation of US soccer culture won’t only come from manicured suburban complexes. It will come from wherever the kids decide to take the game.Words by: @rob_cord_Click the link in bio to read the full story. Issue 3 available on newsstands early June.Photography @gunnerstahl.usFashion @nikeEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchiero by @players

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To know why Toma El Juego exists is to understand both the changing economics of soccer in America and Nike’s belief that the sport’s future extends well beyond the pitch. The timing couldn’t be more perfect: Soccer is booming in the US. Ampere Analysis data, reported by The Economist in November 2025, shows the sport has surpassed baseball as Americans’ third-favorite sport for the first time. Meanwhile, the country’s soccer-loving Latino population, which now accounts for nearly one in five Americans, drove more than 70 percent of US population growth in 2023, according to Census Bureau estimates released in 2024 — reshaping both the audience and future talent pool of the game.Words by: @rob_cord_Issue 3 available on newsstands early June.Photography @gunnerstahl.usFashion @nikeEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchiero by @players

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On an early April night in Atlanta, stylish twentysomethings in ankle-grazing leather shorts and oversized blazers crowded into The Eastern, a 2,200-capacity concert venue. A DJ warmed up the room. Then Travis Scott made a surprise appearance, grabbed the mic and sent the crowd into a frenzy.This wasn’t a concert, though. Scott was there to emcee Toma El Juego, Nike’s fast-growing youth street soccer platform, which blends small-sided games with music, fashion and local culture and pulls in rappers like Young Miko and athletes like Ronaldinho and Vinícius Júnior. It’s Nike’s business bet too — not only to make soccer cooler and more fun in America, but to build the talent pipeline and cultural infrastructure for the game to flourish in the world’s richest sports market.Words by: @rob_cord_Issue 3 available on newsstands early June.Photography @gunnerstahl.usFashion @nikeEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchiero by @players

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Duckens Nazon has carried Haiti through one of the most important moments in the country’s football history.As the national team’s all-time leading scorer, Nazon helped guide Les Grenadiers back to the World Cup for the first time since 1974. Forced to play “home” matches outside of Haiti amid ongoing instability in Port-au-Prince, the team’s qualification run became about far more than football — representing resilience, pride and belief on a global stageIssue 3 available on newsstands early June.Click the link in the bio to read the full story now.Words by: @ejordan.webTalent @nazon.official Photography @philipdanielducasseFashion @sofia.mottaaEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchieroGrooming: @reneegarnesProduction @agpnycExecutive Producer @alexeygProduction Team @ivan.shf @al_pal____ Ariel LopezFashion Team @held_designs @alanakupke Set design: @cecekirkseySet Dresser: Laura Blomfield by @players

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For Duckens Nazon, football has never followed a simple path.The Haiti national team captain survived a chaotic escape from Tehran amid rising military tensions before eventually returning home to France after a three-day journey across borders and closed airspace. Months later, he and Les Grenadiers secured Haiti’s first World Cup qualification in over 50 years despite not playing a single qualifying match on home soil.Issue 3 available on newsstands early June.Click the link in the bio to read the full story now.Words by: @ejordan.webTalent @nazon.official Photography @philipdanielducasseFashion @sofia.mottaaEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchieroGrooming: @reneegarnesProduction @agpnycExecutive Producer @alexeygProduction Team @ivan.shf @al_pal____ Ariel LopezFashion Team @held_designs @alanakupke Set design: @cecekirkseySet Dresser: Laura Blomfield by @players

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Earlier this year, Duckens Nazon was in Iran when the bombs fell. But he escaped the war.After spending more than a decade building a career across global football, playing for clubs from India to Bulgaria to Iran, Haiti’s all-time leading goal scorer has carried the Caribbean nation to its first World Cup since 1974. And he’s plotting an even bigger upset on the pitch this summer.Issue 3 available on newsstands early June.Words by: @ejordan.webTalent @nazon.official Photography @philipdanielducasseFashion @sofia.mottaaEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchieroGrooming: @reneegarnesProduction @agpnycExecutive Producer @alexeygProduction Team @ivan.shf @al_pal____ Ariel LopezFashion Team @held_designs @alanakupke Set design: @cecekirkseySet Dresser: Laura BlomfieldPaintings by @akomicsart by @players

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Few players in world football have achieved what Alessia Russo already has by 27.The England striker has won major domestic and international honors while establishing herself as one of the defining forwards of her generation. But the defeat in the 2023 Women’s World Cup final still lingers, fueling Russo’s ambition ahead of the 2027 tournament as England chases another shot at the game’s biggest prize.Words by: @ladymollyelizabethIssue 3 available on newsstands early June.Click the link in the bio to read the full story now. Photography @sophographylondon Talent: @alessiaFashion @kherlakEIC @vladimirrestoinroitfeldFashion Director @carineroitfeldCreative Director @ricardogomesinstEditorial Director @rob_cord_Senior Editor @genevieve.g.walker Fashion Editor @sofia.mottaaDigital Director @scovvvAssociate Editor @kat.harronArt Director @guillaumesbalchieroHair: @keitakanohairMakeup: @mariebruceFashion Team : @luenapaulino @nidhirathi21Production @tina__ldnSet design: @paulina_piipponen by @players

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