2025
Chicago.
First tournament under the Viva Praesentia name.
Viva Praesentia · Founded 2024
Built for players who actually play.
We didn't want another rec league with corporate signage. We wanted real brackets, real stakes, and a stage for the players already showing up every weekend with no audience. So we built one.
1V1 · 3V3 · 5V5 · 7V7
4 CITIES LIVE
100+ PLAYERS REGISTERED
01
The thesis
Why this exists,
in one paragraph.
A competitive place for players to actually play. That's it. Tournaments where the bracket is real, the prize money is real, and the people on the sideline are players too. A platform that tracks who's actually winning. Pickup games that fill in the nights between events. No corporate league, no rec-flag energy — football the way it's already played in the streets, finally with a stage.
02
The founder
Football that never counted.
I've played this game most of my life — and for most of it, it never counted for anything. Pickup runs where the best player just walked off and nobody remembered. No stakes. No record. No way to actually prove it.
The roots of this brand run through Teshie, Ghana — a football academy, a community, streets where the game means everything and nobody needs a corporate league to make it real. That's the standard. Football with weight. Football people remember.
I got tired of football that didn't mean anything. So I built the thing I always wanted.
Real competition, with something on the line. 1v1 in the cage. Your squad against the city. An ELO that says exactly where you stand — and follows you everywhere.
If you've ever felt like you were better than your Sunday run ever let you show — this is for you. Stop playing for nothing. Come prove it.
— The Founder
Viva Praesentia · Teshie roots · Built in the United States
Miami · May 2026
Every match filmed. Every player seen.
03
Receipts
How we got here.
No origin myth. Just what we've done, in order.
2025
The partnership.
Brought on capital and back-end ops to scale without compromising on culture.
2026
Three cities, real talent.
Japan Open and Charlotte Open I run back-to-back. Platform launches alongside. Miami 1v1 Championship lands May 9 — $1,000 cash prize, presented by Pro Kicks and Grande Sports Training. Daniel Zilberman takes it undefeated (5W 0L) against a field stacked with MLS Next Pro, USL, and ex-pro international talent.
2027 →
The build.
City champions in 10+ markets. Million-dollar prize pools on the horizon. The football OS for grassroots, in players’ hands.
04
What we ship
Three things. Same stack.
Each one feeds the next. Tournaments give you a stage. Platform tracks your rise. Partners make the whole thing run.
05
Where we're going
01
The best amateur football tournament network in the world.
02
A platform players actually open on match day.
03
Million-dollar prize pools with the streets fully credited.
06
Get involved
Pick your lane.
Play
You’re a player.
Find an open tournament near you. Register your squad. Show up and win.
Partner
You back the game.
Sponsor an event, a city, or the whole network. Reach players who actually play.
Watch
You’re here for the culture.
Follow the build on Instagram. Past events, future drops, behind the scenes.
Viva Praesentia · Founded 2024 · Built in the United States
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