The start of the Soy Boys dates back to 2016, when a group of young Impact United club soccer players made an exclusive group amongst themselves. This crew, many gone on to play in college or move out of state, slowly became an excuse to hang out and make social media content. Then, in 2024 they graduated high school and for those that decided to stop playing competitive soccer, felt like the sport was a waste of time, some months had gone by and it was heavily missed. Playing everyday, the friendship, the competitiveness, everything good and bad about what was once a daily routine.
Eventually, the group decided to play weekly at a street court in Sugar house park no social media, just people who walked by along with personal invitations. Word spread around and they started to develop really good weekly runs.
We could tell this is in huge demand. Players want to play just don’t have the community to do so.
Dante Stock — Core member, Soy Boys
So, after almost 2 years of playing amongst their newly found community they decided to make it official with an instagram account: @soy.boyss They started to post promotional videos about their pickups and the groups of 20 turned into hundreds. With this, they not only built communities and showcased places to play for free; but has started to develop a culture similar to what other countries have had for centuries.
The Soy Boys crew, who is really just a group of close friends, has helped create immense pickup culture here in Salt lake City, Utah. Something we are grateful to now be apart of and build even bigger.