Bend it like Beckham in Brickell

Miami's Brickell area is fast becoming an urban-dwellers mecca with everything you need right around the corner:

• Out of milk? Publix is two blocks from your apt.
• Craving Mexican? If its pay-day, you have the option of Rosa....if it's not, you can go to Baja Fresh.
• Bad day at work? sigh, Tobacco Road to the rescue.
• Want to get in a good game of soccer at a state-of-the art facility? Um...wait, can you? Well, yes and like everything else in Brickell, in style! Miami's up and coming urban scene downtown now includes a rooftop soccer field...yes, I said rooftop.

Here's a re-post regarding Brickell Soccer Rooftop from our friends at ThrillList Miami:

Soccer Rooftop
444 Brickell Ave, Brickell; 786.220.4589

Rooftops offer awesomeness: killer parties, a sweet view of topless sunbathing chicks foolish enough to think you're not watching, and sweeter views of the cops pulling up right after you realize she's not as foolish as you thought. Adding the world's game to the list, Soccer Rooftop.

Run by three amigos from Latin America, one of whom played for Mexico in the World Cup, SR's a pair of fenced-in soccer pitches on the mid-level roof of the Rivergate Plaza in Brickell, complete with an indoor lounge and patio, and accommodating adult league play, or anything else you can think up, from corporate events, to birthdays, to wedding receptions for any marriages you desperately want to fail. Fields're standard size for indoor futbol (56'x110'), and're covered in two-tone green artificial turf that meets the highest FIFA rating, thanks to sand and small rubber granules that keep turf blades upright, lending a more earthy feel to the pitch; the standard indoor balls used are less likely to shoot off the roof, as they're smaller and harder -- cruel, but the alternative is them falling to their death. As for games, SR'll throw your squad in a league, let you create an entire league of your own, or put you on a solo waiting list so you can jump in for teams missing a guy or two; games'll kick off any time from midday, to post-work, to 1am for a diehard cadre of valet drivers, cooks, and waiters -- get in, and they'll exercise frustration at your adeptness at calculating 14%. There's full men's and women's locker rooms w/ showers (and a sauna in the men's), a lounge area with free wi-fi, hardwood floors, an L-shaped sofa, plenty of cushy chairs, a flatscreen hi-def for watching professional matches, and an outdoor patio area, where you'll be tempted to go topless, until an onlooker reports the outrage to the cops. See how the balls bounce at SoccerRooftop.com