When you gather 30 soccer-playing men, all 75 years old or older, ... "I contacted the Guinness Book people and they weren't the least bit interested," he said with a laugh and a shrug.

Playing my first team sport ever in my mid-40s, I had never played in front of five people; now 20 years later — at age 64 — I was poised to perform for more than 5,000.

Members of the over-60 soccer league before playing a game at North Ranch Playfield in Thousand Oaks on April 21, 2019. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times) “You get older and you’ve got to ...

Soccer is often regarded a sport for young people because it requires stamina and strength. But a group of senior players in Chongqing are proving that it may never be too old to play.