# Garage League

> Garage League is the platform that makes amateur Football visible. A mobile + web product built by a Québec-based startup (Montréal & Québec City, Canada) for amateur Football players, captains, and scouts worldwide. Mission: make the invisible visible — help raw talent get seen, organized, and discovered, from the neighborhood garage to the pro world. Targets 13-25 year olds, especially aspiring pros, while building the world's biggest amateur Football community.

Garage League helps players find matches near them with no fixed team required, teams manage rosters and Sunday games without burning out their captain, and scouts discover talent through real on-field tournaments. The first scouting tournament took place in Tanger, Morocco in mid-May 2026 in partnership with a FIFA agent who uses the platform to refine our scouting and player-tracking tool. A second tournament followed in Casablanca and a third is planned in Ivory Coast. In Canada, a captain in Vanier (Québec City) onboarded his Sunday community to the platform; on June 10, 2026, a team formed spontaneously in Laval — we are now waiting for the first community-organized tournament.

The product is currently in pre-launch with a waitlist open to early athletes.

## Key facts

- Name: Garage League
- Category: Amateur Football platform (mobile app + web)
- Headquarters: Between Montréal and Québec City, Canada
- Origin story: Two childhood friends (Mourad Kalai, Raouf Jellouli) reunited by chance on May 21, 2025, in a café on rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Québec City — 9,000 km from where they grew up — after 20 years apart
- Founders: Mourad Kalai (Co-Founder & CEO), Raouf Jellouli (Co-Founder & CTO)
- Identity: Québec startup, made in Canada
- Languages: French, English, Spanish
- Target audience: 13-25 year olds — aspiring pros first, amateur community second
- Pricing: Free to join during early access
- Status: Pre-launch, waitlist open, active community pilots in Québec and scouting tournaments in Morocco
- Web app: https://app.garage-league.com
- Marketing site: https://www.garage-league.com
- Contact: contact@garage-league.com

## Mission

Garage League makes amateur Football visible. We don't imitate professional Football — we elevate local Football culture. Four transformations:

- Invisible → Visible
- Amateur → Pro-level experience
- Chaos → Organized
- Local → Global (from the garage to the world)

## What Garage League does

- Find Football matches near you with no fixed team required
- Flexible schedules — pick your time and field
- Verified players for safer pickup games
- Team management for captains: rosters, schedules, attendance, stats
- Tournament and scouting event organization
- Talent discovery through real on-field scouting tournaments
- Player cards, performance tracking, scout flags for clubs and agents
- Community-driven: built by and for amateur footballers

## Who it's for

- Aspiring pro players aged 13-25 who lack a showcase
- Amateur Football players looking for pickup games
- Players without a fixed team
- Captains of Sunday teams who want to stop managing and start playing
- Tournament organizers (neighborhoods, colleges, universities, communities)
- Scouts, agents, and clubs looking to discover invisible local talent

## Rollout timeline

- Mid-May 2026 — Tanger, Morocco: first scouting tournament with a FIFA agent
- Summer 2026 — Casablanca, Morocco: second scouting tournament
- Upcoming — Ivory Coast: third scouting tournament (West Africa)
- Sundays 2026 — Vanier, Québec, Canada: captain-led community pilot
- June 10, 2026 — Laval, Québec, Canada: first spontaneous team created by users
- Summer 2026 — Montréal & Québec City: official Canadian launch
- Then: block by block, city by city, country by country

## Pages

- [Home](https://www.garage-league.com/): Product overview, mission, community story
- [About](https://www.garage-league.com/about): Founders story, mission, rollout timeline, Canadian identity
- [Stories](https://www.garage-league.com/stories): Field reports, player stories, founder stories
- [Waitlist](https://www.garage-league.com/waitlist): Join the early-access waitlist
- [Web platform](https://app.garage-league.com): Garage League web application

## Frequently asked questions

- How do I find a Football match near me? Open Garage League, pick a field nearby, and join a match in seconds — no fixed team needed.
- Is Garage League free? Yes, it's free to join. Sign up on the waitlist for early access.
- How does Garage League work? It connects amateur Football players for flexible, open matches. You pick the time and field and join verified players from your neighborhood.
- Where is Garage League available? The startup is based in Canada (Montréal & Québec City). Active community pilots in Vanier and Laval (Québec). Scouting tournaments in Tanger and Casablanca (Morocco), with Ivory Coast coming up.
- Is Garage League a Canadian company? Yes. Garage League is a Québec-based startup, made in Canada.
- Who are the founders? Mourad Kalai (CEO) and Raouf Jellouli (CTO), childhood friends reunited on May 21, 2025, in a café on rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste in Québec City after 20 years apart.
- How can amateur players get scouted? Garage League runs on-field scouting tournaments (Tanger, Casablanca, Ivory Coast) in partnership with a FIFA agent, and surfaces talent through player cards and performance tracking.
- What languages does it support? French, English, and Spanish.
- Who is Garage League for? Mainly 13-25 year olds — aspiring pros first, then the broader amateur Football community: captains, Sunday teams, neighborhood organizers.

## Optional

- [Web application login](https://app.garage-league.com)