Shooting For Success

Thanh Thanh is a lot like a lot of kids in the Syracuse North Side. She's got her friends, she studies, she started sixth grade this year. But if you wanted to see her in her element over the last few years, you would have found her at Franklin Eleme...
Beyond the Pitch - October 2019
Paying it Forward

Nahum’s sports journey started with a ball, just not for soccer. “I actually started playing baseball,” he shares. But an injury to the chest quickly spun his interests elsewhere. So did a major life event: he and his younger sibling followed his par...
Celebrating Year Three of NYCSI

The New York City Soccer Initiative turned three this month as the newest Safe Places to Play mini-pitch was unveiled at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The first of its kind, the initiative focuses on utilizing mini-pitches to expand free soccer program...
Capitalizing on Cultural Competency
As I sat down to write this blog, I saw a tweet from superstar Carli Lloyd announcing that, with less than a week before the U.S. Women’s National Team match against Portugal on August 29th, 44,100 tickets had been sold, breaking the USWNT attendance r...
Beyond the Pitch – September 2019
A Place to Call Home

In 2012, the Utah Development Academy (UDA) was formed with a mission to provide all youth – regardless of economic circumstance – with an opportunity to play soccer. Libby Stockstill, volunteer coordinator and girls program director at UDA, notes that...
Beyond the Pitch - August 2019
Never underestimate the power of soccer to change lives
Much like others, watching the Women's World Cup made my creaky knees motivated to find the closest field to kick the ball around or even play some pick-up soccer. I found myself reminiscing the heydays of collegiate soccer playing on the Koskinen fiel...
