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Inaugural Playmakers’ Summit

The inaugural Playmakers’ Summit featured a series of star-studded plenaries and networking opportunities that addressed key issues facing soccer and sports-based youth development today.

Missed it? Don’t worry. Watch all the sessions below.

The World’s Game is Coming to the U.S.: Opportunities between now and 2028

  • JT Batson, CEO/Secretary General, U.S. Soccer Federation
  • Ed Foster-Simeon, President & CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation
  • JoAnn Neale, President & Chief Administrative Officer, Major League Soccer
  • Danielle Slaton, U.S. Soccer Foundation and U.S. Soccer Board Member and Founder, Bay FC

Growing Equitable Access to the Game

  • JT Batson, CEO/Secretary General, U.S. Soccer Federation
  • Ed Foster-Simeon, President & CEO, U.S. Soccer Foundation
  • Sola Winley, Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, Major League Soccer
  • Ginny Ehrlich (moderator), Chief Revenue Officer, U.S. Soccer Foundation

Changing the Face of Soccer in the U.S. to Grow the Game

  • Diego Burato, Futsal MNT
  • Katlin Okamoto, Program Director, Coach-Mentor Training, U.S. Soccer Foundation
  • Tony Sanneh, Founder and CEO, The Sanneh Foundation
  • Sammy van den Berg, Senior Manager Social Impact, adidas
  • Evan Whitfield, VP of Equity, Alumni Relations, and Engagement, Chicago Fire FC
  • Luis Rosero (moderator), Vice President, Corporate and External Affairs NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises

Participant Safety

  • Sinead Farrelly, Midfielder, NY/NJ Gotham FC
  • Julie Ann Rivers-Cochran, Executive Director, The Army of Survivors
  • Sally Yates, Partner, King & Spalding; Former Deputy Attorney General
  • Mana Shim, Chair, U.S. Soccer Participant Safety Taskforce