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