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Alex Morgan’s Continued Legacy

Alex Morgan Foundation and Mission Valley YMCA Celebrate Opening of New Mini-Pitch

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Supporting the Play

Dec 3 2019

Contributing one’s own talents to a cause may be one of the best ways to make an impact on the grassroots level. This is true for Jasmine, a Soccer for Success coach-mentor in Niagara Falls who has been using her love of the game and passion for supporting youth in her community as a priority […]

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HOUSTON DYNAMO OWNERS TEAM UP WITH DAMARCUS BEASLEY, U.S. SOCCER FOUNDATION TO FUND 15 SOCCER MINI-PITCHES IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES

Dec 3 2019

Today, Houston Dynamo owners Jake Silverstein and Ben Guill announced a commitment to create 15 soccer mini-fields, known as mini-pitches, across the Greater Houston area over the next five years.

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Beyond the Pitch – November 2019

Nov 22 2019

Our Mini-Pitch Progress With 250 mini-pitches installed, we’re a quarter of the way toward our goal of creating 1,000 mini-pitches by 2026. See how we’ve transformed underutilized spaces in communities nationwide.  LEARN MORE  Shooting for Success Practice makes perfect in both the classroom and on the field. This school year, Thanh Thanh is ready to […]

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Shooting For Success

Nov 8 2019

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 Elementary School playing soccer. Thanh Thanh […]

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Beyond the Pitch – October 2019

Oct 22 2019

Celebrating 10 New Mini-Pitches On October 10, we celebrated year three of the New York City Soccer Initiative with events at the new Safe Places to Play mini-pitches across the city. We included some highlights from the day on our blog.  CHECK IT OUT Football Is More We are honored to be recognized by Football […]

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Paying it Forward

Oct 22 2019

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 parents to the United States from Mexico when he was nine years old. […]

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Celebrating Year Three of NYCSI

Oct 22 2019

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 programming for thousands of children in New York through our Soccer for Success program, and […]

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Capitalizing on Cultural Competency

Oct 8 2019

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 record for a stand-alone friendly. I was so excited upon hearing this […]

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Beyond the Pitch – September 2019

Sep 28 2019

The Mini-Pitch System As part of our efforts to make soccer everyone’s game, we introduced a new mini-pitch system along with Musco Lighting that includes added benefits, such as lighting to extend the hours of play in a day.  CHECK IT OUT Don’t Delay, Apply Today Interested in enhancing your soccer play space? Submit an […]

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