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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Washington, D.C. – Girls and boys across the country, including thousands in underserved communities, will gain new access to Safe Places to Play over the next seven years thanks to a new and enhanced Mini-Pitch System™ designed for youth soccer.

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 soccer plays an especially important role at the club, creating pathways for all youth by […]