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 […]

Building Futures in OKC We’re helping Oklahoma City Public Schools transform school playgrounds into 10 Safe Places to Play mini-pitches. These new spaces will host after-school soccer programming and be open for free play. Together with our partners, we’re making soccer everyone’s game. CHECK IT OUT Creating Safe Places to Play Looking to enhance your […]

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 field at Duke University (and always trying to find a way to sneak […]

Girls in the Game To combat the alarming drop-off rate of female participation in soccer, we launched United for Girls. Through our new initiative, we’re aiming to double both the number of young girls impacted by our programming and the number of female coach-mentors who lead them. SUPPORT THE CAUSE Redefining How Sports Can Shape […]

Each year, the U.S. Soccer Foundation hosts coach-mentors from across the country for National Training. From July 11 to July 14, 2019, these coach-mentors learned the new Soccer for Success curriculum through a combination of on-field demonstrations, activities, presentations, and classroom-style learning. At the end of the weekend, these individuals became certified to train other […]

The U.S. Soccer Foundation is thrilled to be joined by Charlie Davies at the 2019 Soccer for Success National Training. Every year, community leaders from across the country head to Washington, D.C. to participate in a four-day training. Throughout the four days, they combine on-field demonstrations, activities, and classroom-style learning. After the event, they return […]

Columbus, OH – The Columbus Crew SC Foundation, Columbus City Schools, Columbus Recreation and Parks, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation together unveiled a new mini-pitch at Eakin Elementary School in Columbus yesterday. The new, state-of-the-art mini-pitch is complete with built-in goals as well as lights, allowing community members to enjoy the game past daylight hours.

According to the Women’s Sports Foundation, more than 38% of U.S. girls – compared to 25% of boys – don’t participate in sports. By age 14, girls are two times more likely to drop out of sports than boys. These disparities persist as girls enter high school. For children between eighth and twelfth grade, female […]