Before The Eddy was built into a state-of-the-art indoor soccer facility in Aurora, Colorado, it was as an empty AT&T call center for about 10 years. “You could tell it had been empty for a very, very long time,” according to Finn Ruehrdanz, the indoor facility manager. “It’s a very unassuming building, so when people […]

WASHINGTON, DC – Youth soccer players from throughout Washington D.C. were on hand today for the unveiling of a new mini-pitch at Petworth Recreation Center, as part of a national effort to positively impact the lives of young people through participation in the sport.

Last summer, the city of Atlanta celebrated soccer in the form of its new stadium, home to Atlanta United FC. This summer, the city has another reason to celebrate soccer. With the backdrop of MLS All-Star week and as a part of the effort to build 100 Safe Places to Play by 2020, Target and […]

Good News Despite recent reports about declining youth soccer participation rates, the Foundation has seen tremendous year-over-year growth within its Soccer for Success programming. Read more from President & CEO, Ed Foster-Simeon, about the program’s upward trajectory. READ THE BLOG A New Safe Place to Play Together with Soccer Shots and the MLS Players Association, […]

My first introduction to soccer was just a few years ago at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula. I was serving as the athletic coordinator at the time when I was approached by the athletic director about a new partnership to start implementing Soccer for Success into our programming. I was nervous to […]

As the world watched France defeat Croatia on soccer’s largest stage on Sunday, the conversation around the sport in the United States quickly shifted to a troubling issue at the other end of the spectrum—a reported decline in the rate of youth soccer participation here at home. Youth sports in general have struggled to keep […]

Every summer, individuals from across the country travel to Washington, D.C. for a four-day event to learn the new Soccer for Success curriculum. Through a combination of on-field demonstrations, activities, and classroom-style learning, these individuals become certified to train Soccer for Success coach-mentors back in their communities. This year, there were over 130 individuals representing […]

Meet Adrian Juarez. He’s a seasoned soccer player, a Soccer for Success coach-mentor, a site coordinator for five Soccer for Success sites in the southwest region of Houston, and just 18 years old. As a child, Adrian had always dreamt of playing competitive soccer, a vehicle which he hoped would propel him to college soccer, […]

With the 2018 World Cup in full effect, I can’t help but reflect on my own World Cup experiences and the evolution of soccer in America. In the 1994 tournament, I was the youngest player on the men’s national team roster. The energy was unlike anything else I’d ever experienced. Singing the national anthem and […]