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 […]

Changing the Landscape Players at East Side Community High School used to practice on a dirt lot. Since the construction of the school’s mini-pitch, soccer has become the school’s fastest growing sport. READ MORE Apply Today Target is now accepting applications for $1,000 grants to eligible schools, government agencies, non-profit organizations and non-profit regional/local soccer organizations. All […]

What was initially supposed to serve as a way to fulfill his high school community service hours has turned into a lifelong passion. At the age of 16, Chris Hudler started coaching a U6 girls team to complete his service hours at his Michigan high school, but once they were completed, he found himself eager […]

Some might say it was fate that Rick became a Soccer for Success coach-mentor.

Passersby would probably not have identified the outdoor playing grounds at East Side Community High School as a recreational facility. Lacking any grass, and with the stems of poles sticking out of the ground, the area resembled a vacant, unkept lot more than a place where a school would hold its P.E. classes. Those who […]

Washington, DC (June 13, 2018) – Today, Ed Foster-Simeon, President & CEO of the U.S. Soccer Foundation and United Bid Committee Board Member, released the following statement on the 2026 FIFA World Cup™: “We’re excited that the United States, alongside our neighbors in Canada and Mexico, will host the FIFA World Cup in 2026. This […]

Newark, NJ – The New York Red Bulls, Newark Public Schools, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation unveiled a new initiative yesterday aimed at dramatically increasing access to safe places to play and evidence-based soccer programs at Newark Public Schools.

Houston, TX (May 25, 2018) – The U.S. Soccer Foundation, Target, and Houston Parks & Recreation Department unveiled two new soccer play spaces at Eastwood Park in Houston. The grand opening marked the first of 100 soccer play spaces that Target has committed to building with the U.S. Soccer Foundation across the country by 2020 as part of the Safe Places to Play program.