As the most diverse USWNT takes the field in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, our President & CEO reflects on what this means for the next generation.

I remember the day I was on vacation with my family in 2011 and I got a call from a staff member at East Hill Elementary school asking me to be a parent volunteer Soccer for Success. I said yes!

Recorded videos. Coloring sheets. These are just a few of the ways that coaches and staff at DC SCORES, one of the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Soccer for Success partners, have shown their ability to adapt with the changing times.

“Thank you. I really didn’t know how a girl would feel if we, as boys, don’t treat them the way they deserve.” These words came from a 6th grade boy who participates in FLIPANY’s Soccer for Success program at Deerfield Beach Middle School.

COVID-19 has been hard on everyone, but the pandemic has been especially hard for the Castañeda family of seven.

We sat down with Quincy Amarikwa, Imani Dorsey, Justin Morrow, Ifeoma Onumonu, and Jasmyne Spencer of Black Players for Change and Black Women’s Player Collective to learn more about their aspirations for their organizations and the 12 new mini-pitches being installed across the country.

Much like for many other youth-serving organizations, the COVID-19 pandemic brought new challenges to members of the America SCORES Bay Area (ASBA) team. But it also provided an opportunity for leadership, which is where youth coaches VV, Elodie, and Daniela came in.

Dumitru Grigorean, or Mr G as he’s fondly known to his students, is a University Prep Charter High School teacher from Romania who moved to New York City in 2007. This is his soccer story.

We sat down with Michael, a member of the local sports-surfacing crew that installs mini-pitches, who had the opportunity to work on a mini-pitch at his former elementary school.