Urban Soccer Symposium Recap
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Our inaugural Capital Soccer Classic was a success! Relive the day when you read a recap of the event here.
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As the spring season of Soccer for Success comes to a close, we wanted to take a minute to highlight the wonderful participants, coaches and organizations that made this season great. We look forward to next season and wish everyone a safe and happy su...
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The Foundation’s field-building initiative, Safe Places to Play, provides grants to organizations to help build or enhance field spaces in underserved communities. Providing a safe physical space to play is extremely important in the effort to use socc...
Read MoreWashington, D.C. From April 22nd to April 25th, the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, will hold a series of events around Washington, D.C. to highlight the sport of soccer and its impact on youth in urban communities. Read More
Washington, D.C. On Tuesday March 26th, twenty-five participants from the U.S. Soccer Foundations Soccer for Success program will join First Lady Michelle Obama and MLS Cup champion, the LA Galaxy, for a soccer clinic on the South Lawn of the White House. Read More
Washington, D.C., March 20, 2013 The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, announced today that Rob Simmelkjaer, Senior Vice President of NBC Sports Ventures, will join its board of directors. Mr. Simmelkjaer brings over 10 years of industry expertise to a group of professionals that includes former U.S. National Team players, Major League Soccer (MLS) executives, and business leaders from around the country. Read More
Washington, D.C. The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, and POLITICO, the countrys dominant political news source, announced today their partnership for the inaugural Capital Soccer Classic to be held in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. The premier soccer event, presented by Johnson & Johnson, will include a youth clinic as well as a series of games featuring members of Congress, including the bipartisan Congressional Soccer Caucus; other government officials; media celebrities; and former U.S. Soccer players, including John Harkes, Cobi Jones, Eddie Pope, Claudio Reyna and Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak. Read More
Washington, D.C., January 28, 2013 The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, announced that it has awarded 48 grants totaling more than $2.4 million to non-profit organizations serving youth in underserved areas across 21 states and the District of Columbia. The Foundation strives to assist and grow the sport of soccer, as well as improve the well-being of children in under-resourced communities, by awarding grants to support all aspects of the game. Specifically, non-profit organizations that provide children with the opportunity to play soccer and live a healthy lifestyle are awarded grants to support their programming and field-building initiatives. Read More
Washington, D.C., January 25, 2013 The U.S. Soccer Foundation, the major charitable arm of soccer in the United States, today announced that Leighton Welch, co-chairman of the Foundations New York Leadership Council and president of Welch Capital Partners, has been appointed to its board of directors. Mr. Welch joins a board comprised of business and sports luminaries from former U.S. National Team players, to International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and Major League Soccer (MLS) executives, to leaders in the world of business and government. Read More
