The U.S. Soccer Foundation is located in Washington, D.C., and serves as the national Advocate for the entire soccer community.

The U.S. Soccer Foundation’s Advocacy efforts focus on using sport as a vehicle to promote youth development and positive social change. This includes combating childhood obesity, preventing youth delinquency, and the critical issue of providing youth with safe and accessible places to play, especially those in underserved communities.

Currently, the Foundation's main areas of interest are:

• Fit for LIFE Act (H.R. 6258)
  The U.S. Soccer Foundation is a partner in the First Lady’s “Let’s Move!” childhood obesity prevention campaign and supports legislative initiatives such as the recently introduced, “Fit for LIFE (Local Investments in the Future of Every Child)” Act.
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• The Urban Revitalization and Livable Communities Act (H.R. 3734)
  Legislation which attempts to address the critical need of providing underserved young people with safe and accessible places to play through the renovation and creation of urban recreation facilities as well as grant funding for youth development programming and infrastructure.
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• Congressional Soccer Caucus
  We have joined with a bipartisan group of members of Congress to establish and support the Congressional Soccer Caucus. The mission of the Caucus is to encourage legislation, activities and events that promote the game and issues affecting the soccer community.
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• Advocacy Day
  An integral part of the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s role as the national advocate for the game of soccer is assisting grassroots and urban soccer programs from across the U.S. to develop relationships with their elected leaders and key decision-makers in Washington, DC. Each year, we host the “Urban Soccer Advocacy Day” to promote the tremendous work being done by local soccer programmers and provide them with increased visibility among key decision-makers in our Nation’s Capital.
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Additional Areas of Focus

• Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) – which has supported the development of over 7,500 public soccer fields across the country;
• Brownfields remediation and reuse for public recreation; and
• Public support for after-school programming targeting at-risk youth which uses sports as the vehicle to address critical societal needs, including: gang and juvenile delinquency prevention, improved academic performance in school, mentoring, volunteerism and service-learning, and, character and career development opportunities.