Urban Soccer Collaborative

The U.S. Soccer Foundation, in keeping with its commitment to assist in the growth of soccer, is working with a network of dynamic urban programs to share strategies for building successful programs and to tell the inspiring stories of local community organizations using soccer as a vehicle for positive change. In May 2006 the Foundation sponsored the inaugural meeting of the Collaborative in Washington, D.C. to lay the groundwork for ongoing networking and partnership among the participating groups.  This website is intended to serve as the virtual home office of the network.  We encourage you to explore the site to learn more about the remarkable work being done across the country and learn how you can get involved.

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Learn from your peers! Drawing from decades of collective experience in urban soccer programming, leading organizations share their secrets to running a successful urban soccer program.

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“I liked the thrill of the competition, how you have to strive to make a goal, make an effort of not giving up on the ball, game, teammates, coach and yourself.”

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The Future of Soccer

By Al Albert
President, National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)

Members who will attend the NSCAA Convention in Baltimore this month probably will notice the tremendous diversity of our rapidly-growing membership. Founded by a small group of college soccer coaches in 1941, the NSCAA has grown to more than 25,000 members from many different cultures and backgrounds. Reflecting this constituency, our organization currently sponsors a Latin American Coaches Committee, a Black Soccer Coaches Committee and a Women’s Committee, with others probably to be added in the future.

In the spirit of helping soccer grow in the U.S. and become the sport of the masses as it is everywhere else in the world, the NSCAA is developing a partnership as well with the Urban Soccer Collaborative. The USC is a relatively new group, but one that encompasses several organizations which have been promoting soccer to underserved areas for many years – America Scores, Soccer in the Streets, Starfinder Foundation, City Kicks, Project Goal and the Eddie Pope Foundation, to name a few. Read More >