Mission: Soccer in the Streets improves the lives of kids by providing access to the benefits of sport through high quality community-based soccer programs.
We bring our mission to life through:
Who we serve:
- Youth in underserved communities with limited access to safe places for physical activity and barriers to participation in youth sports
What we do:
- Provide access to free soccer programs delivered by trained coaches at safe, accessible places to play in their communities
How we do it:
- We build trust with key community leaders who support us with land usage and other community resources
- We select, train, and support coaches that establish positive relationships with kids and help them build resilience while having fun playing soccer
- We integrate evidence-based curriculum on building resilience, character development, and social and emotional learning capacities into our programs
- We reclaim unused land at MARTA stations as StationSoccer fields
- We deliver soccer programs in community schools
- We source community partners - parents, nonprofits, civic leaders and others to provide ongoing complementary services to build community around our play spaces