Street Soccer USA News

The Minnesota Department of Human Services honored ten refugees for making a difference in their communities. Among them, Hani Haybe, founder of Street Soccer  Twin Cities.  Haybe a Somali Refugee, was homeless and played for SSUSA Minneapolis. She now leads the program and has received this honor from the state of Minnesota for her work…

PRESS RELEASE: IRVINE, Calif. – August 4, 2020 – (Newswire.com) ​​​In 2009, brothers Lawrence Cann and Rob Cann had a dream. In 2015, brothers Joe Burke and John Burke had one as well. Both sets of brothers held a long-standing passion for soccer, but their ultimate vision was to help develop and train future players regardless of background or financial position and to…

Lucas Marton, known as Luca by most, is fresh off an Instagram Live soccer bingo challenge when he sits down to chat with us. He laughs, and tells us about how:  “The silver lining with covid is that the whole program is available to everyone. A player from New York dialed in. A 12 year…

Dear Team: The murder of George Floyd is painful and intolerable. It is an expression of the systemic racism that pervades the United States. Street Soccer USA was founded on the notion that we all must do our part to fight for a more just society where racism and its effects no longer oppress and…

Last weekend, the WPSL semi-pro team California Storm partnered up with Sactown FC podcast to host a used cleat drive, collecting close to 150 pairs of used cleats that will be donated to Street Soccer USA Sacramento. The cleat drive is part of a new initiative for Sactown FC and CA Storm called “Reboot.” The…

All across the Street Soccer USA landscape, fall programs are winding down as the days get shorter and colder. We had a fantastic season of the Street League featuring Community Clubs, adult programs and after-school programs. Many cities celebrated the success of the last few months with end of season festivals. Check out a few…

(LOS ANGELES) Much of Street Soccer USA’s Los Angeles programming is focused around the Watts Imperial Courts, a famous housing project with a longstanding history in LA. LAFC, Adidas and Red Eye Foundation built a futsal court there that SSUSA uses for programming. This summer and fall, we hosted Community Club practices in Watts twice…

Street Soccer USA Portland, along with partner organization Parrott Creek Child and Family Services, was honored with the 2019 Impact Award by the Multnomah Athletic Foundation in Portland. The Impact Award recognizes the positive impact of a nonprofit organization through its support of youth, athletic participation and community collaboration. SSUSA Portland and Parrott Creek were…

The saying goes, “you never know when lightning will strike.” That may no longer be true thanks to computer learning and a space-based lightning monitoring system.   Lightning is a major threat to people and property each year, especially in the summer. There’s a new tool that could revolutionize lightning safety. A machine-learning algorithm developed by…

New Fields Help Expand Benefits of Sports-Based Youth Development to Kids in North and Southwest Philly Through teamwork between Street Soccer USA, love.fútbol and Pincus Family Foundation, as well as local community partners and volunteers, two new fields have been built and inaugurated in Philadelphia! The fields, located at the historic Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey…

Fields to be Built and Inaugurated at Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey Elementary School and James Finnegan Playground in Partnership with love.futbol and Pincus Family Foundation In an exciting collaboration and demonstration of teamwork with partners love.futbol and Pincus Family Foundation, Street Soccer USA is working with local communities to create two new safe and fun…

A Summer of Soccer Camps Culminates in Trip to U.S. Women’s National Team Game There’s an ever-growing demand for Street Soccer USA programming in Philadelphia, and the summer was jam-packed with camps and projects. Street Soccer USA hosted an all-girls camp throughout the summer of 7-10 year olds who practiced three times a week in…

An experience that began with strangers from eight cities across the United States traveling to Cardiff to participate in the Homeless World Cup ended with lasting friendships, new perspectives, and even a trophy lift! Street Soccer USA, the exclusive American partner of the Homeless World Cup, sent a men’s and women’s team to join more…

A week-long soccer clinic with a new partner, A Place Called Home, highlighted a busy summer in Los Angeles for Street Soccer USA. The nonprofit is located in South Central, the center of SSUSA Los Angeles targeted engagement, and provides arts, education and wellness programs for local youth. More than 80 participants aged 7-16 enjoyed…

The 2019 Street Soccer USA Cup Series began with the hugely successful fifth annual Street Soccer USA Cup – San Francisco on Sunday, July 28. Two specially-made turf fields at Civic Center were bustling all day with hundreds of players, from professional athletes to local government officials to corporate sponsors to program participants, who all…

Nike Los Angeles collaborated with the Mayor’s Foundation to deliver an annual moment for the city of LA to empower youth through sport and commemorate Title IX day on June 24th . This event brought out 300 girls from various inner-city based after school programs to expose them to basketball, soccer, and mindfulness practice. The…