About Us
Our Mission
To Fight Poverty and Strengthen Communities Through Soccer
Our History
Street Soccer USA was founded in 2009 by two brothers out of a homeless soup kitchen in Charlotte, NC. That single team has grown into a national non-profit organization in 16 cities (and growing), helping over 75,000 players in some of the country’s most-challenged neighborhoods.
Recognition
- Winner of the ESPN Sport Humanitarian Award
- NYU Sport & Business Society’s Philanthropy Award
- Creators of the Times Square Cup and the SSUSA Cup Series
- Official and Exclusive U.S. Partner of the Homeless World Cup
- Official and Exclusive U.S. Partner of the Street Child World Cup
- Inventors of the Blue Card ™
Our Goal
To provide an alternative to the pay-to-play model of youth soccer in the United States for the 11m youth living at or below the poverty line in the United States with a focus on social impact.
Our Work
Our Street Soccer Cup, Parks, and Programs work together to form a sustainable and scalable model that builds from the bottom up, one relationship at a time.
Learn about our Parks, Programs, Cups, and Partners.
Our Players
We provide programming to youth ages 4 and up, including homeless families, adults and people in recovery. We focus our efforts on neighborhoods where 33% or residents live below the poverty line and where graduation rates are between 55-65%.
Board of Directors
Chair
Jim Finkelstein
FutureSense
Bay Area
Treasurer
Yoram Arieven
Fast Retailing
New York City
Secretary
Maggie Mack
HA Allen
Bay Area
Member
Jeff Daems
Hall Capital
San Francisco
Member
Sky Gellaty
ICNCLST
New York City
Member
Dan Guill
Athletico
Chicago, Il
Member
Maria Cuomo Cole
HELP USA, Film Producer
New York City
Member
Dr. Marianne Engle
Personal Best Media
San Diego
Member
Dan Helfrich
Deloitte
Washington, D.C.
Member
Tim Howard
NBC Sports
Memphis
Member
Khaliah Ali
Khaliah Ali Collection
Philadelphia
Member
Steve Nash
Steve Nash Foundation
Los Angeles
Member
Jeffrey Sachs
Sachs Policy Group
New York City
Member
Charlie Stillitano
Managing Director, Serie A USA
New York City
Member
Jeff Rosenthal
Summit.co
Austin
Member
Venanzio Ciampa
Promotion Factory
Miami
Member
Cassandra Pye
Lucas Public Affairs
Sacramento
Member
Hal Washburn
Breitburn Energy Partners
Los Angeles
Member
Chris Hall
Ameriprise Financial
Portland
Member
Dr. John Sianghio
University of Chicago
Chicago
Member
Chris Litchford
Center Bridge
New York City
Member
Rob Cann
Street Soccer USA
Austin
Member
Lawrence Cann
Street Soccer USA
New York City
