Street Soccer USA News

Street Soccer USA Participant and Coach “Takes the Space” On and Off the Pitch  Andres Mejia Perez  immigrated to the United States from Guatemala 5 years ago ready to make a new life for himself. Due to financial challenges and limited resources upon arrival, he ended up moving to an underserved community in San Francisco.…

Kicking Off the New Year! With the new year off to a great start our players from all our programs 14 and up got to enjoy a 3 hour tournament session with their teammates and newly formed friends at Chitown futbol. The Champions hailed from the southside community club and the westside adult program and…

Street Soccer USA, is proud to announce that we have partnered with USA Sport Online.    Street Soccer USA is proud to partner with USA Sport Online. We met with their leadership and were inspired by their long term commitment to extending the benefits and joys of sports to the least served communities. This partnership…

Upcoming Events & Volunteer  Email: Event@streetsoccerusa.org to get involved!    SSUSA Methodology Training  Date: Tuesday, January 15th / 6:00 -7:30pm Where: SSUSA Office – 701 Oak Street, San Francisco Who: Coaches and Volunteers looking to get involved with SSUSA SSUSA Trauma Informed Training  Date: Wednesday, January 16th / 6:00 -7:30pm Where: SSUSA Office – 701…

There were a lot of goals scored on the pitch by our Sacramento Mohawks men’s and the Lady Salamanders during the National Cup Oct 5-7th. The Mohawks had an exciting and hard fought weekend leading them to winning the “Play With Heart” Tournament. Star goalie Will Tiemeyer was selected to play for the SSUSA National…

In New York, Street Soccer USA’s Adult Participants play for Family. On a Sunday evening in Brooklyn, they lived out this value, gathering to celebrate Thanksgiving, family style. “We all sat and enjoyed a plate, or 2… or 3…of home-cooked food while we shared gratitude for our successes, progress, and teammate support with one another,”said…

          Street Soccer Bay Area partnered with SFUSD, the Shared Schoolyard Project and Docusign to build a Street Soccer USA Park in the Western Addition of San Francisco.  On Nov 14th, Global Impact Day for Docusign, 25 employees helped SSUSA  Bay Area transport a renovated court from Margaret Hayward Park (which is…

Street Soccer USA LA coaches rewarded three of its youth program participants with a trip for them and their families to cheer on the Los Angeles Clippers in their home game against the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, Nov. 28—as an acknowledgement for embodying SSUSA values. The coaches traveled with the Campo, Rapalo, and Orozco families…

Meet Moustapha Bangoura & Justine Grimmond, San Francisco Homeless World Cup Representatives The women’s team placed 12th of 16 and the men placed 29th of 40th at the 16th edition of the Homeless World Cup — Moustapha has thrived during his tenure as a player with Street Soccer USA. He’s been so successful that he has gotten involved as…

Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities Giving Tuesday – Build a Virtual Street Soccer USA Park with Us! Stay tuned for details and donor incentives as November 27th approaches.   Email: Event@streetsoccerusa.org to get involved!    SSUSA Rosa Parks Installation/Docusign Global Impact Day! Date: November 15th , 9:30 – 12:30pm Where: Rosa Parks Elementary School, San…

UC Davis Health and Sacramento Republic FC Headline Street Soccer USA National Cup  UC Davis Health will be the presenting sponsor supporting Street Soccer USA’s Soccer for Social Change Agenda in Sacramento and 14 other US Cities.  The Street Soccer USA National Cup, a three day mega event on unique pop up Street Soccer Stadium…

At Street Soccer USA we have core values. These values bind all of our SSUSA Programs across the United States. SSUSA Value # 1 : WE BELIEVE IN PROMISE We believe in the promise of all people and of all communities. We make the promise that we will be there to help them people and communities realize…

Dempsey, Hamm Join Street Soccer USA as National Ambassadors Street Soccer USA announces US Soccer legends Mia Hamm and Clint Dempsey will serve as National Ambassadors to help drive inclusive soccer agenda.  September 26th, New York, New York—Street Soccer USA, a national network of city-wide street leagues with a focus on social impact, announced the…

Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities Email: Event@streetsoccerusa.org to get involved!    SSUSA Adult Program Kick Arounds What: Come play against SSUSA’s Team Change in their Community Kick Around. This is an opportunity to commit to ONE Thursday to compete in a friendly match against SSUSA’s Adult Team – (Participants in Recovery, experiencing homelessness or in…

On August 4th, SSUSA Philadelphia held its first Annual Philadelphia Neighborhood Cup presented by JKJ. The tournament took place at the Street Soccer Park in Kensington, Philadelphia.  Thirty teams came together to  compete from across the city as well as Program Affiliates from Washington DC and long time supporter, Councilman Mark Squilla. The competition and…

STREET SOCCER USA CUP LOS ANGELES presented by The Street Soccer USA Cup – Los Angeles took place on August 18th at Microsoft Square in L.A Live – our first event in LA after a year of programming in Watts, Skid Row and Council District 10. We are thankful to our partners who have made…