Street Soccer USA News

Date & Time: Every Friday afternoon between 3:30-6pm Location:  BLADIUM, ALAMEDA Who is attending:  Street Soccer USA’s After School Program Partners – Rudsdale Continuation School, Street Academy Alternative High School Description: Street Soccer USA’s Oakland community is taking a new shape. Over the past few months, SSUSA has been partnering with Bay Area Community Resources…

Hear directly from our participants!   What are some goals you have for this season? “One of my goals is to improve in Steal the Bacon and be a better team supporter.”   How do you plan on reaching these goals? “Helping people and asking my awesome coaches for help”   What do you like…

In February 2019 SSUSA Sacramento started a very exciting partnership with Wind Youth Services, a non-profit organization that serves as advocates for homeless youth and TAY by providing outreach, safe places, resources, shelters, and case managers to ensure the safety of young adults in need of a hopeful future.   Wind Youth Services (Wind) believes…

Upcoming Events & Volunteer Opportunities Email: Event@streetsoccerusa.org to get involved!  October 5 – Build Day at Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey Elementary School RSVP Here! October 19 – Build Day at James Finnegan Playground RSVP Here! October 24 – Inauguration Day at Dr. Tanner G. Duckrey Elementary School October 26 – Inauguration Day at James Finnegan Playground    

Street Soccer USA puts community at the forefront; we understand the importance of building, connecting, and celebrating the communities we bring soccer to. Which is why, when Street Soccer USA was invited, for the second year, to join in the celebrations and activations of Oakland’s Black Joy Parade we were delighted!   On the day…

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…