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Only 20% of low income youth in the US have access
to the life-changing power of sports.
We're raising our game to change that.

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Everyone deserves to grow and develop
within the supportive context of a team.
A 30-year UCLA study of 10K youth agrees:

90%
of low income kids suffer
trauma from adverse childhood
experiences.
# 1
Team sports proved to be the number one
factor for children overcoming trauma to
live healthy, productive lives.

Raising Our Game.

Street Soccer USA's $2.5M national campaign to mobilize the power of team sports to benefit all people.

Who is Street Soccer USA?

Street Soccer USA delivers its curriculum based programming and community engagement methodology to create thriving communities around the sport of soccer in some of the toughest neighborhoods in the nation.

In five years, we’ve gone from 1 program with 300 kids, to serving 10K annual participants across 28 neighborhoods in 7 cities.

Awards:
20%
Improvement in math
and
language arts
proficiency
66%
Reduction in chronic
absenteeism
among
participants
92%
Of participants
improve social
and
emotional skills

See first hand
how we helped
Moustapha realize
his dream of
attending UC
Berkeley

Moustapha
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A team for success

We've built a top-level National Board, bringing together a world class mix of business luminaries, community leaders, and soccer enthusiasts to drive growth. We are poised to take advantage of the positive environment ahead of the 2026 World Cup, as cities around the country invest to launch and promote soccer.

AMBASSADORS
Julie Ertz
Julie Ertz
Clint Dempsey
Clint Dempsey
Hope Solo
Hope Solo
Zach Ertz
Zach Ertz
Mia Hamm
Mia Hamm
Kei Kamara
Kei Kamara
Board Members
Kyle Martino (Chair)
NBC Sports
Dennis Crowley
Founder/CEO
Foursquare
Jeffrey Sachs
Sachs Policy Group
Maria Cuomo Cole
HELP USA, Film Producer
Sheila Johnson
Founder/CEO,
Salamander Hospitality
Steve Nash
NBA Legend
Scot Chisholm
CEO and Co-Founder,
Classy.org
Dr. Marianne Engle
Personal Best Media
Dan Helfrich
CEO, Deloitte Consulting
Jeff Rosenthal
Co-Founder, Summit
Abel Lezcano
Del Shaw, Finkelstein
& Lezcano
Tim Howard
Colorado Rapids
Blake Clifton
Wells Fargo
Lauren Battung
Red Horse Construction
Dr. Thomas Azwell
UC Berkeley
Jim Finkelstein
CEO, Future Sense

Our Partners Help Drive
Our Success

From leading corporations to America’s greatest cities, partnerships are key to meeting the demand for our services.

Partners
Map partners
Black: Existing Cities
Blue: Current Demand
Our Footprint
$2.5M goal fills out the map

HOW YOUR IMPACT
WILL RAISE OUR GAME...

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HOW YOUR IMPACT
WILL RAISE OUR GAME...

  • Become a $10M organization by 2022 and $20M by 2026
  • 25 cities with 100K members engaged in our city-wide street leagues
  • 25 Street Soccer Parks, including our National Training Center
  • 2,500 high school graduates each year
  • 2024 Host Homeless World Cup for the first time ever in the US 2024
  • 2025, 25-City Street Soccer USA National Cup Series with Finals in Times Square
SSUSA

As Chair of the SSUSA National Board, I am personally asking for your support. Help us expand SSUSA's core organization to address the national epidemic facing millions of children by contributing to our National Campaign. Together, we are Raising Our Game!

Sincerely,
Sign
Kyle Martino
NBC Sports
Premier League Analyst