About Street Soccer USA

How We Change Lives

Engage

Partner with Schools, Community Based Organizations, and City governments to enroll participants, develop play spaces, and grow programs

10
Regional Hubs

3
Street Soccer Parks & Learning Centers

15,000
Players

Develop

Build personal capacity through Street Soccer Curriculum

Street Strength Assessment, powered by 25 years of motivation science data

93%
Improve Social Emotional Learning Skills

66%
Reduction in Chronic Absenteeism

20%
Improvement in Math and English Language Proficiency

95%
High School Graduation Rate

Connect

Connect participants and families to social service support, enrichment, education and employment opportunities they would otherwise not have

Service Referral Program

Digital Media Training Center, powered by Serie A

Hire Youth as SSUSA Coaches

Employment Pathway through UNIQLO USA

New Life Trajectories Through Street Soccer USA

Mustapha

Going for Goal: Pre Med at Cal Berkeley

Mustapha was at risk of dropping out of school. A resident of the Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, he loved soccer but had nowhere to play until he found Street Soccer. He learned to translate his passion and focus for soccer into goal setting and dedication in school. It paid off. Mustapha went from a struggling student to a top performer and gained entrance to Cal Berkeley where he is a now a pre-med student

Sammie

Homeless to Carnegie Mellon

Sammie was 13 years old and sleeping with her mother (left) in her car when a counselor referred Sammie to Street Soccer USA in East New York, Brooklyn. She embraced the team and developed into a leader. Our staff helped her apply to a top academic public high school. Four years later she earned a full scholarship to Carnegie Mellon University

Emmy

Major League Soccer and School

Emmy (pictured in action) grew up in a low-income housing development in Charlotte. He joined Street Soccer and never stopped playing since he was a 12 year-old. Now 18, he was selected for Charlotte F.C.’s Major League Soccer Next Pro team. While he pursues his professional soccer dreams, he coaches with Street Soccer and has applied to Junior College

Hanni

Minnesota Outstanding Refugee of the Year

Hani escaped Somalia by walking to Kenya and was then relocated to Minneapolis as a refugee. There she found Street Soccer USA, which became the center of her life. After she finishing school, she became a bus driver, and later a medical aid, and lead the expansion of Street Soccer throughout the Somali community. Last year she was recognized with the State’s Outstanding Refugee of the Year Award