>In 2024, the soccer gods gave us a gift: by aligning the schedules of the Copa America and Euros tournaments, promoters were able to create events that ran simultaneously throughout both tournaments!
Our corporate heroes have done it again!! $62,000 in vital program funds were raised at Champions League 2024.
StationSoccer- Lindbergh is our fourth pitch in the “League of Stations”. We are excited to announce that we are fully programming our first youth program out at the fields with 90 kids signed up for the spring season.
The first in-house matches took place this past month with a great turnout for the start of a Lindbergh community. As well, we are still continuing our youth programming with COVID safety precautions in place.
This year we celebrated the 35th anniversary of National Girls & Women In Sports Day! This day is held annually to highlight the equal opportunity and the importance of Title IX.
We held a virtual forum for the Soccer in the Streets female athletes where they were able to learn more about this special day. The panelists that spoke on various topics were previous Soccer in the Streets Coach, Nadia Hamrang, Georgia State University, Professor of Sport Administration, Beth Cianfrone, and Laureus Sport for Good Foundation, Atlanta Program Officer, Pharlone Toussaint
Over the New Year, Soccer in the Streets Director of Strategic Projects, Sanjay Patel was recognized in the UK New Year’s Honours List by being awarded as a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire(MBE) for services to Social Mobility, the promotion of Prosperity and to Education in Atlanta through soccer. This award was mainly in part to Sanjay’s work involving the StationSoccer initiative which was conceptualized back in 2014.
