We Are Watching!! COPA, Euros, & Our Communities!!
>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!
SITS/MARTA COPA Watch Party - 6/20 (StationSoccer West End)
>Last Thursday, a unique event took place @ West End MARTA/StationSoccer, pointing toward an exciting future!!
>Soccer in the Streets, MARTA, Councilman Jason Dozier, Atlanta Influences Everything, Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. came together to celebrate 🎉 the kick-off of the 2024 COPA America Tournament with a block party/watch party!! ⚽
>Folks from all over the area brought a chair or a blanket, ordered a burger, drank a Coke, and watched an amazing match!!
>741 people registered for tickets!! All told, we believe there were around 450 people in attendance!!
Monday Night Garage/Scott Flood Project COPA/Euros Series
>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!
>Thanks to The Scott Flood project and Monday Night Garage, we were able to piggyback on the fun and promote our new Soccer Streets Supporters program.
>Better still, the heroes at Monday Night Garage offered us $1 per beer for all of the business each day of the watch party series!!!
>We would like to send out a huge thank you to Scott Flood and everyone at Monday Night Garage, including our dear friends Christiana Craddock & Joel Iverson. Thanks to you, Beer = Free Soccer!!
>See you both in the fall for Footy Ball 2024 @ the Monday Night Garage Chandelier Room!!
Fustsal for the Football Soul!!
>Soccer in the Streets is forever committed to working with communities to expand access to soccer for Atlanta's children⚽!!
>Recently, we began a pilot program in partnership with the City of Atlanta Parks and Recreation Department to introduce the game of Futsal to kids in several neighborhoods.
>What is "Futsal," you ask? Futsal is a type of soccer game played on hardcourts (often basketball courts) with a smaller ball and 5 players per side.
>This game is highly useful for SITS because it prepares children for the 5 aside play in our StationSoccer leagues. Futsal is also a highly effective version of the game that helps provide access to soccer in urban environments; it can be played in literally any flat paved space.
> Last Tuesday, Bessie Branham Park in Kirkwood hosted the first of a series of jamboree-style immersion events. The next two will be held at Peachtree Hills Rec Center.
>Thanks to our friends at Parks and Rec and, especially, deep, deep thanks to our friends at Senda Athletics for sponsoring the equipment used for this project!!
Success @ Corporate Cup 2024!!
Our corporate heroes have done it again!! $62,000 in vital program funds were raised at Champions League 2024.
As the title suggests, we hosted another successful iteration of Corporate Cup!! This event is one of our 3 annual fundraising soccer tournaments: Champions League, Corporate Cup & the Black Tie Soccer Game.
Corporate Cup is a super fun event, matching up teams fielded by various corporations, all in support of Soccer in the Streets!
This year’s event raised $62,000 dollars in vital program funds!
The participating companies this year were: King & Spalding, Blackrock, Visa, Deloitte, Michelob Ultra, Compass, Alston Bird, Carter’s, and Novelis.
Each year we have particular call-outs for top performers and our event partners:
The Top Fundraising Corporation was… King & Spalding!
The Tournament Winner was… Compass!
Our Event Sponsor is… Michelob Ultra!
Special thanks goes to… Silverbacks Park, our event host! John Curran, our lovely announcer, and last but never least, our intrepid referees, Jochen & John!