Soccer in the Streets
PROGRAMME Positive-Choice Soccer, Escuela de Vida, Urban Soccer Girl, Street-Cups, Streets' League
LOCATION Atlanta area with affiliates in 20 cities throughout the U.S.A
FIELD OF WORK employability health social integration
TARGET GROUP Youths from a minority background between the ages of four and eighteen
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS 2.500
USING FOOTBALL SINCE 1990
MEMBER SINCE 2002
WEBSITE www.soccerstreets.org

Soccer In The Streets uses football to teach disadvantaged kids in underserved communities how to make positive choices to better themselves, their families, and their communities. The hallmark of the programme is Positive-Choice Soccer, a weekly programme that combines the teaching of football and life skills. As children progress in the programme, they are offered the opportunity to participate in traditional leagues. Children are also selected to receive career training, in the fields of coaching, refereeing, management, communications, etc. 


Youths play on mini pitches called “Street-Boxes”, a modified football field - roughly the size of a tennis court - complete with an all-weather playing surface, permanent goals and durable waist-high plastic perimeter boards. The “Street-Boxes” are designed for use in urban areas where soccer facilities are often lacking. Soccer in the Streets participated at the streetfootballworld festival 06 in Berlin, Germany.
 
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  • Contact
    Jason Longshore Communication Manager
  • Address
    2323 Perimeter Park Drive NE
    Atlanta, GA 30341
    USA
  • Phone
    +1 678 993 2113

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Apr 21, 2009 | Soccer in the Streets Partners with German Consulate to Create Educational, Fun Tournament

Top Performers Presented Opportunity to Travel to Germany Soccer in the Streets, an organization that teaches less advantaged kids how to make positive choices and be successful in life through soccer, is partnering with the German Consulate to ...

Feb 18, 2009 | 70 kids from around the world play together in Decatur, GA

Welcome to our blog here at streetfootballworld! We hope you'll continue to check on our activities and let us know your thoughts...   This week, public school in Atlanta was out for Presidents' Day.  In order to keep the kids active, and ...
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