Soccer in the Streets

🌟 Join Our Team! 🌟

Are you passionate about soccer and making a difference? We’re hiring coaches to inspire and empower the next generation of players! 🏆⚽️

At Soccer in the Streets, we provide high-quality, community-based soccer programs that transform lives. We’re looking for dedicated individuals who are committed to fostering teamwork, skill development, and personal growth.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay
• Professional development and training
• A supportive team environment
• The chance to make a real impact

Qualifications:

• Experience in coaching or playing soccer
• Strong communication and leadership skills
• A passion for working with youth and promoting social-emotional learning

Ready to step onto the field with us? Apply now and be part of a winning team! 🌟💪

📧 Apply at https://www.soccerstreets.org/careers

Check out this recap of Chelsea Football Club’s visit to Atlanta. Grateful for an incredible collaboration!

Chelsea FC dominates Club América during third U.S. preseason match in Atlanta For the third time in three years, England's Chelsea FC is on tour in the U.S. to kick off its preseason in Atlanta.

We're getting down to it! Come out to Monday Night Garage to check out the games on their jumbo screens and enjoy their amazing beers and brick-oven pizza!

Oh, and don't forget!! EVERY BEER SALE nets SITS $1 dollar!!

>We are proud to partner with Common Goal on the stateside portion of their "Create the Space" mental health initiative.

>Our Executive Director, Elijah Miranda and our Director of Operations, Chelsea Wood, have begun an online training course that is being offered to coaches all around the country!

>Following the first session, Elijah had these comments about the experience:

>"Create the Space" is an important initiative that emphasizes the value of teaching soccer coaches to have conversations about mental health with their players. Soccer in the Streets is proud to partner with Common Goal and contribute to creating safe environments on the soccer pitch for all players.

>More to come...

>EXCITING NEWS!!! YOU CAN NOW JOIN THE TEAM!!

>Soccer in the Streets serves over 2500 kids per year at sites all across metro Atlanta, from Doraville to Union City and West End to Avondale!!

>This is why... WE NEED YOU!! Soccer Streets Supporters is our new monthly membership that gives you a super easy opportunity to join the team and power FREE SOCCER in the A!!

>For the price of a stadium beer or a monthly subscription service, you can change the lives of underserved kids in our city!!

> https://pages.soccerstreets.org/supporters

>More exciting updates to come!! Defend Access & Build Community!!

Happy National Teacher's Day!! Coaches might not "teach" everyday, but the lessons learned from them are also an intrinsic part of youth development 🙏🏾

Soccer in the Streets is fortunate to be able to offer soccer to the children of many schools throughout metro Atlanta!!

The partnership & commitment of teachers and administrators at our local schools is essential for bringing SITS programs to the kids and making them a success!!

Elijah Miranda

Mental Health is: Physical Health, For EVERYONE, Youth Development, AND For Soccer players!!

In May, for .health_awarenes month, we want to remind everyone to take care of their mental wellness and to check in on those around you🙏🏾 Links in our bio 😉

Community, it has always been a cornerstone of everything we do at Soccer in the Streets, since 1989!! The kids that play in our leagues celebrate their teammates, their, coaches, and their neighborhoods!! Here's to our 35th anniversary year and to 35 more!!

Tomorrow is the day!! Our annual celebration of all things Atlanta!! Come out and say hey!! 2-6 in the We'll be there!! Thanks to .atl for bringing us along!!

TOMORROW!! Soccer in the Streets is hosting our 35th Anniversary ATL Champions League tournament at Silverbacks Park!! This event raises vital funds to help support FREE SOCCER for over 2500 kids this season!! DONATE NOW:
https://my.soccerstreets.org/event/2024-atl-champions-league/e552386

Friendship, Leadership, and Learning are all part of what makes girls sports such a powerful force for development. Here are some shots from this weekend!!

“I want to throw away that feeling in the air, that women’s sports are less than”...

Powerful words from this month's "Passion for the Pitch" feature, Grace Henderson -Eastside Program Coordinator.

This may be but Grace's work is felt all year long. She's a wonderful part of our team and a blessing to the kids of Soccer in the Streets, particularly all the young women she takes under her wing.

Click here to read the full article: https://blog.soccerstreets.org/passion-for-the-pitch/passion-of-the-pitch-grace-henderson

Soccer Saturdays are back, y'all!! From the bottom of our hearts: Parents, coaches, donors, friends, neighborhoods, everyone... THANK YOU for everything you do to deliver for these kids!! From our major partners like Atlanta United FC MARTA Amazon.com American Family Insurance and Senda Athletics down to our Emerging Leaders Council for braving the rain and temperatures to hand out snacks/water!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 More to come!! Let's GO!!

You might have heard... Soccer in the Streets is turning thirty five years old in 2024!!

Back in 1989 Carolyn McKenzie and the late Graham Tutt conspired to create something new in Atlanta...

A youth soccer development organization that focused on opportunity and access as opposed to performance and profits.

35 years later we are activating locations from Doraville to downtown East Point, and from West End to Kensington! Today our goals are the same: soccer, youth, and community!! 🙏🏾

Have you played, coached, or organized with us? Share your story! Email David at: [email protected]

>As we've shared many times, at Soccer in the Streets, coaches are the strength of what we do, and we are blessed to have a fantastic coaching core.

>In fact, we spoke with a parent today who had wonderful things to say about each of the coaches her children have learned from. But great coaches don't fall off trees; consistent and effective training is required.

>Each pre-season our programs team and their leader, Chelsea Wood, put together a coach training session intended to refine the process for our standing coaches and build new understanding for those just joining us.

>This spring is no different; two weeks ago the team assembled at Uptown Atlanta, in their incredible meeting/event/convention space, and spent the day learning new techniques and reviewing our standard practice session plan.

>In conversation with one of our coordinators, I was quite gratified to hear that there was a lot of listening and input from all the coaches in attendance. He also remarked that the organization and logistics behind this session were the best he had seen.

>We can't wait to hit the pitch and have a fantastic season in communities all across the city!

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!

>Greetings, SITS Families!! As many of you know, demand for our soccer programming has been very strong over the past few years, and waitlists have become a part of our registration process. Here's a waitlist update for the upcoming >season!

>SPRING 2024 PRACTICES are starting NEXT WEEK. All fully registered families will have two weeks to engage with practice and be included in the team roster.

>At the end of that period, waitlisted families will be invited to join practices, in the order of their registration. Please feel free to DM us if you have further questions!! We look forward to seeing your players on the pitch!!

We were honored to participate 🙏🏾

We were deeply honored when our friends at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Strong4Life Wearestrong4life campaign asked to feature one of our coaches in their "Stories of Resilience" series. We have many excellent coaches, but Coach Dawit Selassie 's dedication to Soccer in the Streets over the years has been exemplary. Dr. Sean Deas and his wonderful team at Dunaire have also been amazing partners. We look forward to more collaboration with them and with Children's 🙌 PS- today is also Coach Dawit's birthday!! Happy Birthday Coach!!

Stories of Resilience: Showing Up On and Off the Soccer Pitch Youth soccer coach Dawit Selassie builds resilience in kids by showing up for them on and off the pitch. Watch this Story of Resilience, from Strong4Life’s R...

Black (Soccer) History Month is BACK! And in honor of the FIFA World Cup announcement, we're going to focus on Atlanta!! 35 YEARS AGO, our founder, Carolyn McKenzie, launched a dream!! What if soccer, the world's game, was offered equitably across the city of Atlanta to all those young people who need access to sports!! Today, all these years later, Soccer in the Streets is still working with families, schools, & communities throughout metro Atlanta!! Stay tuned for more 35th Anniversary celebrations and announcements!!