Street Soccer USA - Philadelphia

We are an organization that creates safe places to play, supply trained, caring coaches, and an evidence-based curriculum to build important skills, including communication, creativity, collaboration, self-confidence, independence and mutual respect for one’s self and others to encourage short and long-term positive changes in our players’ lives.

Street Soccer USA Philadelphia offers a soccer-based life skills program that teaches 8 progressive life and job readiness skills with age appropriate content. Our Street Soccer Skills (Show Up, Play with Heart, Look Up, Take the Space, Build Your Triangle ,Praise Great Play, Play the Plan, Adjust the Plan) progress two skills at time from fundamental, to individual, to team, to strategic lessons that translate the learnings of sports to real life. The goal of the curriculum is personal empowerment by teaching our participants to be problem solvers in their individual lives and in their community.
Street Soccer USA Philadelphia creates ongoing engagement with youth and their families, and among different community stakeholders, creating social capital, and organizing a safety net of support for our youth and young adults 365 days a year.