Los Angeles Youth Get A Safe Place To Play Soccer Close To Home

In partnership with Adidas, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and the U.S. Soccer Foundation, the Club unveiled a new “mini-pitch” soccer play space at a South L.A. elementary school as part of a collective mission to empower youth and communities across Greater Los Angeles by expanding access to the game.

It marks the latest development in the U.S. Soccer Foundation’s nationwide Soccer For Success after-school program, which set a goal in 2017 to engage 1 million children and build 1,000 safe playing spaces by 2026. As part of the initiative, the organization launched the It’s Everyone’s Game national movement, which highlights the community benefits, mentorship opportunities, and positive health outcomes associated with the program.

In Los Angeles alone, 6,000 youth are participating in 2018, and more than 16,000 have been involved since the local program’s launch in 2011. New York and Chicago have also had an opportunity to take part.

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