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Oakland Genesis Soccer Club offers competitive soccer led by professional soccer coaching along with academic support, mentorship, and career and college counseling. The program also includes free transportation and nutrition for participants as part of its cost-free youth development programming.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Price: cost-free youth development programming
Oakland Genesis Soccer Club’s mission states that soccer is a tool to empower, educate, and inspire Oakland’s leaders of tomorrow, with inclusivity at the core of its work and a focus on Oakland youth from underserved communities, channeling their passion for soccer into personal growth, educational achievement, and life success. The program provides youth from underserved communities, ages 9–18, with free transportation, academic support, mentorship, nutrition, and professional soccer coaching, as well as free access to competitive soccer and career and college counseling. The club has a partnership with Curry’s foundation, Eat. Learn. Play. The OGSC badge features the official bird of Oakland, the Black Crowned Night Heron, symbolizing the trajectory of players’ development as people, students, and athletes, and the badge was designed by Oakland local Greg Wright. The leadership team includes cofounders Cody Pillon and Matt Fondy. Professional soccer player Jonny Orozco has shared that he sees himself in the kids in the program and that Oakland Genesis is empowering them to dream as he did. NBA superstar Stephen Curry made a surprise visit to the program, where he delivered healthy food, school supplies, books, and clothes and participated in practice.
Last updated March 23, 2026.
• Ages: 9–18 years old
• Price: cost-free youth development programming
Oakland Genesis Soccer Club’s mission states that soccer is a tool to empower, educate, and inspire Oakland’s leaders of tomorrow, with inclusivity at the core of its work and a focus on Oakland youth from underserved communities, channeling their passion for soccer into personal growth, educational achievement, and life success. The program provides youth from underserved communities, ages 9–18, with free transportation, academic support, mentorship, nutrition, and professional soccer coaching, as well as free access to competitive soccer and career and college counseling. The club has a partnership with Curry’s foundation, Eat. Learn. Play. The OGSC badge features the official bird of Oakland, the Black Crowned Night Heron, symbolizing the trajectory of players’ development as people, students, and athletes, and the badge was designed by Oakland local Greg Wright. The leadership team includes cofounders Cody Pillon and Matt Fondy. Professional soccer player Jonny Orozco has shared that he sees himself in the kids in the program and that Oakland Genesis is empowering them to dream as he did. NBA superstar Stephen Curry made a surprise visit to the program, where he delivered healthy food, school supplies, books, and clothes and participated in practice.
Last updated March 23, 2026.
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