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Soccer in the Streets Youth Programs offers community-based youth soccer programs that include StationSoccer leagues, pickup play, Soccer 101 clinics, and the Super Soccer Show. The organization also runs the L.I.F.E. program (Learning is Fun and Exciting), which connects parent participation in education activities with youth soccer participation. Adult League Play is also offered as part of the overall programming.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Price: Adult League Play helps sustain youth programming with the statement: "You pay so our kids don’t have to."
Soccer in the Streets Youth Programs follows the mission of improving the lives of children by providing access to the benefits of sport through high-quality community-based soccer programs. The organization combines soccer with education, life skills, and community development, including programs in public housing and low-income communities, Boys & Girls Clubs, parks and recreation facilities, Police Athletic League, and other social service agencies. Through the StationSoccer initiative, it builds soccer fields at MARTA transit stations and transforms unused spaces into soccer fields, offering free programming across metro Atlanta and integrating StationSoccer locations with multiple MARTA stations.
Soccer in the Streets was founded in 1989 in Jonesboro, GA, with its first program in Atlanta in 1990, and by the end of 1996 it ran activities in over fifty U.S. cities. Over the next decade, the organization refocused its efforts on Atlanta, and in 2016 it launched the award-winning StationSoccer initiative. Soccer in the Streets draws on over 30 years of experience and has had partners including MARTA, Atlanta United, City of Atlanta, American Family Insurance, Amazon, Jacobs, Arthur Blank Foundation, Children's Health Care of Atlanta, Senda, Dekalb County, Fulton County, and HUD, with students from colleges like Morehouse in the West End helping kids in the program.
The leadership history includes founder Carolyn McKenzie, Atlanta professional indoor soccer team president Bob Moreland, and Ron Terwilliger, founder of the Atlanta Attack and former professional player. Carolyn McKenzie has described creating Soccer in the Streets out of a passion for community service, combining soccer with community service work, and developing programs such as Soccer 101 and the L.I.F.E. program. She has also described the program’s early work in public housing communities and inner-city neighborhoods, including partnerships with housing authorities, Boys & Girls Clubs, Police Athletic League, and other social service agencies, and a focus on drug and crime prevention slogans such as “Kick drugs and crime out of our community. Get involved with Soccer in the Streets!”
Last updated April 26, 2026.
• Ages: 5–18 years old
• Price: Adult League Play helps sustain youth programming with the statement: "You pay so our kids don’t have to."
Soccer in the Streets Youth Programs follows the mission of improving the lives of children by providing access to the benefits of sport through high-quality community-based soccer programs. The organization combines soccer with education, life skills, and community development, including programs in public housing and low-income communities, Boys & Girls Clubs, parks and recreation facilities, Police Athletic League, and other social service agencies. Through the StationSoccer initiative, it builds soccer fields at MARTA transit stations and transforms unused spaces into soccer fields, offering free programming across metro Atlanta and integrating StationSoccer locations with multiple MARTA stations.
Soccer in the Streets was founded in 1989 in Jonesboro, GA, with its first program in Atlanta in 1990, and by the end of 1996 it ran activities in over fifty U.S. cities. Over the next decade, the organization refocused its efforts on Atlanta, and in 2016 it launched the award-winning StationSoccer initiative. Soccer in the Streets draws on over 30 years of experience and has had partners including MARTA, Atlanta United, City of Atlanta, American Family Insurance, Amazon, Jacobs, Arthur Blank Foundation, Children's Health Care of Atlanta, Senda, Dekalb County, Fulton County, and HUD, with students from colleges like Morehouse in the West End helping kids in the program.
The leadership history includes founder Carolyn McKenzie, Atlanta professional indoor soccer team president Bob Moreland, and Ron Terwilliger, founder of the Atlanta Attack and former professional player. Carolyn McKenzie has described creating Soccer in the Streets out of a passion for community service, combining soccer with community service work, and developing programs such as Soccer 101 and the L.I.F.E. program. She has also described the program’s early work in public housing communities and inner-city neighborhoods, including partnerships with housing authorities, Boys & Girls Clubs, Police Athletic League, and other social service agencies, and a focus on drug and crime prevention slogans such as “Kick drugs and crime out of our community. Get involved with Soccer in the Streets!”
Last updated April 26, 2026.
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