Youth & High School

Local programs receive USSF grants
March 9, 2007


A number of New England organizations are the recipients of grants from the US Soccer Foundation, following the announcement of the details of the dispersal of over $2m to 52 groups from 24 states.

Since the first grants were made in the spring of 1995, the Foundation has issued a grand total of 439 awards to groups large and small in every corner of the nation. The Foundation has made over $45 million available, in all 50 states, for the growth of the game of soccer through grants and other financial support.

“Our grants program forms the framework on which the entire mission of the U.S. Soccer Foundation is built,” said John Koskinen, the Foundation's President. “These grants provide both financial resources and access to discounted pricing on services that help organizations in developing soccer communities better serve their constituents. In many cases, the money we provide is the difference between simply surviving and thriving for emerging soccer programs, particularly those that serve youth in high-risk neighborhoods.”

This year's grants continue the Foundation's special emphasis on the economically disadvantaged in urban areas, with a strong focus on proposals that engage inner city youth.

The Ann and Jim Hamilton Award is presented to a program that has the greatest impact on young female players. For the second straight year, the recipient is CityKicks, which is based in Dorchester, MA.

This year's 36 program and field enhancement grant recipients are:

• Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (Berkley, CA)
• Southern California Youth Soccer Organization (Los Angeles, CA) ***
• National Sports Center for the Disabled (Denver, CO) ***
• Capital Community Soccer Club (Washington, DC)
• Friends of Takoma Recreation Center (Washington, DC)
• America SCORES Miami (Miami, FL)
• Atlanta Youth Soccer Association (Atlanta, GA)
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Augusta (Augusta, GA)
• Frank Callen Boys & Girls Clubs (Savannah, GA)
• Chicago SCORES (Chicago, IL)
• Rauner Family YMCA (Chicago, IL)
• Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy (Chicago, IL) †
• United Neighborhood Organization (UNO) -(Chicago, IL) ***
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Indianapolis (Indianapolis, IN)
• Indianapolis Public Schools (Indianapolis, IN)
• Boys & Girls Clubs of Topeka (Topeka, KS)
• The Friends of Patterson Park (Baltimore, MD)
• Calverton Soccer Club (Sunshine, MD)
• CityKicks (Dorchester, MA) **
• Friendly House, Inc. of Worcester, Massachusetts (Worcester, MA)
• Massachusetts Youth Soccer Association (Boston, MA)
• Think Detroit PAL (Detroit, MI) †
• Southwest Youth Services, Inc. (Corrales, NM)
• First Chernomorets.org (Brooklyn, NY)
• Durham Parks and Recreation Department (Durham, NC)
• City of Rocky Mount (Rocky Mount, NC)
• Orange County Recreation and Parks Department (Mebane, NC)
• Village of Obetz (Obetz, OH)
• Creswell School District (Creswell, OR)
• Vanguard Ministries dba Cascade Surge (Salem/Keizer, OR)
• All Stars Youth Association (Philadelphia, PA)
• Starfinder Foundation (Philadelphia, PA)
• Ebony City Soccer Club (Charleston, SC)
• Metro Parks & Recreation (Nashville, TN)*
• Dallas Texans Soccer Club (Farmers Branch, TX)
• West Allis West Milwaukee School District (West Allis, WI)

* Alan I. Rothenberg Award
** Ann and Jim Hamilton Award
*** MLS Players' Award
† Mooch Myernick Fund


This year's sixteen All Conditions Fields grant recipients are:

• City of Pomona (Pomona, CA)
• City of Vista (Vista, CA)
• Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority (Los Angeles, CA)
• University of Bridgeport (Bridgeport, CT)
• Multicultural Career Intern Program (Washington, DC)
• Jungman Elementary (Chicago, IL)
• New Bedford Youth Soccer, Inc. (New Bedford, MA)
• Scott Gallagher Soccer Club (Maryland Heights, MO)
• Taos Youth Soccer League, Inc. (Taos, NM)
• City of Newark (Newark, NJ)
• New York City Department of Parks & Recreation (Flushing, NY)
† • Pinnacle Sports (Medina, OH)
• Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District (Beaverton, OR)
• Central Coast Soccer Association (Lincoln City, OR)
• Arlington County (Arlington, VA)
• Prince William Soccer, Inc. (Woodbridge, VA)

† Mooch Myernick Fund