great locations for inner city soccer fields/stadiums

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  1. Olo2317

    Olo2317 Member

    Jun 1, 2014
    Club:
    CA River Plate
    Nat'l Team:
    Argentina

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  2. Paul Berry

    Paul Berry Member+

    Notts County and NYCFC
    United States
    Apr 18, 2015
    Nr Kingston NY
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Soccer-loving kids across the city will be getting 50 new fields under a new public-private partnership announced by City Hall on Tuesday.

    Mayor de Blasio, speaking at a South Bronx playground, said the $3 million New York City Soccer Initiative will create and maintain fields in some of the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

    “These new soccer fields will be essential in keeping our young New Yorkers safe, active and connected with the community. With this partnership, we are tackling inequalities in all its forms — including in our parks and outdoor spaces,” the mayor said.

    “In the city of immigrants, with so many different languages and cultures, the New York City Soccer Initiative will be one of the great tools we use to unify young New Yorkers.”

    The US Soccer Foundation, the New York City Football Club, Adidas and the Mayor’s Fund to Advance NYC will pay for the fields, some of which will open as early as next year. The others will be finished within five years.

    The first eight fields will be at JHS 166 George Gershwin and Cypress Hills Houses in Brooklyn; Irwin Altman Middle School 172, and the South Jamaica Houses in Queens; Millbrook Playground in The Bronx; Eagle Academy For Young Men Of Staten Island; and Harlem Lane Playground and PS 083 Luis Munoz Rivera in Manhattan.
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  3. EvanJ

    EvanJ Member+

    Manchester United
    United States
    Mar 30, 2004
    Club:
    Manchester United FC
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Did you write that or copy and paste it? When you wrote "US Soccer Foundation" I'm assuming you meant the "US Soccer Federation."
     
  4. newtex

    newtex Member+

    May 25, 2005
    Houston
    Club:
    Houston Dynamo
    The U.S. Soccer Foundation is a part of the USSF. It is focused on funneling donations to developing youth soccer. They give money, build fields, and do a lot of distributing of soccer equipment.

    It is probably a 501c (or something like that) organization so donations are tax deductible. The USSF as a whole wouldn't be able to do that.
     
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