Soccer in the Streets, in partnership with the City of East Point, today cut the ribbon on its third award-winning StationSoccer location. Station Soccer – East Point, located at 2797 Main Street, East Point, GA, is across the street from the East Point MARTA station. The pitch was built in conjunction with the Atlanta United […]
Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United owner Arthur Blank visits Bozeman soccer camp
The championship game at Atlanta United FC’s youth soccer camp in Bozeman came down to penalty kicks on Tuesday. And there was someone special watching from the sidelines: Arthur Blank. Blank is the owner of Atlanta United, who compete in the MLS, and he was excited to bring his inaugural soccer camp to Montana.
Atlanta United Foundation, MARTA, The City of Atlanta and Soccer in the Streets to Open StationSoccer Pitches at Lindbergh Station
The Atlanta United Foundation, Soccer in the Streets, MARTA and The City of Atlanta – Department of Planning announced today they have broken ground on StationSoccer’s fourth location at Lindbergh MARTA Station. Officially named StationSoccer- Lindbergh, this location is unique to the Soccer in the Streets community as it will be located adjacent to the […]
Cherokee Youth wins grant to create soccer mini-pitch in Canton
The Atlanta United Foundation and Local Initiatives Support Corp. have awarded a $75,000 grant to the Cherokee Youth Foundation to create a new, mini-pitch soccer field in Canton’s Harmon Field Park. The grant was made possible by GA 100, a campaign to create up to 100 mini-pitches across the state leading up to the 2026 […]
Coastal Outreach Soccer receives matching grant to build futsal court
Coastal Outreach Soccer recently announced that it is one of four programs in Georgia chosen to participate in the first phase of an initiative to build futsal courts across the state. COS will receive a matching grant of $67,500 from the GA 100 program to build a futsal playing facility at Howard Coffin Park. “For […]
Building the Game: The Atlanta United Foundation to build 100 mini-pitches across Georgia by 2026
The Atlanta United Foundation and the Local Initiatives Support Corporation have announced a joint venture to build up to 100 mini-pitches across the state of Georgia before the 2026 World Cup. The GA 100 Campaign will be run by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation with the initial backing of a $1.5 million grant from the […]
Why Soccer Fields Are Sprouting Up at Atlanta’s Transit Stations
Swaths of MARTA’s empty space are being turned into athletic fields for kids and adults. The goal is to build a transit-oriented soccer league. In 1978, Atlanta’s public transit operator built an amphitheater at the Five Points station, the nexus of its rail network, hoping that people would take transit to attend events there. They […]
Station Soccer earns Beyond Sport global award
ATLUTD.com On Thursday night at the Beyond Sports Awards ceremony in New York, Station Soccer received the global honor for “Sport for Innovation and Tech”. Funded through a grant by the Atlanta United Foundation and started in the fall of 2016, Soccer in the Streets has led the programming of Station Soccer in the Atlanta metro area. Taking place at the pitch […]
Atlanta United Foundation making strides in the community
ALTUTD.com One of Atlanta United’s primary goals is to make the beautiful game more accessible and inclusive for everyone in the state of Georgia. Since the Atlanta United Foundation (AUF) launched this past October, there have been huge strides made to do that.