Street Soccer USA: July 2010

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Ashoka's Change Makers FINALIST

!!BREAKING NEWS!!

Street Soccer USA has officially been selected as one of Ashoka's Change Makers FINALIST by Nike.

Please Support Street Soccer USA by voting at http://www.changemakers.com/football

Day TWO Kicks Off

Day two of the Street Soccer Cup kicks off. This morning's opening games set the pace with three explosive games. Fort Worth upset a talented Los Angeles team 3-0. The New York team rallied at the end to beat Raleigh 6-4 landing their golden opportunity to compete in the second round. In the most exciting game today, Chicago defeats Fort Worth on penalty kicks. Now with the Open Cup in full effect the sponsor teams finally see how hard it is to compete with the Street Soccer rules.

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SSUSA Cup 2010 Kicks Off!

View of the Game field with Leonsis Trophy as DC2010 kicks off.

23 teams, from 20 cities, a samba band, 200 people striving to overcome homelessness, and a lot of people there to cheer them on . . . that's the Street Soccer USA Cup.

Thanks to individual volunteers, donors, and companies like Deloitte, which has offered project management support all year to Street Soccer USA, and the likes of Nike, Microsoft, and Powerade--all new sponsors this year---the SSUSA Cup kicked off in tremendous fashion. Check in on Saturday afternoon when the first round concludes for the latest scores and commentaries.