Since its founding SWB has impacted over 60,000 young people from 122 countries, speaking 112 languages. Their high school graduation rate is 95 percent.
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Ben Gucciardi on Soccer Without Borders’ 20 years of play, education and community
WANT TO SHARE THIS ARTICLE? Twenty years ago, the idea of helping a young child who had to leave their home country due to war, poverty or ethnic, tribal or religious violence was not controversial. “It’s a basic human thing,” Ben Gucciardi notes. In 2026, immigration — who gets to come to, and stay in, […]
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World Cup host New York/New Jersey: Through the eyes of Jim Vogt
New York City residents speak over 800 languages. The five boroughs are home to more than 3.2 million residents born outside the USA.
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From MLS to Midshipmen: John Hackworth takes on Navy’s unique challenge
The former Wake Forest star has coached U.S. men’s and youth national teams; MLS and USL pro sides; MLS Next Pro, and men’s and women’s college squads.
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World Cup host Boston: Through the eyes of Frank Dell’Apa
Boston played an enormous role in the founding of our nation. It’s known as “the Cradle of Liberty.”
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Lex Chalat leads U.S. Soccer’s mission to ensure the 2026 World Cup leaves a grassroots legacy
Chalat has worked and lived in more than 20 countries, devising programs and partnerships around sport’s role in issues like the refugee crisis, youth gun crime, and racial and ethnic divides.
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Thomas Clynch leads Hartford City FC’s effort to use soccer for social impact
“Hartford City FC always plays the game, represents our community, and supports our city like we only have One Life to Give.”
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Lex Chalat leads U.S. Soccer’s mission to ensure the 2026 World Cup leaves a grassroots legacy
Chalat has worked and lived in more than 20 countries, devising programs and partnerships around sport’s role in issues like the refugee crisis, youth gun crime, and racial and ethnic divides.
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As the world turns its eyes to soccer in America, SASH supplies the backstory
The Society for American Soccer History’s mission is to “promote, facilitate, and disseminate research into the rich history of soccer in the USA.”
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World Cup 2026: Dallas soccer veteran Steve Davis leads legacy quest in North Texas
There may not be as many as the New Yorkers who claim to have been at Yankee Stadium the day Don Larsen threw his World Series perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers. In Dallas, Steve Davis says a significant number of people say they were in the Cotton Bowl stands in 1994, when Brazil edged […]