Street Soccer USA brings free soccer programs, mentorship and learning to neighbourhoods across the United States. Since 2020, 18 of its parks have been built with SoccerGround pitches, from San Francisco to Boston.
Where it started
In 2020, Street Soccer USA opened a park in Sacramento with two SoccerGround Advanced side by side, separated by removable panels. In 2021, two SoccerGround Portables went up at The Crossing at East Cut in San Francisco; in 2025, they made way for the first Visa Street Soccer USA Park, with two Advanced. The Teddy van Beuren Soccer Park in the Bronx followed in 2023.
26 for 2026
For the 2026 World Cup, Street Soccer USA is building 26 street soccer parks nationwide with its program 26 for 2026. Together with Visa and Bank of America, every U.S. host city gets a Visa Street Soccer Park. The first Visa park opened in San Francisco in June 2025, built with our pitches. Since then our pitches have gone to Denver, Harlem, Brooklyn, Kansas City, San Diego, Fort Worth, South Gate in the Los Angeles area, Houston, Boston, Tacoma, Philadelphia, Queens, Miami and Austin. In Altadena, UNIQLO funded a park and learning centre for the neighbourhoods hit by the Eaton Fire in January 2025.
One plan, many places
Most parks follow the same plan: two SoccerGround Advanced, about 22 to 24 m long and 16 m wide, side by side, with 12 x 4 ft (3.66 x 1.22 m) goals and netting up to 4 m high, including the boards. Between them there is often a community area of about 4.5 m, and floodlights keep play going after dark. Because the Advanced stands free, without foundations, it fits on school playgrounds, squares and car parks.
Some parks go further. In Sacramento and Miami, removable panels turn the two pitches into one. In Tacoma, walls of the SoccerGround Portable form the community area; take them out, and the whole space becomes one pitch in the standard size for blind soccer.
More than a pitch
Next to the pitches, many parks have a learning centre with after-school support, financial education and job readiness programs. In Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu opened the park in June 2026: “Visa Street Soccer Park Boston will be more than a place to play.”
The parks
- Sacramento (2020)
- New York, the Bronx: Teddy van Beuren Soccer Park (2023)
- San Francisco, East Cut: Visa Street Soccer USA Park (2021 with two Portables) (2025)
- Denver: Bank of America Field at Skyline Park (2025)
- New York, Harlem: PS/MS 007 Samuel Stern School (2025)
- New York, Brooklyn: Ed Gilligan Memorial Field at PS 94 (2025)
- Kansas City: Visa Street Soccer Park (2025)
- San Diego: Adam R. Scripps Street Soccer USA Park (2026)
- Fort Worth: Visa Street Soccer USA Park (2026)
- South Gate (Los Angeles): Visa Street Soccer Park (2026)
- Houston: Bank of America Fields (2026)
- Boston: Visa Street Soccer Park (2026)
- Tacoma: Visa Street Soccer Park (2026)
- Philadelphia: Visa Street Soccer Park (2026)
- New York, Queens: Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund Street Soccer Park at M.S. 137 (2026)
- Altadena: UNIQLO Street Soccer Park (2026)
- Miami: Visa Street Soccer Park (2026)
- Austin: Adam R. Scripps Street Soccer USA Park (2026)
Planning a pitch for your community? See Mini-Pitches for councils.
