Juarez, Mexico Donations
The Gift of Soccer Foundation delivered over 1500 pieces of soccer equipment in large 55 Gallon storage containers. Working with Teresa Sosa of the FC Juarez Bravos El Paso Academy and Father Juan Carlos, we helped to deliver this equipment to an impoverished area...
Red Door FootGolf Event
The Gift of Soccer staff ran a fund raising event at the Santa Ana Golf Club. The Red Door Cup was a tremendous success. What a fun and enjoyable evening. The views were great and the game is a lot more fun and harder than one would think. Everyone that attended...
Come Play Footgolf
The Gift of Soccer will be sponsoring a Hole at the Red Door Cup Footgolf Tournament. Make Sure you Visit! Foot Golf is one of the hottest new crazes all over the world. Come and join the Sol for 9 holes of Foot Golf in the 1st Annual Red Door Cup! Beer...
Donations to Zimbabwe
The Gift of Soccer recently sent Jerseys and Soccer Equipment to a small village in Zimbabwe. We also sent a few ultra-durable One World Futbols that never need a pump and never goes flat. The ball can withstand the toughest environments in the world and last for...
Rapids Northern Donate Gear
Thanks to Nic Smith and the Rio Rapids Northern Soccer Club for donating some new and gently used jerseys, shorts, and other equipment. After cleaning and mending the equipment, the Gift of Soccer volunteers, pack into bags, label, and sort for distribution. Over 60...
GOS at Stamford Bridge!
The Gift of Soccer Foundation Board Members had the privilege of taking a 2.5 hour private tour of Chelsea FC Stamford Bridge. So soon after winning the Premiere League, it was extremely informative and full of great stories by the staff. Got to see where all the...
Soccer in Italy
The Gift of Soccer Foundation Board had some wonderful opportunities to experience soccer on European soil. The passion, the excitement, the family sense of community was unmistakeable. In Naples, we experienced kids playing with makeshift goals on concrete under the...
Reach 11 Complex in AZ
The Gift of Soccer team visited the Reach 11 Complex in Northern Phoenix, Arizona. We wanted to experience what a complex run by the municipality had for facilities and scope of offerings.
Donations to Belize
Recently the Gift of Soccer Foundation got to chance to help some villages in Central America. The GOS team collected and packaged several boxes of Soccer Uniforms, balls, cleats, shin guards, socks, and a large collection of training videos and books. The boxes...
Rio Rapids SC Holiday Party 2014
The Gift of Soccer held it's 3rd Annual Rio Rapids Soccer Club Holiday Party. Board Directors and Directors of Coaching staff and their families got to get together and celebrate. What a great way to celebrate with the families and staff that work so hard together...
Game Watch in Raleigh, NC
The Gift of Soccer was in Raleigh, North Carolina for the USA vs. Germany World Cup Game. What a great environment. The young professional and passion for USA Soccer was great to experience.
Care4Communities – Honduras
Care4Communities wants to partner with YOU, joining together to minister to the villagers in La Colonia, in Roatan, Honduras. We’ve created the name care 4 communities, to be a bridge between two very different communities. With the creation of this name, this...
ABQ Sol Kick-Off Party
The Albuquerque Sol Soccer Team had a kick-off party at Altitudes Bar and Grill in the Hotel Cascada. Some of the team were announced along with the coaching staff. Ron Patel and the other staff put on a great event.
Youth Sports – Specialize?
The greatest difference between our children’s sporting experience and our own is the rise of year round, sport specific organizations that ask – even require – season after season of participation in order to stay in the player development pipeline. The pressure to...
Rio Rapids SC Holiday Party 2013
The Gift of Soccer held it's 2nd Annual Rio Rapids Soccer Club Holiday Party. Board Directors and Directors of Coaching staff and families got to get together and celebrate. What a great way to celebrate with the staff that work so hard together all year long. The...
Cyclethon Pre-Event Coverage
Pedaling for a good cause By Matt Mauro Updated: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 11:15 AM MST Published: Thursday, November 14, 2013, 11:15 AM MST ALBUQUERQUE (KASA) - Fitness and fundraising go together next month with the 12-Hour Indoor Cyclethon at Albuquerque's Ryde...
ABQ Journal Rapids Coverage
By Ken Sickenger / Journal Staff Writer | 10 hours ago It might seem like common sense that a river and rapids go together. Officials from Albuquerque’s Rio Soccer Club and Major League Soccer’s Colorado Rapids have come to the same conclusion. The two organizations...
Notah Begay Foundation
The Gift of Soccer was pleased to donate dozens of cleats to support the Notah Begay Foundation. Shannon Adragna, the Soccer Program Manager said the cleats are a welcome addition to the other equipment and really helps to keeps kids engaged and coming back to...
Colorado Rapids Alliance with Rio SC
The Gift of Soccer has been working closely with the Colorado Rapids and the Rio Soccer Club of New Mexico to form an Official Alliance Club. We are happy to announce the finalization of the partnership! Here is the letter that went out today: September 4,...
Madrid Signs American Kid
Joshua Pynadath, an under-11 player from De Anza Force SC in California’s Bay Area, signed on with Real Madrid’s Alevín A team for the 2013-14 season. He trained with Madrid’s U11s twice and FC Barcelona before being selected by the former. “They told me that I was...
USA Gold Cup Champs!
Gold Cup win opens up horizons for a U.S. side in fine form CHICAGO -- I have studied U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann closely over the last 22 days covering the CONCACAF Gold Cup, and I have learned something. Whenever he uses the word benchmark, he is about to say...
Messi as a Young Boy
Lionel Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina on June 24, 1987. The dates on these highlights vary, but it appears young Leo is between 5 and 7 years old. The date of May 29, 1993 is clearly visible on one of the clips, which would make Messi not quite 6 years old at...
Rapids International friendly in NM
International friendly in New Mexico sees return of GK Pickens, fantastic strike from Harbottle. Albuquerque, New Mexico - The Colorado Rapids fell by a 2-1 score to Mexican First Division club Santos Laguna in Albuquerque, New Mexico on Friday night in an...
CO Rapids Clinic – ABQ, NM
Thursday night saw a great turnout for the Rio Soccer Club and Colorado Rapids Altitude Soccer Training Clinic. Rio SC had 265 kids participate in the two session clinic at Albuquerque's Balloon Fiesta Park. Brian Cookham, the CO Rapids Senior Director of Youth...