The United Soccer Coaches Coaches Communities, formerly known as Advocacy Groups, were created to accommodate the space of who you are as a coach. Our Coaches Communities bring forward a safe environment to network with fellow coaches, find mentorship and leadership opportunities, and advance the game of soccer in the great community. While we all come from different backgrounds, United Soccer Coaches works to unite all coaches around the love of the game.
Each Coaches Community has a variety of sub-committees that allow coaches to take part in areas of the association that interest them, including Convention Planning, Education, Awards, Scholarships & Grants, Content and News, as well as an Advocacy sub-committee. The Advocacy sub-committee focuses on the specific needs of the members they represent and all Advocacy sub-committees come together to form the Advocacy Council, dedicated to uplifting the voices of our coaches. To learn more about our Coaches Communities, please visit the pages below:
If you are interested in getting involved in the association and have a desire to give back, then our Coaches Communities are a great way to get your foot in the door and be apart of something bigger:
- Coaches Communities are a great way to connect with other coaches in the association that share a common focus. Many coaches get involved in multiple communities! Allies are always welcome to participate too.
- Each Coaches Community is made of sub-committees that focus on specific needs of the communities, i.e. Convention Planning, Education, Advocacy, etc. These sub-committees work together to represent the membership, identify the needs of that Community’s coaches and work to bring change for the betterment of coaches.
- Our Coaches Communities also serve as a pathway to leadership in the association. There are opportunities to serve on a Community’s sub-committee or become the group’s Chair.
- Through this pathway, members will gain a wider knowledge of the association and its members. This is an excellent pathway for anyone wishing to run for the Board of Directors or become more involved by serving on acommittee in the future.
The Latest From Our Coaches Communities
Black History Month: The Triangle of Blackness
Ending with a great list of players from the black community for our month long black history features, we are excited to continue to empower, educate and advocate for the USC Black Soccer Coaches Group through stories that are not just important to the black...
Black History Month: The Nigerians
In honor of black history month it is important to share multiple people that come from different countries and for this feature we honor the contributions of Nigerians and Nigerian-Americans to the beautiful game in Africa and around the world. It is estimated that...
Black History Month: Thori Staples Bryan
Thori Staples Bryan from Joppatowne outside of Baltimore, Md is our Black History Month featured star. Thori was a three-time First Team All-America soccer player at North Carolina State as well as being a member of the U.S. Women's National team in 1995 and 2000...
Women Coaches Advocacy Group – Q&A with Rochelle Hearns
Portland, Ore., also known as ‘Rip City’ for their NBA team, the Trail Blazers. Within this hip, rainy city lies a few trail blazers themselves, true to the definition. A “trailblazer” is defined as “a person who makes a new track through wild country; a pioneer; an...
Black History Month: Darryl Gee
As we continue our Black History month educational stories we now stay close to home in the USA as we feature a pioneering soccer player who had so much talent. So talented that he was drafted directly out of high school by the NASL’s Minnesota Kicks, which traded him...
