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
February 2020 Latino Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter
Latino Coaches Advocacy Group Bienvenidos! February 13, 2020 Message from the Chair: On behalf of the United Soccer Coaches Latino group, we thank you for all your time and energy. We feel that the Baltimore Convention was a great first step in organizing and...
How One Coach Creates an Inclusive Environment With Her Team
Every soccer player knows how difficult it can be to find your bag on the sideline; they all look the same. On day one, I provide the players with a variety of ribbons - school colors, animals, fun patterns, colors associated with various causes- and ask them to...
February 2020 Black Coaches Advocacy Group Newsletter
Welcome to the February 2020 Newsletter of the Black Coaches Advocacy Group. In an effort to better our communication efforts we will be sending a monthly newsletter to all of our group members so that we are all on the same page with all this group is doing. Black...
Black History Month: Charmaine Hooper
Canadian-Guyanese Charmaine Hooper is our next Black History Month honoree. While the Black Soccer Coaches Advocacy group's focus is mainly on coaches, we also embrace our black soccer community from everywhere in the diaspora. Charmaine Hooper was born in Guyana in...
Black History Month: Kalekeni Banda
Throughout the month of February, the United Soccer Coaches Black Coaches Advocacy Group is recognizing some of the black pioneers of the beautiful game in the USA and around the world. Today being the first work day of the week for the month we will start of our...
