Mission Statement

"PITTSBURGH SOCCER IN THE COMMUNITY (PSC) aims to provide high-quality, minimal cost soccer coaching to the inner-city children of Pittsburgh, who for financial and demographic reasons would normally not receive this opportunity.  The soccer coaching will be combined with lifestyle seminars provided by external agencies.  These seminars will be designed to assist the children in making positive, healthy and informed life decisions, whilst maintaining a relaxed and interactive environment."

PSC Was Proudly Profiled Across the Country to Every Office in the U.S. Department of Justice

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania co-sponsors Pittsburgh Soccer in the Community (PSC), a soccer program for youth focused primarily on the Somali Bantu refugee population in the city’s Lawrenceville neighborhood.  Soccer is a universal sport and serves as a natural platform to conduct outreach programs to Muslim youth.  For each of the past four years, PSC (funded by the DOJ’s Weed and Seed program) has operated a nine-week summer camp and organized a team that regularly plays in local leagues.  PSC also provides clinics on nutrition and fitness, the value of staying in school, and scholarship opportunities.  FAUSA Robert S. Cessar (fifth from right) and SLC Bruce J. Teitelbaum (no pictured) serve on the PSC Board.  The photograph was taken following a game with Central Catholic’s Junior Varsity Soccer Team.  The Somali Bantu are being settled in Lawrenceville and the help of the Catholic Charities of Pittsburgh.

2011 Annual Fundraiser
When: Saturday, November 12, 2011
Where: The Neighborhood Academy's Sports Facility
MORE INFORMATION TO FOLLOW!

PITTSBURGH SOCCER IN THE COMMUNITY was founded in December 2004 by James Meara and Mark Taylor with the aim of providing children in the “at - risk” communities of Pittsburgh with soccer tuition and lifestyle skills.  Since then, we have reached the lives of over 700 children in numerous communities throughout the Pittsburgh area and beyond.

Over the past two years, PITTSBURGH SOCCER IN THE COMMUNITY has formed many working relationships throughout the Pittsburgh area. Our partners include:

The City of Pittsburgh Police

The Pittsburgh Office of the F.B.I.

PA West Soccer Association

The Mentoring Partnership of Southwestern PA

The Pennsylvania State Police

The Pittsburgh Women's Shelter

The Office of the Mayor

The Pittsburgh Riverhounds

The "Adopt a School" Advisory Board

Allegheny Juvenile Court

The U.S. National Guard