Company Commits $500,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of America to Grow Access to Soccer, Train Coaches and Advance Workforce Readiness for Club Teens
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LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — FOX Sports, America’s English-language residence for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, and Fox Corporation at the moment introduced neighborhood impression initiatives main as much as the anticipated match underscored with a $500,000 dedication to Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA).
The funding expands FOX Sports’ dedication to rising entry to soccer for youth and is a part of a broader, multi-year neighborhood impression platform collaboration with BGCA and nonprofit group, Common Goal, designed to create lasting alternative for younger folks by way of soccer throughout the United States.
“As FOX Sports prepares to present the largest FIFA World Cup™ in history, we have a unique opportunity to ensure the tournament’s legacy is measured not only by unforgettable moments on the pitch, but by the lasting impact it creates in communities nationwide,” stated Eric Shanks, CEO and Executive Producer, FOX Sports. “We are honored to support the efforts of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Common Goal, U.S. Soccer Foundation and others to expand access to soccer and create opportunities for the next generation both on and off the field.”
The $500,000 funding will assist youth soccer programming supplied by BGCA, increasing entry to the game and creating new alternatives for younger athletes nationwide. The legacy dedication is predicted to interact greater than 26,000 new youth throughout the nation, whereas serving to to coach coaches and create job alternatives for Club teenagers as referees. The donation additionally allows native golf equipment nationwide to host Soccer Forward Fests, community-based occasions designed by U.S. Soccer to have a good time and deepen engagement within the sport.
“Soccer can open up new opportunities for youth and this collaboration with FOX Sports will allow us to support young athletes across the country,” stated Jim Clark, President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America. “This monumental donation will allow us to uplevel our support for players, coaches, referees and more, contributing to their success on and off the soccer field.”
Building on its efforts from FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia & New Zealand 2023™, FOX Sports is increasing its neighborhood initiatives forward of the 2026 match by way of a rising ecosystem of impression organizations together with Common Goal, U.S. Soccer Foundation, and its personal lengthy operating FOX Sports University program. These mixed efforts will improve entry to the sport, assist psychological well being and create pathways for the subsequent technology of gamers and professionals. FOX Sports is the one nationwide broadcaster to take Common Goal’s 1% pledge, committing one p.c of its match protection since 2022 to inform the story of soccer for social good throughout its platforms.
Together with Common Goal, FOX Sports will proceed utilizing the facility of soccer to drive constructive social impression by way of initiatives centered on inclusion, well-being and entry to the sport. This consists of the corporate’s dedication to the subsequent chapter of “Create the Space,” the psychological well being initiative led by Common Goal and launched in 2023 along with U.S. Women’s National Team defender Naomi Girma and FOX Sports and Fox Corporation throughout the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™. The initiative delivers youth-focused psychological wellness coaching applications to soccer-based youth organizations throughout North America and the Caribbean, equipping the subsequent technology with the instruments to thrive each on and off the sphere.
“I’m proud of the work we’ve been able to accomplish at Common Goal to bring more awareness around how mental health impacts athletes. This support from FOX Sports and Fox Corporation allows us to make even stronger and more meaningful impact and change for good,” stated Girma.
FOX Sports can be additional investing sooner or later workforce of sports activities by way of FOX Sports University, a longstanding program that connects school college students with real-world expertise and profession pathways within the business. Now in its nineteenth yr, this system reaches dozens of universities throughout the nation and greater than 500 college students yearly. Leading as much as FIFA World Cup 2026™, FOX Sports University partnered with 20 faculties on FIFA World Cup™-focused programming that includes a “World Cup of FOX Sports U” competitors and nationwide campus speaker sequence with FOX Sports broadcasters, executives and leaders on this planet of soccer.
FOX Sports’ expanded neighborhood impression platform displays a long-term dedication to leveraging the facility of sport to create significant change. Together with Fox Corporation and nonprofit organizations throughout the nation, the corporate stays centered on constructing a long-lasting legacy that extends effectively past the match and helps form the way forward for soccer within the United States.
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About FOX Sports
FOX Sports is the umbrella entity representing Fox Corporation’s big range of multi-platform US-based sports activities property. Built with manufacturers able to reaching greater than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, the enterprise has possession and pursuits in linear tv networks, digital and cell programming, broadband platforms, a number of internet sites, joint-venture companies and a number of licensing relationships. FOX Sports consists of the sports activities tv arm of the FOX Network; FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes. FOX Sports’ digital properties embody the FOX Sports App and FOXSports.com, which gives instantaneous scores, stats and tales from throughout the sports activities world. Live streaming video of FOX Sports content material is obtainable by way of FOX One, Fox Corporation’s wholly owned, direct to client streaming service. Also included in FOX Sports’ portfolio are FOX’s pursuits in joint-venture companies Big Ten Network and the UFL and a licensing settlement that established the FOX Sports Radio Network.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of America
For greater than 160 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA.org) has offered a protected place for teenagers and teenagers to be taught and develop. Clubs provide caring grownup mentors, enjoyable and friendship, and high-impact youth improvement applications each day throughout important non-school hours. Boys & Girls Clubs programming promotes educational success, good character and management, and wholesome existence. More than 5,500 Clubs serve over 4 million younger folks by way of Club membership and neighborhood outreach. Learn extra at BGCA.org and on social media.
About Common Goal
Common Goal has pioneered the soccer for good motion by connecting neighborhood organizations, amplifying confirmed approaches, and mobilizing collective motion inside and past soccer. Today, Common Goal brings collectively soccer’s largest impression collective – a world neighborhood of greater than 200 best-in-class organizations throughout 117 nations, unlocking alternatives for over 3.6 million younger folks yearly.
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