Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports

Youth soccer's pay-to-play model frequently shuts out low income families - and sometimes even entire communities. The large Pleasant Grove community in Southeast Dallas is one of them.

While youth soccer camps, clinics, leagues, etc. are easy to find the suburban outer ring or in areas north of I-30, not much happens in working class Pleasant Grove - where, ironically, soccer is easily the most popular sport.

Our 501(c)3 nonprofit supports soccer in Pleasant Grove, pushing back against that pay-to-play model by providing: 

• Low cost (or no cost) week-long camps

• Low cost (or no cost) single day clinics

• Coaching instruction for volunteers

• Extended skills sessions for higher level performers

• Strength and conditioning programs

• Equipment procurement and donation

In 2023 we helped serve more than 600 kids from schools and teams across underserved Pleasant Grove, roughly defined by the 75217 and 75227 zip codes. The median family income in 75217 is $49,000; 24 percent of the families are statistically defined as “living in poverty.” 

We believe the good kids of Pleasant Grove deserve the same opportunities and benefits that come from youth sports programs provided far more extensively in other areas of North Texas. We are trying to fill some of the gaps.