Soccer Forward Fests are an opportunity to activate Keeping Score of What Matters in your community. Together, we can drive participation and access to soccer nationwide.
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Soccer Forward Fests provide a way to celebrate soccer, comprised of community-driven events.
Soccer Forward Fests will begin 100 days out from the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 and span all the way through the tournament's final whistle.
Anyone from schools, community organizations, and U.S. Soccer Member Organizations, to partners and local leaders are invited to register an existing event or host a new one. From Maine to Hawaii, city to local neighborhood, professional to grassroots, Fests can be anywhere - a place to rally and excite around the connecting power of soccer.
Fests can come to life in many ways. Some examples include:
Designed as part of a unifying, storytelling platform, Soccer Forward Fests are meant to equip anyone, no matter where they live, to host an event that allows them to tell the story of soccer in their community and feel a part of the world’s biggest soccer tournament.
Hosting a Fest is an opportunity to use soccer as a catalyst for lasting community impact, celebrating and growing the sport locally. At the same time, Soccer Forward and Common Goal will amplify your efforts on a national stage during a period of rapid growth for the sport across the United States.
Soccer Forward and Common Goal have assembled helpful tools to empower you to host soccer-centric, community-driven, and safe Fests that bring the excitement of the biggest soccer event in history to life across the country.
If you are interested in joining this nationwide, community-driven celebration, click below to register your event!