America SCORES Milwaukee is excited to be a part of the National Girls & Women in Sports movement!

While thousands of girls and women participate in both SCORES and its partner organization Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club's programs, we wanted to find a way to fit with this year's theme of EXPANDING OPPORTUNITY.

To make sure ALL girls and women have the opportunity to play, Uihlein Soccer Park will offer any female wishing to exercise, play soccer, or use a playing field for any other sport will be granted 1 hour of FREE open play time.

More information and open play hours.

Register your child for spring outdoor soccer.

From the NWGSD.org website:
The theme of the 31st annual National Girls & Women in Sports Day is Expanding Opportunity. It recognizes the extraordinary progress sparked by Title IX and the ongoing effort to ensure access to sports for girls and women.  Despite the legislation’s impact, only 40% of high school girls are currently playing sports, leaving three-in-five girls without the opportunity to compete.

Research demonstrates that girls who play sports have better health, higher self-esteem, stronger leadership skills, greater academic achievement and economic opportunity. Let’s work together through NGWSD to get these three-in-five girls in the game and expand their opportunities both in sports and in life.

#NWGSD #girlswithgame

The America SCORES Milwaukee team submitted a 1-minute video to WaterStone Bank's 95th Anniversary Video Contest. With more than 100 entries, SCORES was selected as a top-10 finalist which would be voted on between 5/23-5/31/2016. The organization with the most votes will win $50,000! Please support the more than 1,000 kids who participate in SCORES programming each year by voting at VoteForSCORES.com!

Learn more about the contest on WaterStone Bank's website.

UPDATED 6/1/2016

THANK YOU to the many individuals who voted for SCORES. We had several organizations supporting us as well, including: Four Points by Sheraton, Gatorade, Hyatt Place, Johnsonville, Keeper Goals, La Preferida, Milwaukee Barons, Milwaukee Kickers Soccer Club, Noodles & Company, SkyHigh Marketing, Stefan's Soccer, Soccer Without Borders, and Wilderness Hotel & Golf Resort.

Updated 6/8/2016

SCORES Takes 5th Place in Voting!

With the help of our wonderful friends, families, and supporters we were awarded 5th place, and will receive a donation of $5,000 from WaterStone Bank!  Thanks for everyone's help!

Pashia, a fourth grade Milwaukee Public School student from LaFollette School (3239 N. Ninth St.) and three year America SCORES Milwaukee participant, has been selected to represent Milwaukee at the America SCORES National Poetry SLAM! in New York City.

“Pashia was selected to advance to the national level not only for the creation and performance of her original poem, but for her admirable sportsmanship and outstanding leadership in the classroom and on the soccer field,” said Jennifer Taff, school social worker and Pashia’s America SCORES Milwaukee soccer and writing coach.

To be held during National Poetry Month at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea on Monday, April 11th, the 10th annual National Poetry SLAM! will celebrate the achievements of 15 poet-athletes from across the United States. Pashia’s experience, as well as her fellow 14 poet-athletes that were chosen by their peers in their respective cities, will include participating in writing and performance workshops with renowned poets and spoken word artists, a tour of New York City, the opportunity to play soccer in Central Park and conclude with the event itself where she will take to the theatre stage to recite her poem to an audience of America SCORES supporters and advocates.

“Pashia’s hard work and determination earned her this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” said Kate Carpenter, America SCORES Milwaukee Executive Director.

Read more about Pashia's journey in this JSonline article.

Watch the CBS58 news feature, and the follow-up piece

Listen to the 89.7 WUWM Interview

Read the Men in Blazers "Raven" newsletter (section VI)

WATCH THE NATIONAL SLAM LIVE! Monday 4/11 @ 6:00PM

On Thursday, March 3rd, Uihlein Soccer Park played host to America SCORES’ 2nd Annual Junior Jamboree.
 
The Jamboree was set up to celebrate the coming to an end of the Junior SCORES season. Fifty 1st and 2nd graders rode buses from the north side of Milwaukee to participate in the Jamboree. 
 
For nearly an hour the participants, dribbled, passed, scored goals and cheered for each other. The concepts of Teamwork, Leadership and Commitment which the students were taught throughout the season, were all evident as the participants played their hearts out on the field. The icing on the cake was at the end of the Jamboree when the participants were all given their own soccer ball as they exited the fields. Martreveon C., a second grader at Gwen T. Jackson Elementary, surprised with the soccer ball asked our volunteer Jessica  “Do we get to keep these?” To which Jessica replied “Yes, it’s yours!”
 
Kate Carpenter, Executive Director of America SCORES said “This event is a true celebration and a reward for the kid’s hard work. It gives kids from under-served communities an opportunity to play in a fun and safe environment. We would like to thank Milwaukee Kickers and Uihlein Soccer Park for being gracious hosts.”