A Team… Through Sports
Our mission is to provide every school-age child the opportunity to be engaged, inspired and successful in school.
Sports For Learning runs lunch recess, Saturday, after-school, and summer programs at over 1,000 elementary and middle schools in the Western U.S. College students local to your school will blend STEM into soccer, inspiring your children in academics as well as sports. Our program serves more than 200,000 kids each year.
Sports For Learning proudly serves schools in California and Texas. Please use the interactive map below to see partner schools in your area.
Message from the Founders
“As childhood friends, in Ireland, we grew up playing soccer. Because of our love for the game and the appreciation of the values instilled through sport, we both pursued degrees in Sport Science & Health (B.Sc.) at Dublin City University. During our summer breaks, we traveled America and discovered a shared passion with kids all over this country: soccer. We started coaching soccer camps for children of all ages. But our experiences with these kids made us want to find ways to incorporate an educational component that would encourage learning through play. Soccer motivated us to live happier and healthier lives and education allowed us to share our love of sport in a broader and more meaningful way. So, we developed Sports For Learning and today we continue to positively impact the lives of hundreds of thousands of kids.”
~ Chris Murphy and Nick Telford, co-founders and owners of Sports For Learning
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“The program was excellent and the coaches showed up with energy and enthusiasm to engage our students, even those who were not huge fans of soccer. I appreciated the consistency of the coaches.”
“Coach is marvelous with our kids. They can’t wait to see him on the days he comes to our campus. He is a great leader and instructor.”
“Very knowledgable instructors. Students love the STEM Soccer classes.”