Get involved

It is that time of year again. The USSF AGM is coming up in a few days and the WVSA AGM is coming up in March. Several new candidates are running for state positions, the league I am President of has several new members on its Board, the club I am President of just added several new members to its board. The excitement, ideas, and energy among all of these new members and potential members is invigorating.

We need this everywhere... at every level... in every community... every club. New blood. New energy. New ideas. People ready to push the game forward in this country. People just like you.

I've been talking about this subject on Twitter quite a bit lately because I think this is the most important thing that we can do for soccer in this country right now. 

I started this thread a week ago to shine the light on what problems exist in each of our local soccer communities.

Things that we control.

Go get involved in governance if you want to see things get better. It takes immense energy to make change... we must create momentum https://t.co/NUf7VRzu6L

— Chris Kessell (@THEChrisKessell) February 7, 2019

If we ever hope to actually change this game in the US.

Go volunteer, go sign up, go give an idea and then say... yes, I am willing to take this project on.

Everybody cant be @EricWynalda and run for USSF President but we can all volunteer at our local community youth club

— Chris Kessell (@THEChrisKessell) February 7, 2019

And change the culture of the sport in our cities

We can all start a #FutsalFriday in our neighborhood

We can all work to build a safe space for kids to play pickup games

It sucks that people who value the game for how much they can extract from it monetarily have control

— Chris Kessell (@THEChrisKessell) February 7, 2019

It is going to take a true movement of people becoming engaged to break that stranglehold

If know plenty of my followers are coaches, volunteers, fans, parents.

We can move the needle... even if it's just a little bit... as the saying goes... the first step is the hardest

— Chris Kessell (@THEChrisKessell) February 7, 2019

So let's do the hard part now... and take that first step#ProRelForUSA #ReformUSSF

— Chris Kessell (@THEChrisKessell) February 7, 2019

We have to start to change this game from the bottom up, where we can actually control things, while we also call for change at the top.

#ProRelForUSA
#ReformUSSF