{"id":304026,"date":"2026-05-07T09:36:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304026\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:36:16","slug":"from-pro-soccer-to-purpose-fixing-youth-soccer-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/304026\/","title":{"rendered":"From Pro Soccer to Purpose: Fixing Youth Soccer in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-headline watch-truncate\" data-v-ea1137ca=\"\">What if youth soccer in the U.S. wasn\u2019t pay-to-play?<br \/>\nFormer MLS striker and USL MVP Matt Fondy joins Offside in the Bay to share his journey from professional soccer to building a movement in Oakland. Through Oakland Genesis, he\u2019s creating free access to elite soccer, transportation, and academic support for underserved youth.<br \/>\nIn this episode:<br \/>\n\u26bd The reality of becoming a pro soccer player<br \/>\n\u26bd Why the pay-to-play model is failing<br \/>\n\u26bd How Oakland Genesis is changing lives<br \/>\n\u26bd The future of U.S. Soccer ahead of the 2026 World Cup<br \/>\nThis is more than soccer. This is about opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>Posted\u00a0May 6, 2026 12:06pm PDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"What if youth soccer in the U.S. wasn\u2019t pay-to-play? Former MLS striker and USL MVP Matt Fondy joins&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":304027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-304026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304026","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=304026"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304026\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/304027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=304026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=304026"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=304026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}