{"id":247649,"date":"2026-04-26T22:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247649\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T22:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T22:15:09","slug":"miamis-world-cup-host-committee-welcomes-kids-to-special-soccer-clinic-with-focus-on-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247649\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami\u2019s World Cup host committee welcomes kids to special soccer clinic with focus on mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI \u2014 As South Florida prepares for the 2026 World Cup, the host committee is helping get local kids involved. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sunday at Haulover Park, the Miami Host Committee put on the One Game One Future youth soccer clinic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Participants enjoyed a coach\u2019s workshop that included all kinds of soccer drills. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Grassroots Soccer was part of the event. The health organization uses soccer to help yougsters learn more about life-saving information and how to live a healthier life. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The organization says today their focus was mental health and, of course, soccer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are so excited to be involved with FIFA and the Miami Host Committee to run some mental health soccer programs here called Mind Skills,\u201d said Grassroots Soccer co-founder Ethan Zohn. \u201cWe\u2019re using metaphors from the sport of soccer to deliver some really important health information to protect these kids and make them aware about mental health and the dangers and issues around mental health.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Bridgette Matter\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/2dda0f91-39c8-479e-9e.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Bridgette Matter<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Bridgette Matter joined the Local 10 News team as a reporter in July 2021. Before moving to South Florida, she began her career in South Bend, Indiana and spent six years in Jacksonville as a reporter and weekend anchor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 26, 2026 at 5:48 PM MIAMI \u2014 As South Florida prepares for the 2026 World Cup, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-247649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}