US EditionChief Thum promotes neighborhood soccer
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Indoor soccer program in San Jose aims to keep at-risk youth away from gangs
Two gyms in San Jose will host indoor soccer games on Friday and Saturday nights as part of an effort to offer potentially at-risk children an alternative to street life. San Jose police are teaming up with the San Jose Earthquakes and other groups to offer indoor soccer, also known as futsal, on Friday nights at George V. LeyVa Middle School and Saturday nights at Washington United Youth Center. A 10-week league open to middle schoolers and hig…
Chief Thum promotes neighborhood soccer
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- Sioux Falls Police Chief Jon Thum is urging the public to participate and support youth mentorship. Thum swapped his police uniform for a soccer sweatshirt when he appeared at Friday's police briefing to talk about the benefits of a city soccer program, allowing children that attend title schools to participate in a league, free of charge. Thum is a longtime volunteer coach of Sioux Falls Neighborhood Soccer. Sioux Fa…
Lalley: Jon Thum wants your help - with soccer
Youth sports can seem like a never-ending escalation of expectation. How good, how fast, how far, how much money? It’s easy to lose perspective and allow a culture of exclusion to take hold, not out of malice but through economic and social barriers that put organized sports out of reach for some kids. It’s a trend that Sioux Falls Neighborhood Soccer works against. The league began in 2021 when Randell Beck – my former boss, just for the record…
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