The United States Soccer Foundation, the development and philanthropic arm of soccer in the USA that was launched with profits from the 1994 World Cup, is delivering $1 million in funds to 23 different groups and eight ''24/7'' grants for the construction of soccer fields as part of its ninth annual grants cycle.
PROGRAM GRANTS
Big Apple Seeds-Loisaida Soccer ($30,000)
Boulder Dam Area Council, Boy Scouts of America ($14,000)
Boys and Girls Clubs of Metro Denver ($2,000)
Chelsea Recreation Council ($4,000)
Denver Soccer Club ($10,000)
Fort Collins Soccer Club ($10,000)
Joy of Sports Foundation ($10,000)
Minnesota Thunder P.L.U.S. ($5,000)
Salt Lake County Recreation Section ($24,000)
Southern California Youth Soccer Organization ($50,000)
Think Detroit, Inc. ($30,000)
Women's Sports Foundation ($25,000)
Youth Education Sports ($25,000)
CAPITAL GRANTS
Atlanta Youth Soccer Association ($34,000)
Greene County Soccer Association ($25,000)
Highland United Soccer Club ($21,000)
Homer Township ($25,000)
Jefferson Kiwanis Youth Soccer Club ($15,000)
Mountain Top Youth Soccer Association ($30,000)
Partnership for the Future of Bryson City/Swain County, Inc. ($18,000)
Soccer Academy of Wilmington, Inc. ($10,000)
St. Clairsville Area Soccer Association ($10,000) Sulphur Oklahoma Soccer Association ($8,000)
''24/7'' FIELD CONSTRUCTION GRANTS ($100,000):
Aloha Community Project (Beaverton, OR)
City of Sterling Heights (Michigan)
St. Louis Youth Soccer Association
Seacoast United Soccer Club (Epping, NH)
Century United of Pittsburgh Football Club
Hudson River Trust (NY, NY)
West-United Soccer Association (Limerick, PA)
Richmond Strikers Soccer Club (Virginia)
For U.S. Soccer Foundation Grant information: http://www.ussoccerfoundation.org/GNT.html