Image credit: Target/United Soccer Coaches

INDIANAPOLIS — Target and United Soccer Coaches have teamed up to offer free coaching courses via their Urban Soccer Initiative, enabling those who complete the course to receive an official coaching license, the Urban Soccer-Futsal Diploma.

Indiana Futsal and the Irsay Family YMCA have joined them in the endeavor to offer the free course in Indy this Sunday, May 5. It’ll be held at the Irsay Family YMCA from 4-8 p.m.

Space in the free Urban Soccer-Futsal Diploma course in Indianapolis is limited; interested attendees can register here while spots are still available.

Image credit: Indiana Futsal

Other cities that’ll host Urban Soccer Initiative courses include Kansas City, New York, Atlanta, Cincinnati, Hartford, Denver, Detroit, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Providence, Seattle and Boston. Visit the Urban Soccer Initiative’s website for dates, times and to register for the free classes throughout the U.S.

“It is the goal of this project to bring coach education resources to urban areas of these communities,” states the course’s homepage. “United Soccer Coaches recognizes in our Commitment to Culture, that the sport of soccer needs to rise to the occasion and be more inclusive of diversity and embrace the ever changing landscape of the sport. We encourage coaches from all around these communities to join this educational endeavor and join our Foundation’s goal to enrich communities through powerful coaches.”

United Soccer Coaches education content coordinator Vince Ganzberg will instruct the Indianapolis course. He’s coached at various soccer programs throughout central Indiana and is currently the educational consultant for the Zionsville Youth Soccer Association.

This is United Soccer Coaches’ Target Urban Soccer Diploma in KCMO. These coaches are here to change kids’ lives and be a source of positivity through the game; they aspire to inspire. pic.twitter.com/7daimy4EQx — Rusty Kugler (@rustykugler) April 23, 2019

“As soccer coaches, we are committed to creating a unique, positive culture for our sport in America,” reads the United Soccer Coaches’ Commitment to Culture, a new core tenet established by the organization in October 2018 on the heels of the U.S. men’s national team’s failure to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. “We want to lead the effort to build a soccer culture that celebrates what is best about our game and helps it transcend from what happens on the field to what happens in the lives of our players.”

For questions or further details on Sunday’s free Urban Soccer-Futsal Diploma course at the Irsay Family YMCA, contact director of Indiana Futsal Justin Becht at justin@soccerindiana.org.

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