[WATCH]: Soccer for Success Program: The Claudio Reyna Foundation

The US Soccer Foundation's Soccer for Success programs are innovative after-school youth development programs that use soccer as a tool to combat childhood obesity and promote healthy lifestyles for children in low-income communities. In Newark, NJ and New York, the Foundation partners with the Claudio Reyna Foundation to run Soccer for Success programs for children in urban communities. The program provides a fun way to improve a child's overall health -- increasing strength, agility and endurance while also serving as a positive outlet. It helps guide children away from negative influences such as gangs and violence by providing them with safe and healthy places to play during the most dangerous hours of the day. Participants

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