DC SCORES
Washington, D.C.
DC SCORES empowers youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world.
Get Involved
Our goal is to reach every Title 1 elementary and middle school in the District by 2030. Build Poet-Athlete City with us!
What We Do
Soccer
DC SCORES creates neighborhood soccer teams that become lifelong communities. By coming together for practices, gamedays, and tournaments across the school year, poet-athletes forge meaningful relationships with friends and coaches and build a support network that stays with them long after they graduate from the program.
Poetry
During our fall season, poet-athletes learn how to write creatively and perform their poetry as a team. By raising their voices on the issues they care about most, poet-athletes improve their social and emotional health, learn to express themselves creatively, and become champions for their neighborhoods and wider communities.
Service Learning
In the spring, poet-athletes take on an issue they explored in their poetry and apply their soccer teamwork skills to a community service project. By working together on something that matters to them, poet-athletes form deep connections to their neighborhoods and become young leaders for positive change in their city.
Who We Are
We envision a D.C. where every child experiences the joys of childhood and is empowered to grow into a physically and emotionally healthy adult — on and off the playing field.
3000
+
Poet-Athletes
Served Each Year
60
+
Schools
30
Years of Impact
Student Voices
“DC SCORES taught me to build connections with the community around me. It’s incredible what DC SCORES did for me.”
- Axel, DC SCORES Alumnus
“When you worked hard to be on that stage, grown-ups think it’s more worthwhile, and they think more.”
- Veronica, DC SCORES Poet-Athlete
“At DC SCORES you have to have a lot of love and respect. You have to pick up your teammates. You have to help them.”
- Kollyn, DC SCORES Poet-Athlete
Huster is being recognized for her leadership of the National Women's Soccer League Players Association and her contributions to DC[...]
The initiative includes funding for DC SCORES' middle school soccer leagues, with a particular focus on girls' participation.
The party was the culmination of a year in which the Screaming Eagles raised almost $20,000 for DC SCORES.
Learn more about DC SCORES' 2024 highlights!
Jackson has been coaching generations of DC SCORES poet-athletes since 1996.
Sisters Shay and Shanice dreamed of a program like DC SCORES as youngsters. Now they're helping their students tap into[...]
Aspen McNair Sr. and his son, Aspen Jr., represent two generations DC SCORES poet-athletes.
Professional soccer players Darwin Espinal and Josselin Possian share how they grew their game and friendship through DC SCORES.
Poet-athletes set to share their views and hopes for the future after a particularly divisive election cycle.
Trap Bob, the iconic D.C. artist, has designed a new logo and jersey to commemorate DC SCORES' 30th anniversary.
The Audi Field event also broke DC SCORES fundraising records by bringing in more than $550,000 for poet-athletes.
Johnson surprised members of the DC SCORES girls' team at Ida B. Wells Middle School.
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