DC Creatives Come Together to Produce America SCORES World Cup Commercial
A soccer player places the ball on the penalty spot, breathes deeply, and shouts “Let’s go!” before striking cleanly into[...]
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Twelve Middle School Teams Compete At The District’s Most Iconic Soccer Venues in DC SCORES Capital Cup Championships
DC SCORES middle school poet-athletes took to the pitch at Audi Field and The Fields at RFK for the 2022[...]
“Poetry Is My Foundation”: How Alumna Zarea Boyde Found Her Voice, and Her Power, Through DC SCORES
Zarea Boyde can pinpoint the exact moment she knew she was hooked on DC SCORES. She was seven years old,[...]
Almost Thirty Years After DC SCORES Was Founded at Her School, Alumna Laisha T. Dougherty Shares How Program Inspired Public Service Career
Laisha T. Dougherty was in second grade when her school, Marie Reed Elementary, introduced its girls’ soccer team. Established by[...]
After Two Years of Virtual Competitions, In-Person Poetry Slams Return For DC SCORES Poet-Athletes
Thousands of poet-athletes from more than 40 DC public schools competed in the first slams to be held in person[...]
“We’re A Good Mix”: Brothers José and Ronald Granados Make DC SCORES a Family Affair
In the close-knit community of DC SCORES, it’s not uncommon to hear people refer to the organization as a family.[...]
“We’re A Community”: DC SCORES Delivers Fun for More Than 2,000 Poet-Athletes at Fall Frenzy Events
Fans of the sport know that fall is always an exciting highlight of the soccer calendar and the DC SCORES[...]
One Night One Goal 2022 Raises More Than $440,000 to Break DC SCORES Fundraising Records
On October 6, 2022, DC SCORES hosted its fifth annual One Night One Goal gala and raised the highest-ever fundraising[...]
From Columbia Heights to College: DC SCORES Alumna Yanina Chicas Reflects on Identity and Community as She Begins New Life Chapter
Chicas has just begun her first semester at Lafayette College as a Posse Scholar. In November 2016, Yanina Chicas stepped[...]
“Maybe I Can Do This, Too”: Teaching Artist Tatiana Figueroa Ramírez Draws on Her Afro-Latinx Identity to Inspire DC Kids
In her poem “Things My Daughter Must Know,” spoken word artist and DC SCORES Associate Director of Creative Writing Tatiana[...]
DC SCORES Poet-Athletes Walk Out With U.S. Women’s National Team at Audi Field
On September 6, soccer fans tuning in to watch the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) take on Nigeria at Audi[...]
Washington Spirit Players Prepare More Than 500 New Sports Bras for Delivery to DC SCORES Poet-Athletes
On August 18, 2022, DC SCORES staff visited Washington Spirit players at their Leesburg training facility to pick up some[...]