Soccer Forward Fests are community-driven events designed to celebrate the game, grow participation, and bring the excitement of the 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup to communities across the country.
Soccer Forward Fests are an opportunity to activate Keeping Score of What Matters in your community. Together, communities across the country can help drive participation and access to soccer nationwide.
Soccer Forward Fests provide a way to celebrate soccer through community-driven events. Fests will begin 100 days out from the FIFA Men’s World Cup 2026 and continue through the tournament’s final whistle.
Schools, community organizations, U.S. Soccer Member Organizations, partners, and local leaders are all invited to register an existing event or host a new one. From Maine to Hawaii, from major cities to local neighborhoods, Soccer Forward Fests can happen anywhere people want to rally around the connecting power of soccer.
Fests can come to life in many ways, including:
Designed as part of a unifying storytelling platform, Soccer Forward Fests are meant to equip anyone, no matter where they live, to host an event that tells the story of soccer in their community and helps them feel part of the world’s biggest soccer tournament.
Hosting a Fest is also an opportunity to use soccer as a catalyst for lasting community impact while celebrating and growing the sport locally. At the same time, Soccer Forward and Common Goal help amplify these efforts on a national stage during a period of rapid growth for the sport in the United States.
Soccer Forward and Common Goal have assembled helpful tools to empower organizers to host soccer-centric, community-driven, and safe Fests that bring the energy of the biggest soccer event in history to life across the country.
If you’re interested in joining this nationwide, community-driven celebration, register your event and be part of the movement bringing soccer to life in communities across the country.
Register NowFansFest is a homegrown, fan-organized event that celebrates Oakland’s rich sports legacy and current sports teams. As Oakland Roots and Soul, Oakland Ballers, and more gather, the event brings together kids, recreational and semi-professional teams, and the wider Oakland sports community in a shared celebration.
The event draws more than 2,000 people and creates a space for the community to support one another through the power of soccer and local sports culture.
Article adapted from U.S. Soccer – Soccer Forward Fests.