Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports camps

06/08/2026

Staff for last week's Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports camps summer camp.
We always have a good group ... but this year's staff was particularly outstanding. The kids from Pleasant Grove got great instruction from coaches, the HS volunteers were SO great at engaging and mentoring the younger ones, and our "soccer moms" always take such good care of the kids. I'm SO proud of our group!

05/24/2026

Working class Pleasant Grove gets SO little positive attention. If PG appears in the news, it's usually a crime story. It's an area that most of Dallas tends to ignore. Well Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports is trying to change that. Here's a little more positive publicity for the community. (Thanks, WFAA Ch. 8!)

The students were chosen through a series of free soccer clinics hosted earlier this year at W.W. Samuell High School by Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports.

05/15/2026

The Fox4 segment on our nonprofit and our efforts in getting some good kids an experience of a lifetime.

Students from eight Pleasant Grove elementary schools will es**rt top soccer players onto the field during this summer's FIFA World Cup.

05/13/2026

Pleasant Grove is a community that goes mostly unnoticed by greater Dallas. Well, this summer ... the whole world is gonna damn well see Pleasant Grove!
That's because 38 or our kids (who attend our Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports nonprofit camps and clinics) will walk out with teams at this summer's World Cup -- an event watched by literally billions around the world!
They will be part of the Player Es**rt Program, sponsored by Quaker. Students age 8-11 were recognized and selected during a series of (FREE!) February soccer clinics for their citizenship, engagement with coaches, consistency in attendance and involvement in the nutrition and wellness programming connected to the clinics.
At the clinics, our shirt told the kids to "Dream Big." They just didn't know at the time how big they were allowed to dream -- all the way to the field at the FIFA World Cup!
More information is here at our website:

Pleasant Grove tends to be a bit invisible to greater Dallas. It’s just not seen. Well, this summer — it’ll damn well get seen! The Pleasant Grove community will be seen at this summer’s World Cup, an event watched literally by billions around the world. How cool is that!? Young people from ...

04/12/2026

Catching up here: A few words about our most recent activations, a series of clinics where we blended important nutrition information with our usual rotations of soccer skills sessions

In this case, BIG opportunities We recently completed a series of single-day clinics that were unique in our portfolio of service to the wonderful Pleasant Grove community -- unique in some highly functional ways, but also in creating some unbelievable opportunities. As for the practical benefit:

02/23/2026

Two days done in our series of February Fuel Up for Summer of Soccer clinics (soccer + nutrition info). Final day is Saturday. The kids in Pleasant Grove (140 of them so far) have been awesome! (Below is coach Rudy, coach Izzy and coach Ana going over the value of whole grains for our youngest group at the camp.)

02/14/2026

NO camp this morning. Rain / storms on the way.
We will push everything back one week. So ... the next two Fuel Up for the World Cup camps will be:
- Saturday, Feb. 21
- Satruday, Feb. 28

02/03/2026

Quick update: Our series of Saturday clinics in February are now full. We have almost 200 sign-ups!

01/25/2026

Exciting announcement:
We are having a "Get Ready for Spring Soccer" series of clinics!
It's all about Fueling up for the World Cup ... getting everyone ready for their spring leagues and getting excited about proper nutrition ahead of this summer's FIFA World Cup.

12/23/2025

THIS is community.
Some good Samuell HS kids that have worked at or participated in our Pleasant Grove Soccer & Sports camps came out today to help at the PG Salvation Army toy distribution.
PG people making PG a better place
(And Skyline HS coming out tomorrow) 🙏💪