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MEET SOCCER RESILIENCE

Founded in 2020, Soccer Resilience is a sports mindset agency. The organization takes a “whole-person” approach to athletes and believes that healthy mindsets for players, coaches and parents are vital to success in sport. Soccer Resilience mental fitness guidance and programming are available through 1:1 mentoring, team sessions, club advising, org presentations and the Soccer […]

COLLEGE SOCCER RESOURCE HUB

College sports season can be super rewarding, exciting and overwhelming all at the same time. We want YOU to know that the WIS network can be a resource for you. Lean on us for anything from community, to mental wellness and career development. Here’s how: GET CONNECTED  WIS members are trailblazing coaches, pro players, soccer […]

USL and Women in Soccer at the annual USL Winter Summit

WIS x USL Winter Summit Recap

The WIS squad had a blast at the USL Winter Summit! We connected with fellow industry trailblazers, crowned our PITCH IT and Changemakers Award winners, celebrated USL milestones and learned how to develop self-branding. We’re fuelled by the work WIS and the USL are doing for the future of soccer! PITCH IT, AWARD WINNERS  WIS […]

WIS Awards Nominate

NOMINATE YOUR MEMBERS FOR A WIS AWARD

The WIS network has been live for a year and our squad’s impact on the game is definitely something to cheer about! To celebrate our community, we’re launching the annual WIS Awards to recognize members, partners, and industry extraordinaire who are usually left out of the spotlight but have done incredible work to elevate the […]

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The USL and WIS community voted nearly 500 TIMES for trailblazers who are impacting the soccer industry in a progressive and inclusive way. You all show up! We love to see it. Congrats to every single person nominated—you all make the game better!  Now to the winners… The Innovator Award goes to Chanel Wiese, Executive […]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WOMEN IN SOCCER

This week, we’re celebrating a year of Women In Soccer! We want to thank YOU, our trailblazing members, for your love of the game and your commitment to making the industry inclusive through the work you do on and off the field. WIS members are officially in 42 out of 50 states and we are […]

Women in Soccer is teaming up with the USL to celebrate the incredible work that the people behind the teams do. The USL Changemakers Awards will recognize underrepresented industry employees who have done outstanding work in the last year to level up the soccer industry and USL culture.  From fan engagement champions to trailblazing media […]

COFFEE & PROGRESS: ALLYSHIP IN ANTI-ABLEISM

The WIS squad showed up to celebrate all minds and body types at this past “Coffee and Progress.” Thank you to everyone for your allyship and determination to make sports an inclusive space! As always, WIS is about ACTION, so the event resources are designed to educate and promote ways to uplift all athletes.  EVERYONE […]

PITCH IT – ENTREPRENEURS CONTEST

The WIS squad has teamed up with the USL to give entrepreneurs an unmissable chance to get financial support to develop their plans to use the game for positive social change.  Life’s a “pitch,” as every woman and person from a marginalized community in soccer knows. To intervene, we’re hosting a pitch contest with the […]

Name: Candice Fabry Pronouns: She/Her  Position: Founder and owner of Fearless and Capable Catchphrases/sentiments to live by: I’m fearless and capable! What’s your favorite soccer memory? My last college game. Strangely, it was because I knew it would be my last time playing competitively. Basically, we discovered in my freshman year of college that I […]