We enter 2026 stronger than ever as football for good continues to grow We’re proud welcome six new impact organisations to the Common Goal community. Through a membership process, Common Goal has evaluated these organisations according to both basic and specific Football for Good criteria that establish how they use football to generate impact towards social topics aligned to the Sustainable Development Goals. These new members are delivering life-changing programmes
Momentum, lessons, and what comes next As this year comes to a close, at Common Goal we are looking both backward and forward—at the shifts that are influencing the football for good community, the trends emerging for 2026, and the possibilities tied to the World Cup ahead. Across continents, across organisations, and across thousands of stories from young people and leaders on the ground, one truth keeps showing up: football for good isn’t simply growing; it’s entering int
A hometown band. A local team. A collaboration rooted in community. Deftones and GOAL Projects Release Jersey Collaboration Supporting Street Soccer USA’s Los Jaguares. GOAL Projects — a collaboration between Footballco’s global soccer brand GOAL and Common Goal — has launched its latest partnership, this time with Grammy Award–winning band Deftones, to support Los Jaguares, a youth team from Sacramento’s Oak Park neighbourhood and part of the Street Soccer USA community. The
Keeping Score of What Matters Through Soccer Forward Fests Common Goal and Soccer Forward Team Up to Connect Communities in the Run-Up to the FIFA World Cup 2026 As the United States prepares to co-host the biggest soccer event in history in 2026, Common Goal and Soccer Forward Foundation are partnering to ensure the tournament’s impact extends far beyond the final whistle. Together, the two organizations are launching Soccer Forward Fests, as part of US Soccer’s national leg
A conversation with Tamara Awartani, co-founder of Palestine: Sports for Life. Across the sport-for-development world, the idea of a safe space is central — a place where young people can play, learn, and belong. In Palestine, that idea carries a different weight. Safety here is not only emotional; it’s physical and political. Since 2011 , Palestine Sports for Life has been creating those safe spaces — using sport and life skills to reach marginalised communities across the
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