Chicago Neighborhood Soccer

There's more to pick-up soccer than meets the eye. Even unstructured play requires organization.

Chicago Neighborhood Soccer (NBHD Soccer) is a homegrown, grassroots organization founded and driven by local pick-up soccer players. We celebrate Chicago's pick-up soccer players, and we give back to our local communities.

Table of Contents

• ⭐️ Mission
• ⭐️ Vision
• ⭐️ Values
• ⭐️ How to Get Involved
  • Join the community of local pickup soccer players!
• ⭐️ More Resources
• ⭐️ People

⭐️ Mission

Our mission is to provide an accessible and inclusive community driven by a common love of the game. Together, we provide the best pick-up soccer in the neighborhood by organizing communities and uniting players from different walks of life.

⭐️ Vision

To help people, local neighborhoods and other soccer groups. Our vision is to be the best community-driven pickup soccer group in Chicago.

⭐️ Values

We believe pickup soccer should belong to the community of amazing Chicago players and fans, and that includes everyone, regardless of race, age, and gender.

We value inclusion

• Pick-up soccer is a game for everyone regardless of skill or background, everyone should be allowed to play
• Inclusive games create a welcoming and friendly environment where everyone is encouraged to participate and contribute

We value collaboration

• Pick-up soccer games require players to work together and communicate effectively
• Collaboration helps to build strong relationships and teamwork that extend beyond the pitch

We value community-building

• Pick-up soccer games bring individuals together to form a tight-knit community.
• Pickup soccer provides opportunities for players to come together and create a sense of community and contribute freely and openly toward a public good

We value impact through innovation

• Pick-up soccer and innovation can both be seen as spontaneous, collaborative, and adaptive processes
• Through innovation we will develop new ideas that will be flexible and creative in their approach to find unique and impactful solutions

⭐️ How to Get Involved

Join the community of local pickup soccer players!

Everyone can be part of the pick-up community and be contributors.

• Fill out the Chicago Neighborhood Soccer Community Contributor Signup to let us know you want to get involved.
• Join the community on
• Play pickup soccer with the community on meetup
• Learn github and submit a pull request to fix a typo. We are looking for admins on discord, github, and in the pick-up soccer scene.

Together let's find ways to keep Chicago pick-up soccer accessible for all, affordable, fun, and community-driven.

⭐️ More Resources

• Chicago Neighborhood Soccer Wiki
• Chicago Neighborhood Soccer Community Contributor Signup
• Community Code of Conduct
• Work in progress - FAQs
• Work in progress - Chicago Neighborhood Soccer - Github Pages
• Work in progress - Chicago Pick-up Soccer Aggregator
• Work in progress - Chicago Pick-up Soccer Fund
• Work in progress - Community Calls
• Work in progress - The Discourse Community Platform Guide
• Work in progress - Roadmap
• Work in progress - Sponsors

⭐️ People

Chicago Neighborhood soccer is maintained by pick-up players in the local chicago neighborhood. Join the discord to talk to the community and ask to get involved as a player, contributor, maintainer, or even admin.