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Shoes for Play Higher Brazil!

Thanks to our generous Play Higher family, Coach Nelsinho flew back to Play Higher Brazil with cleats and futsal shoes for the players in São Paulo! Nelsinho is giving it […]

USA Teqball!

We have always wanted a Teqball court at Play Higher… and thanks to the amazing people at Teqball, this dream became a reality! We kicked off our partnership with an […]

USA vs. Brazil!

To officially launch our project in Brazil, Lucas, Nelsinho and I put on a fun event where our best American players played against our best Brazilian players at our Rancho […]

Happy Giving Tuesday! GO USA!

Hello All – What a year! We are so encouraged by your generosity and support of our Play Higher Soccer Ministry. Because of you, we were able to accomplish some […]

Answered Prayers

1 year ago, I went to our player Cole Harris’s games versus the Barca Academy at the Irvine Great Park. I wanted to support Cole Harris in one of his […]

Maxim Scordo – MLS Next Leading Scorer

Our athlete, Maxim Scordo, is the leading goal scorer of the u16 MLS Next heading into the winter break! Maxi currently has 32 goals and 12 assists. Him and his […]

Thank You!

Hello everyone!   It has been an awesome start to fall season! There have been many blessings to celebrate within our player community, such as players getting called in to […]

Surf Cup 2022

This past weekend, Pastor Walmer and I drove down to San Diego to watch some athletes from Play Higher play in the finals of Surf Cup with their respective teams. […]

From the Vault

Play Higher 2016. My friends, family, and I started Play Higher with the goal of keeping young athletes charged up on God’s Love and giving them the best extra training […]

Congrats, Beckett & Maxim!

Congrats to Beckett Miller and Maxim Scordo for getting called into the USYNT 2007 ID Camp! This makes for 9 Play Higher athletes to get called up to Youth National […]

Foot Anointing at Saddleback Church

God wants to speak to us through His word.   In November I had a daydream. I read the verse “Let him be favored among his brothers, and let him […]

Fall Quarter 2021 Recap

Happy Holidays to the Play Higher Family! Thank you for making it a fun & fruitful fall season. I am blessed to get to coach the Play Higher athletes. I […]

Growing a Happy, Healthy, High-Performing Athlete in this Age of Anxiety

I’m not a psychologist. I’m a soccer coach with a Master’s in Social Work. I am concerned. We at Play Higher are seeing what seems to be an anxiety epidemic […]

Congrats, Tristan Weber!

Congrats to our player TWEBZ on his first pro contract! Many more to come!   Tristan dropped out of SDSU with 2 seasons left to play as he felt called […]

Summer 2021 Recap

Hey Everyone –    What a summer at Play Higher! Thank you for all the support you give to Play Higher! All of this would not be possible without you! […]

Player Spotlight: Matthew Hoppe

Matthew Hoppe was 13 years old when he began coming to Play Higher FC street soccer at the Saddleback Church parking lot. We only hosted the events on Friday nights as I was still playing at UC San Diego.

Plenty of Goals and Assists

Play Higher FC players have contributed to over 400 goals in the past two months. Here are a few players’ incredible stats: -Camila Hernandez has scored 8 goals and 10 […]

Finn Linas invited to Barca Academy Trial

Finn Linas, a Play Higher FC player since he was 10 years old, has been invited to try out with The Barca Residency Academy.

The Benefits of NOT Attending your Child’s Practices

Many parents don’t know that most experts agree that going to watch your child’s practice is detrimental to their growth as an athlete. It is often enjoyable for parents to watch their child play sports, but parents don’t realize they are actually working against what they want; for their child to fall in love with the game.