A passion for soccer that helps others

Live the Pitch profiles Jason Longshore of Atlanta-based Soccer in the Streets, who truly embodies that organization’s objectives to help young people live better lives. His unselfish passion for the game, and those youngsters who benefit from his time and effects, also have a reciprocal effect:

“I can see the benefit it has for the kids that I work with but I don’t think they necessarily see how much it benefits me. I love it. My job motivates me to get up every day. I have worked jobs that I did not enjoy, dread going in, dread getting up, you just don’t enjoy your life. Doing something like this, no matter how much work it is or how hard it is, I am motivated by the fact that I am making a difference. A lot of these kids just need somebody to talk to that cares, that’s the most important thing, I mean I think of them like they are my little brothers.”

It’s such a rare and precious thing to know this in your heart and soul, and to be able to live it.