Phone: (888) 436-5833
Website: StationSoccer Website
Instagram: @soccerstreets
In November 2022, Plei officially expanded into our 13th market, Atlanta, Georgia! 🍑 We made our debut at the famous Silverbacks Park and months later we partnered up with StationSoccer. As part of our ongoing blog series, we will be highlighting all of our partner facilities in every region where Plei has touched down. 🛬
Keep on reading to learn more about this special city-wide community project that is actively working to feature a total of ten stunning locations across Atlanta! 👇
That’s exactly what happened way back in 2013 when Sanjay Patel, now the Director of Strategic Projects at Soccer in the Streets, started taking MARTA public transit. He spotted plots of unused land in and around the train stations, and it hit him that something could be done with these empty grass spaces and parking lots.
Hailing from England, he was inspired by the way transportation has been nearly perfected to be multi-functional and easily accessible from all corners of the country, no matter the age. From this, the idea sprung to life. “Why can’t we build mini soccer fields on these patches of unused land?” he thought to himself. A “League of Stations” is what popped into his head. It made so much sense to him, and he wasn’t going to let this lightbulb moment go to waste.
Flash forward to 2023, and what started as a possible throwaway proposal has turned into a full-fledged, critically-acclaimed city-wide success in Atlanta. This “League of Stations” - officially known as StationSoccer - was initially approved by MARTA back in 2016.
Soccer in the Streets is a nationwide, non-profit agency that has been providing soccer, educational and life-skills programs for the youth in low-income communities since 1989. StationSoccer is their largest and most successful project to date, and they’re only getting started.
After securing partnership with the Atlanta United Foundation as well, they brought StationSoccer to life, starting with a field inside of Five Points Station, the first of its kind in the world. It was an instant hit in the city, and more expansions followed soon after.
As of April 2023, there are a total of five (5) StationSoccer locations: Five Points, East Point, Kensington, Lindbergh and West End. Further expansion plans will plant fields at the HE Holmes, Bankhead, Civic Center, East Lake and Doraville train stations.
Address: 1171 W Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
Hours Of Operation:
Open 7 days a week
Following the late 2022 opening of their fifth location in Kensington, Soccer on the Streets would soon turn their attention to finishing the construction at East Lake. 🚧
Following a couple months of efforts, a special grand opening was celebrated on Friday, October 27. 🥳
At StationSoccer East Lake, you’ll find a total of two (2) fields for 5v5 games, a setup also shared by a number of other StationSoccer fields, including West End, Lindbergh and Kensington. ⚽
Activities that go down at their East Lake facility are as follows:
You can look forward to high-quality artificial turf surfaces, fully equipped with lighting, goals, and benches for players and spectators, creating a sort of experience that can be compared to even professional stadiums. 🏟️
The facility at the East Lake MARTA station is StationSoccer’s sixth location, with four more still pending completion as of early 2024. The end goal is to create a “league of stations”; plans are in place to install fields at Doraville, Bankhead, H.E Holmes and Civic Center in order to complete the League of Stations. 🚄
Community events sponsored by Atlanta United and other unique partnerships happen all the time, so follow their social media pages (Instagram/Facebook/Twitter) and keep up with the StationSoccer website if you don’t want to miss out. 📲
That’s all we have about StationSoccer at East Lake! If you want to read about their five other locations, click any of the following links below. 🔗
Our partnership with Station Soccer is still going strong! At this time, we proudly host pickup games at their 6️⃣ up-and-running locations at different MARTA stations throughout Atlanta. 🍑 Download Plei from the App Store or Google Play today and sign up for a pickup game now! ⚽
