NJ/NY Gotham FC Launches Keep Her in the Game

NJ/NY Gotham FC’s “Keep Her in the Game” is a first-of-its-kind soccer-based program to support and empower girl players

August 19, 2024– NJ/NY Gotham FC today announced the launch of an innovative, research-backed initiative, Keep Her in the Game, to directly address the disproportionate rates at which adolescent girls opt out of sports, by offering curated resources and programs to empower youth players on and off the field. Keep Her in the Game is designed to directly tackle the staggering research that reports that by age 14, girls drop out of sports at nearly twice the rate of boys, and on average, girls have 1.3 million fewer opportunities to play high-school sports than boys. Yet, the noted benefits of sports participation for girls are astounding, with 70 percent of girls involved in sports reporting high self-esteem and 61 percent indicating they learn critical communication skills through sports that are valuable for leadership roles.

Keep Her in the Game was created in partnership with non-profit Girls Leadership and social impact advisor Charter Oak Advisory, both leading players in the development of impactful programs. Program partners are South Bronx United and NJ Youth Soccer.

Keep Her in the Game is supported by the Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund

Learn more: Keep Her In The Game – press release

MSG Network’s Duda Pavão with Nan Vogel, NJ/NY Gotham FC, and Laurie Tisch, Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund, to Announce Keep Her in the Game