Stack Sports Presents
The Growth, Organization, Advancement, & Learning in Soccer Council
The GOALS Council, a national strategic advisory council founded by Stack Sports and industry luminaries, is an action-oriented group of leaders in the soccer space working together to better the sport for the next generation. This idea incubator will solve for key issues facing the sport and work together to move ideas forward at the community, region, and national level.
The Stack Sports commitment is to move forward council ideas in the industry via our efforts, connections, partnerships, and resources.
Community Soccer Ball Box
The GOALS Council Community Soccer Ball Box is designed to increase participation in soccer through the simple act of sharing a ball.
Have you found a box in your community? Feel free to grab a ball and play – no field or game rules are required. Do you have an extra soccer ball that you no longer use? Share it with your neighbors by simply adding it to the box.
Take a ball. Have some fun. Leave a ball for the next one.
#CommunityBallBox
Community Soccer Ball Box
The GOALS Council Community Soccer Ball Box is designed to increase participation in soccer through the simple act of sharing a ball.
Have you found a box in your community? Feel free to grab a ball and play – no field or game rules are required. Do you have an extra soccer ball that you no longer use? Share it with your neighbors by simply adding it to the box.
Take a ball. Have some fun. Leave a ball for the next one.
#CommunityBallBox
Introducing the GOALS Council
What does the GOALS Council do?
THE TEAM BEHIND THE GOALS COUNCIL
GOALS Council Members 2025
Joel Dragan
Council Chair
Executive Director
Florida Youth Soccer
Jen Davis
Executive Director
South Texas Youth Soccer
Mark Botterill
VP of Sales
Augusta Sportswear
d’Alary Dalton
CEO
Sol Soccer Club
Chris Solomons
National Director Community Engagement
AYSO
Diego Bocanegra
Co-Owner
Soccer Resilience
Vincent Minjares
Program Manager
Aspen Institute
Melissa Riemer
Director of Operations
Arlington Youth Soccer
Santiago Borja
Managing Director
The Borja Group
Jamie Mcleod
Assistant Technical Director
North Carolina Youth Soccer
GOALS Council Committee from Stack Sports
Andrew Hiatt, VP of Growth / Market Strategy, Founding Member
Frannie Fabian, Head of Partner Engagement, Founding Member
Autumn Browning, VP of Partner Experience, Founding Member
Adam Abney, General Manager, Founding Member
Georgi Dolence, Lead Soccer Consultant, Founding Member
GOALS Council Emeritus Members
Joe Guerra, President – The Soccer Club of Guilford, Inc.
Laura Halfpenny, Sr Director Soccer Growth – US Soccer Federation
Gordon Henderson, CEO – Ohio Soccer
Miriam Hickey, Executive Director – High Country Soccer
Marty Fox, Senior Program Associate, Aspen Institute’s Project Play
Dr. Jené Baclawski, Senior Coach Educator, US Soccer Federation
Roberto Aguas, CEO, FC Copa Academy, Copa Holdings
