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Welcome to the Black Soccer Membership Association!
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Lifetime Achievement Award Named After Legendary Coach Lenny Taylor
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NCAA Soccer has major head coaching diversity issues as black coaches total 4%
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Does US Soccer fail to recognize black coaches at the highest levels?
Reid: "USSF, USYSA, NCAA, MLS, USL, NWSL Presidents and Commissioners must intervene in the lack of diversity and uphold their hiring policies.”
Services
Access to Network
As a member, you will have unlimited access to other administrators, coaches, players, and referees in the Black Soccer Membership Association network. Share business ideas, share experiences, coaching tactics, go ahead get creative and lets continue to work together.
Mentorship
Our Mentorship service is a 9 month comprehensive program free of charge to new members only, to help guide them through their careers as we connect new members with more seasoned veterans to help support their growth.
Opportunity Placement
We don’t like the term “Job” since the word seems regimented. Instead, we use the work “Opportunity”. Let us help you find your next opportunity by speaking with clubs, schools, and colleges directly. Once we receive more information on an available opportunity, we will send you an email and endorse your application.
We are the
Black Soccer Membership Association!
Administrators
Who are we? Promoters, Advocates, and Supporters of our members.
Coaches
Why Join? If you share the belief that more diversity in coaching, initiatives and resources are needed.
Players
What we do? Provide our members with the tools to advance in the business of soccer.
Referees
Where do we serve? Mainly the US and Canada but its the World's game.
What Others are Saying
Kwame Lloyd - Women's Head Soccer Coach Salisbury University
Kim Crabbe - 1st African American Woman to play for the US National Team
Dwayne Davidson - Youth Soccer Coach, New York Red Bulls
Brianna Scurry - US World Cup Winner, 2-time Olympic Gold Medalist, 1st African American Woman inducted into US Soccer Hall of Fame
Black Soccer Statistics
% of black head coaches in 1,782 NCAA soccer programs
3.8%
Number of black head coaches out of 9 National Women's Soccer League teams
0
Number of black head coaches of the 25 Major League Soccer teams
2
Number of black Presidents out of 55 US Youth Soccer Associations
1
Number of black US National Team Head Coaches of the 8 teams
0
Number of black Executive Directors out of 55 US Youth Soccer Associations
0
Our Supporters
News
African Author Alex Kajumulo Announces Reprinting of Acclaimed Children’s Book ‘Soccer Monster’
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Reid sits down with MLS Italia to discuss black soccer topics and current political landscape
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Reinstate United TTFA as executive board of Trinidad & Tobago Football Association
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Marsha Harper lands Women’s soccer head coach position at American University
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Where to now? A plan for the next four years of the TTFA
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Iconic son of Brooklyn, Lenny “Kilroy” Taylor, returns to his roots to be honored by the BSMA
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Top 10 Football Clubs in Africa
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BSMA and Homelight Announce Partnership
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Clifton Bush named Head Coach of UNC-Asheville Women’s team now what’s next?
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BSMA to partner with Black Professional Men, Inc.
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BSMA adds Leveling the Playing Field as supporter
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BSMA awarded Southwest Airlines travel grant
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Q&A with Brooklyn College Women’s Soccer Founder and Author of Black Pioneers of the NASL Patrick Horne
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Washington Adventist University Men’s Assistant Head Coach Andrew Banadda’s recruiting trip to Trinidad & Tobago
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BSMA to name Lifetime Achievement Award after Coaching Legend Lenny Taylor
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BSMA Year in Review and 2019
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Kajumulo World to sell apparel at Dicks Sporting Goods
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Reid attends the Football Black List in London sponsored by the Premier League
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BSMA and Pitching it Black to share content and collaborate on events
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Lenny “The Lion” Taylor loves but remains tough on Caribbean Football
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BSMA to offer free United Soccer Coaches Grants and Scholarships Program Application Assistance
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Narada Wilson: Trinidad & Tobago and Brazil Football have something in common
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Martial right to feel hard done by at United
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Leonard Griffin: 2002 NCAA Division 1 National Champion assist the University of Portland Men’s Soccer Program
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United Premier Soccer League to begin implementation of Youth Academy League
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Kab Hakim wants to see futsal courts across the USA
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Lumumba Shabazz takes his craft serious by traveling the world for coaching education
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Caleb Ikwuagwu leads his alma-mater Simpson University into its 2nd season
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Kwame Oduro finds balance between education and leading the St. Bonaventure Men’s Soccer program
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Emmanuel Awotula is a champion of education and the Women’s Head Coach of Lincoln University
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Natasha Ademakinwa begins first season as Women’s Head Coach of Shawnee St. University
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Patrice Parris enters into his 11th season as University of North Georgia Men’s Head Coach
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Q&A with new Trinity College DC Women’s Head Coach Jason Gross
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Kab Hakim: What I would tell new US Men’s National Team General Manager Earnie Stewart
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Joelle Thieren: Empowering black girls in soccer across the globe
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How Ethio Athletics balances soccer and education
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Major League Soccer cashes out black soccer players with record transfer fees
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Kab Hakim: How France’s World Cup win can help the USMT outlook toward 2026
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Kephern Fuller Opens Up Markets for US Players in Europe
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Celebrating 30 Years of Black Soccer History
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United Premier Soccer League Black Franchise Ownership on the Rise
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Why I’d Never Start Another Youth Soccer Club in the US
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Coaching Education Costs Limit the Advancement of Coaches in US Soccer
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Does US Soccer Fail to Recognize Black Coaches at the National Team Level?
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Silent Thunder: Who is Alex Kajumulo?
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NCAA Soccer Has Major Head Coaching Diversity Problems
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Before there was Brianna Scurry, there was Kim Crabbe
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Numbers Show Diversity to be Non-Existent at the USYSA Level
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The United 2026 World Cup Win is a Loss for the Nation’s Capital
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BSMA honors Brianna Scurry with Lifetime Achievement Award
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