The Brief
- Oakland students celebrated the opening of a new soccer field in the Fruitvale neighborhood, a project funded through a partnership between Oakland Unified School District, the Bay Area Host Committee and private sponsors including EA Sports.
- The field builds on a community effort that began more than a decade ago, when former LIFE Academy student Ben Gonzalez helped lead a campaign to replace a blacktop play area with the school’s first soccer field.
OAKLAND, Calif. – Dozens of Oakland middle and high school students now have a new place to develop their soccer skills.
A ceremonial ribbon-cutting Tuesday morning marked the opening of a new soccer field, or pitch, behind LIFE Academy and United for Success Academy in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. The project is designed to benefit both students and the broader community.
“It feels very fresh and very renewed,” LIFE Academy sophomore Natalie Contreras-Simpson said.
Public-private partnership brings project to life
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