{"id":36590,"date":"2024-11-20T03:46:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=36590"},"modified":"2024-11-20T03:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T00:46:32","slug":"michelle-kang-to-donate-30-million-to-u-s-womens-soccer-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/michelle-kang-to-donate-30-million-to-u-s-womens-soccer-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Kang to Donate $30 Million to U.S. Women&#8217;s Soccer Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Tuesday that Michelle Kang, a prominent figure in women&#8217;s soccer, will donate $30 million to the federation, marking the largest donation ever directed toward girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s programs in the national organization.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The donation will support competitive opportunities for girls and the professional development of female players over the next five years, in addition to supporting women in coaching and officiating roles.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Cindy Parlow Cone, President of the U.S. Soccer Federation, said in a statement: &#8220;Michelle Kang&#8217;s gift will change women&#8217;s and girls&#8217; soccer in the United States. It will impact generations of women and girls in our game.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">This donation comes just months after the U.S. women&#8217;s team won its fifth Olympic gold medal, a return to form for one of the most dominant teams in sports history, following their disappointing performance in the 2023 FIFA Women&#8217;s World Cup.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kang, whose team Washington Spirit will compete in the U.S. Women&#8217;s Soccer League Championship against Orlando Pride this week, has become one of the most influential owners in the sport.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Last year, Kang launched the first multi-team women&#8217;s soccer foundation, which includes France&#8217;s Olympique Lyonnais Women and England&#8217;s London City Lionesses.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Kang stated: &#8220;Women&#8217;s sports have been undervalued and ignored for far too long. I am committed to raising the level of excellence in women&#8217;s soccer, both on and off the field, by providing the resources needed for the sport to reach its full potential.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Soccer Federation announced on Tuesday that Michelle Kang, a prominent figure in women&#8217;s soccer, will donate $30 million to the federation, marking the largest donation ever directed toward girls&#8217; and women&#8217;s programs in the national organization. The donation will support competitive opportunities for girls and the professional development of female players over the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36595,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36590"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36596,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36590\/revisions\/36596"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}