City in the Community has helped expand Saturday Night Lights soccer citywide including the South Bronx thanks to the support of the Manhattan District Attorney.
Saturday Night Lights is a program run in partnership with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office designed to provide young people, aged 11-18, in underserved communities with high-quality sports training and academic enrichment during times when crime rates are at their highest - namely Friday and Saturday nights.
“We started this program five years ago in the basement of a senior center in East Harlem. The basic premises just offering soccer at high crime times on Friday and Saturday nights and engaging teenagers with free safe space to play soccer.