Tuesday An education fair was held in the new Education wing of YouthLink. North Hennepin Community College, Hennepin Technical College, MCTC, Minneapolis Public Schools, and Youthrive joined us to provide youth with information about college, finishing high school, and joining in extracurricular activities. When youth finished learning and getting information from our exhibitors, they were ...Read More →

Wow. Best word to describe our end of tournament run. Our team played hard throughout the tournament. On Saturday night, the Men’s team had a heart-breaking loss to the eventual champions of the tournament-Russia. The match itself was something to write home about. Up Top was losing for the majority of the short 14 minutes played in a game. With 2 minutes to go, the team was down 6-4 in favor of Russia.

Wow, Friday has been jam-packed. Our day started with breakfast in the hostel, ready to go. First match: Up Top Men vs. Charlottesville. The guy’s team got in and was off to the races instantly. We scored within the first couple of minutes and momentum kept building from that point. The team won 6-2, an exciting start to our first day.

Tired. That’s the word of the day as Up Top arrived in Washington, D.C. after 24 hours of travel. Our team was more than ready to arrive and check into our rooms. We are staying in a hostel in downtown Washington, D.C., two blocks from the square where they have set up the Street Soccer USA arena (called Kastles Stadium).

The Downtown Journal, a bi-weekly publication that provides in-depth neighborhood-level news to more than 30,000 downtown Minneapolis residents, featured the new Youth Opportunity Center in its May 24 issue. The article discusses the key areas of the new Youth Opportunity Center, the partnership with Hennepin County’s “Heading Home Hennepin” project, and includes quotes from YouthLink ...Read More →