MLS WORKS, Major League Soccer’s community outreach initiative, in collaboration with ESPN and Special Olympics, announced today the kick-off of the 2018 Special Olympics Unified Sports Soccer Exchange Program.
MLS, ESPN and Special Olympics have teamed up to promote an environment of social inclusion by uniting people with and without intellectual disabilities through Special Olympics Unified Sports®. Cornerstone to this collaboration is the Unified Sports Soccer Exchange Program. Unified soccer teams, compromised of players with and without intellectual disabilities, travel from their home city to other MLS markets to compete in exhibition matches with their Special Olympics counterparts.