200+ women players • Safe environment • Every Wednesday • $10
Most pickup soccer in Chicago is male-dominated. We created a different solution.
As a nonprofit organization, we're building long-term community organizing capacity through sports. Women's Wednesday is part of our broader neighborhood development work.
Learn About Our Community Organizing Mission →From game day action to community celebrations - this is what women's pickup soccer in Chicago looks like
Find games, check schedules, and RSVP for Women's Wednesday on our Meetup page
View Women's Games on Meetup →100% volunteer-powered programming. Women building spaces where women thrive through soccer.
A letter to our community — February 2023
Hello, Women's Wednesday!
Thank you for coming out and kicking it with us. We are ecstatic about having you all join the Chicago Neighborhood Soccer community; this is for everyone! Everyone makes a difference, and the entire community is better for having you join it.
In these past 12 months, we have grown over 1,000 new members on Meetup. Almost 20% of that has been women. Special shout out to the community leaders who worked with us to make this happen.
We plan on doing more for women's pickup soccer. To do that, we need to start charging enough to cover basic facility fees. We were happy to put a couple grand of our own money, and take that risk, to subsidize an opportunity for women to come out and play pickup soccer for the first two months.
Now that two months have passed, it's clear that this Women's Wednesday launch has been a great success. We are excited to say women's pickup soccer is here to stay.
Our goal is to be community-driven. This means we want to include you, support you, and collaborate with you more. Want to be an NBHD Community Leader? Everyone is invited to be a leader in our volunteer-powered community.
Sincerely,
Chicago Neighborhood Soccer Community Leadership
Our first Women's Tournament ran in September 2025. Stay tuned for 2026 details.
Want to help shape what Women's Wednesday becomes next? Reach out at nbhdsoccer@gmail.com
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