Austin Community Soccer Association

🩵 SAVE THE DATE! JKP 2027! 💙
The 5th Anniversary JUST KEEP PLAYING Memorial 7v7 Soccer Tournament is confirmed for 2027 and will be a celebration like no other.

📅 Saturday May 22, 2027
📍 Onion Creek Soccer Complex - Austin, TX
⚽️ Registration opens October 14, 2026

Just Keep Playing - or JKP - is a pickup style 7v7 soccer tournament that started in 2022 to honour the memory of our friend Jonathan Kyle Patterson and has become a special tribute for all friends and teammates we carry with us. We spend this day together, playing the game that connects in celebration and love.

All proceeds from the tournament benefit - a leading sports-based national nonprofit powered by soccer as the driver in breaking the cycle of poverty through free, community-based programs, mentorship and supportive services that help youth and their families in marginalized neighborhoods build life skills, confidence, and leadership. SSUSA delivers specialized outreach and inclusive programming designed to empower participants, helping them discover their strengths, achieve their goals, and expand opportunities.

With JKP there’s something for everyone! You can play, volunteer or spectate. Visit www.justkeepplaying.org for more information.

And always, JUST KEEP PLAYING. 💙

There’s a lot of lore around the origins of St. Patrick’s Day, but I’m sharing because this Irish holiday was a way for immigrants to celebrate their heritage and pride together as they started new lives and families here in the US. What I love about our “American melting pot” of cultures is that each maintains a foundation in its beautiful traditions, and also beams colourfully and echoes loudly as we share and celebrate them with each other, creating new rituals together with love and respect for the kaleidoscope of where we come from, who we are and what our strengths contribute.

As we continue to amplify love an kindness, and fight hate…

May your teams be filled with laughter,
May your matches be filled with goals,
And may you have all the happiness,
Your ACSA hearts can hold.

❤️⚽️🍀