Get On The Bus Replication Guide

• Developing strategies to overcome the cost and transport barriers to playing soccer.
• Planning week-by-week program implementation for school-based soccer programs.
• Developing the right team to deliver soccer for good programming
  Designing curriculum that combines physical, academic, and life skills content.
• Considering partnership approaches with key soccer and education actors.
• Replicating the full GOTB model in your community.

• What training and support might your delivery teams need to most effectively use the GOTB program in your community?
• What changes might you need to make to the program model to ensure it responds to the issues that are priorities for schools in your community?
• What feedback loops and other monitoring, evaluation and learning structures can you set up that can help you improve your program.
• Partnership is key to the GOTB model. Is the partnership mix in the guide the right one for your context? What help might you need to reach the right partners.
• If you’re interested in fully replicating the model under the GOTB brand you should contact the GOTB team to explore further.

GOTB has taken on some of the biggest challenges we face in making soccer more inclusive – costs, and transport. This guide helps others to take on those challenges. It combines structure with flexibility, offering clear steps while allowing local adaptation.

GOTB seeks to shift the trajectory of youth soccer in North America. Since 2018, the organization has fully funded access to play, transportation, tutoring, and healthy habits for children across the region. In partnership with the United States Soccer Federation and additional partners, Get On The Bus will serve upwards of 10,000 kids throughout the US, Mexico, and Canada by World Cup 2026.