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The people behind the program

Built by people who show up for kids.

Foosball Clubs USA is led by a working board, an Executive Director, and volunteers who believe every young person deserves a place to belong.

Empowering Students and Uniting Communities

Governance

Board of Directors

Our board sets direction, protects the mission, and keeps FCUSA accountable to the students and donors it serves.

Day-to-day leadership

Executive Director

The board sets the direction. The Executive Director carries it out, running the program day to day.

Michael Stahl

Michael Stahl

Executive Director
World champion, 2012 to 2024

Truant kid turned world champion, now leading the mission to put foosball in schools.

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Most kids love foosball, they just don’t know it yet. This game gave me confidence when I had none, and it gave me people when I had nowhere to be. Now my mission is making sure the next kid gets that same chance.

Michael Stahl

Executive Director

In your region

Regional Coaches

Our regional coaches are volunteers. They visit schools, mentor club coaches, and help every club in their region succeed.

Behind the scenes

Program Support

Cam and Dan work with FCUSA through Canada Foosball Shop Inc., an independent services provider, under a formal services agreement. They handle curriculum, technology, and financial services. Jeff leads grant strategy as a volunteer.

John O’Brien speaking to a room
In loving memory

John O’Brien

Founder of Foosball Clubs USA

John O’Brien taught technology in a public school in upstate New York.

He fell in love with the game in college. Then life got busy, and the table went away for years. What brought it back was a garage sale. His wife, Jane, spotted an old foosball table, bought it, and that table ended up in his classroom.

That is where everything started. John watched kids who never talked to each other end up on the same team. Four kids on one table, from four different backgrounds, all pulling in the same direction. That was the part he loved most. The game did not care where a student came from. It just asked them to show up and play.

So he started Foosball Clubs USA, on one simple belief: give a young person a table, and you give them a place to belong.

We lost John in 2022. His table is still in the room, and his belief is still the reason we show up. Our team carries his vision forward in every school we reach.

Join the mission

Love what we are building? Come be part of it.

We are always looking for people who want to help more students find their place. Whether you want to bring a club to your school, support the program, or give your time, we would love to hear from you.

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Connection happens through play, not perfection.

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