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Forget your typical summer gig. NYC teens are building the future of soccer with AI through the city’s Summer Youth Employment Program, working with officials from New York City FC (the city’s pro soccer team). Fourteen- and 15-year-olds across the five boroughs are designing stadiums of the future and ways to expand access to soccer as part of the six-week New York City Sports and Technology Innovation Challenge. It’s the latest example of how Mayor Zohran Mamdani is seizing on World Cup excitement to expand soccer’s reach in NYC.

Summer Youth Employment Program participants, how are your jobs going? Drop us a line: [email protected].

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