New Name – Same Mission Over 40 years, MAI has grown in intentional and organic ways from its beginnings in Southern California, to launching offices in Charlotte, Chicago, High Point, Phoenix, and Orlando – not to mention, our International Affiliates, International Training program, and impactful International Outreach Ministry. As we begin our next 40 years…
The Charlotte Eagles are coming to Waxhaw, NC. MAI and the Charlotte Eagles officially acquired a top of the line soccer complex, called the Charlotte Eagles Soccerplex. This is an amazing story of God’s providence and provision for our organization. The complex is complete with a full-sized artificial turf field, stadium seat bleachers, two full-sized…
My name is Tina Y and when I was three years old, my family fled our home country of Vietnam in fear of being persecuted for being Christians. We were hoping for a better life in the US, but when we finally settled down in an apartment complex called Birchcroft in Charlotte, NC, we discovered…
Introducing the new USL2, WPSL, and Select team jersey sponsor for the 2022-2024 seasons!!! We are excited to partner with a ministry that we support and who similarly seeks to share the gospel around the world. “Compassion International is a Christian child development organization dedicated to releasing children from poverty. Our…
By: Bri Mikalson College friends wore our fundraiser T-shirts around campus. Team parents praised us for flying across the world to spread the gospel. In Japan, we were guests of honor. Local pastors advertised the visiting American athletes to draw people to church. Groups of teen girls wanted to pose with us for selfies. We…
MAI is pleased to announce Cliff Wright has accepted the position as Executive Director of the Charlotte Eagles. Cliff comes with an impressive background in ministry serving with Young Life for over 16 years. Cliff has served with YL in Kentucky, Virginia and in North Carolina. For the past 6 years he has been serving…
Read what our Summer Academy participants said about their summer! Naomi Reed: Chicago Eagles Summer Academy is awesome in that it has three beautiful things: children, soccer and Jesus. The people in the program and on staff are phenomenal as well because we all share a passion for the things the program is made up…
Diana first got involved with the Chicago Eagles by volunteering at a summer camp in 2017. During her time at camp, she met a lot of people who love the Lord and in particular, a girl named Berlin, who had come to the US from the Dominican Republic for the Chicago Eagles Summer Academy. Diana and…
Mitch Sanford, Daniel Miele and Michael Coleman spent 10 days this past December encouraging and training ministry partners in the countries of Tanzania and Kenya. Back in 2006, a relationship was formed with a young man named Lemmy Dalano who lived in Kenya. MAI staff introduced Lemmy to sports friends international and for the past…
In 2012 the Chicago Eagles staff was praying over different locations in the Western suburbs to expand our youth soccer and launch an incarnational, urban focused ministry. As two coaches we’re praying in a community called Timberlake, a young boy and his friends came up and asked if they wanted to play some soccer with…
“She is playing the best soccer I have ever seen her play!” – college coach, after watching one of his players near the end of the summer. “First fitness test (in preseason) was the beep test, and I crushed it! I did better than my last year score by 10 rounds!” These are encouraging reports from…
“The Foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom…” If you ask Seahorse founder Dave Irby where the idea came from for the Missionary Athletes International Seahorse soccer team, he likes to say “it came from the first chapter of Corinthians, more specifically verse 25.” “For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and…
This article is written by Hannah Turner. Hannah is a MAI’s missionary in Charlotte working with the Lady Eagles W-League team and is married to Habitat in Humanity Site Supervisor, Josh Turner. Josh and Hannah have been married for 3 and a half years after meeting in college during a semester abroad in Tanzania, Africa. Hannah was introduced to…
Bilal Duckett is looking to grow as a soccer player and in his faith with the Charlotte Eagles. “I joined the team for two reasons,” Duckett said. “First, I grew up a Christian.” The Eagles (5-10-3) are the only USL Pro team dedicated to Christian ministry, particularly through soccer camps that gives players time with…
