Meet Me on the Pitch: Developing and Testing a Community-Based Sports and Behavioral Health Intervention for Youth

Enrolling by invitation · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Mental Health, Psychological Well Being, Adolescent Health, Help-Seeking Behavior

In brief

This study evaluates Meet Me on the Pitch (MMotP), a community-based intervention that integrates sports, schools, and behavioral health with the goal of improving the behavioral health, well-being and academic performance of youth. MMotP is a novel approach that builds on evidence-based practices by using sports as a means to foster social-emotional development and address barriers to academic, health, and social services. The study assesses feasibility, acceptability, and short-term outcomes through a randomized controlled trial comparing MMotP to standard sports programming. The intervention will be implemented by the non-profit organization Soccer Without Borders and evaluated by the University of California, San Francisco.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT07339228
Run by: University of California, San Francisco
People needed: 480
Starts: 2026-02-01
Expected to finish: 2028-12-31
Last updated by the study team: 2026-03-03

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

Youth ages 14-21 participating in Soccer Without Borders programming
Regular attendance at team soccer practice
Ability to speak English or Spanish

You may not qualify if…

Youth who do not participate in Soccer Without Borders activities
Youth who do not attend soccer practice regularly
Youth who do not speak English or Spanish
Youth who have already received the MMotP program

Where it is running

Soccer Without Borders - Bay Area — Oakland, California, United States
Soccer Without Borders - Colorado — Denver, Colorado, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.