Major League Soccer has renewed its education partnership with Southern New Hampshire University.
The three-year extension will continue to see MLS players and staff earn their degrees online through the US college.
Under the agreement, SNHU will remain the league’s official education partner under a collaboration that was first activated in 2015. More than 180 MLS players, retired players and staff have enrolled in degree programmes with SNHU.
The partnership will also incorporate community-based initiatives aimed at supporting youth programmes, local charities and the military in major cities.
“Professional players often have to choose between going to college and going into the pros,” said Steve Thiel, senior director of strategic partnerships at SNHU. “But thanks to this partnership, MLS players no longer have to postpone one dream to achieve the other.”