What We Do
It’s pretty simple.
There is a lot of soccer equipment sitting in garages, closets, equipment rooms, and car trunks that isn’t being used. And there are a lot of players, teams, and communities that could put that equipment to use tomorrow. Stella’s Soccer Stars brings the two together. We collect new and gently used soccer equipment, find organizations and communities that need it, and work with our partners to get the gear from here to there. No complicated formula.
Collect it.
Connect it.
Get it back on the field.
Equipment Drives
If you’re a soccer family, you probably know the drill. You buy a pair of cleats. Six months later, they don’t fit. You buy another soccer ball even though there are already four somewhere in the garage. Uniforms change. Teams change. Kids grow. And somehow, every soccer season ends with a little more equipment than the season before. Most of that gear still has plenty of life left in it.
We want it.
Stella’s Soccer Stars organizes and supports equipment drives that make it easy for the soccer community—and the broader community—to give that equipment another game.
Drives can be organized through:
- Soccer Clubs and academics
- Schools
- Youth Teams
- Leagues and tournaments
- Businesses
- Professional Organizations
- Community Groups
- Individual Families and players
An equipment drive doesn’t need to be complicated. It can be a collection bin at the end of a soccer season. A team challenge. A school project. A tournament collection weekend. An office drive. Or simply a family cleaning out the garage and deciding that perfectly good soccer equipment deserves a better destination than the trash. We can help with the process, from identifying what to collect to helping organize and promote the drive.
You collect it. We’ll help get it back in the game.
HOST AN EQUIPMENT DRIVE
Award Winning Agency
Gear is only useful
if we can get it where it’s needed.
Collecting equipment is the first step. The important part is what happens next. Stella’s Soccer Stars works to identify teams, coaches, schools, nonprofit organizations, and communities where donated equipment can immediately help more people play soccer. Depending on the needs of a particular team or community, that might include:
- Cleats
- Soccer Balls
- Jersey’s
- Shorts
- Socks
- Shin Guards
- Goalkeeper Gloves
- Goals
- Cones
- Training
- Bibs
- Ball Bags
- Coaching & Training Equipment
EQUIPMENT DISTRIBUTION
Our goal isn’t simply to collect as much equipment as possible. Our goal is to put the right equipment in the right hands. That means understanding what a community actually needs before we send it. A youth program that needs 50 soccer balls doesn’t necessarily need 100 pairs of adult cleats. A team looking for uniforms may already have plenty of training equipment. We want to listen first, understand the need, and then make the best match we can.
Because success isn’t measured by how much gear we collect.
It’s measured by how much of it gets back onto a field.
Community Partnerships
Soccer is a team sport. So is this.
Stella’s Soccer Stars can’t, and shouldn’t, do this alone. The people who understand a community best are usually the people already working in it. That’s why we want to build relationships with soccer clubs, leagues, schools, coaches, nonprofit organizations, businesses, community leaders, and other organizations that can help us answer two very important questions:
Where is the need, and how do we get the equipment there?
Our community partners help us identify players and programs that can genuinely benefit from donated equipment. They can help us understand what is needed, coordinate distribution, and make sure the gear ultimately reaches the people it was intended to help. And our partnerships aren’t limited to the receiving side. We also want to work with soccer clubs, sporting-goods companies, businesses, airlines, transportation companies, tournaments, professional teams, and other organizations that can contribute equipment, transportation, financial support, or simply help spread the word.
Over time, that’s how we believe Stella’s Soccer Stars can make a much bigger impact. Not by building a giant warehouse full of used soccer equipment. By building a network of people who can help move equipment from where it isn’t needed to where it is.
✓ COLLECT
✓ CONNECT
✓ PLAY
Have Gear?
Need Gear?
Want to Help?
There’s a place for you on our team. If you have equipment, we’d love to put it to use. If your organization needs equipment, we’d love to hear from you. And if you can help us collect, transport, distribute, or fund equipment, we’d love to have you involved. Because somewhere there is soccer gear collecting dust. And somewhere else there is a player who would love to use it.
Let’s bring them together.
Matt is a father, entrepreneur, investor, coach, and longtime believer in the power of sports to shape young lives. As President and Board Member of Phoenix Valley Soccer Club, Matthew has seen firsthand how soccer can teach confidence, discipline, teamwork, resilience, and friendship. Together with his daughter Stella, he helped create Stella’s Soccer Stars around a simple belief: every child deserves the opportunity to experience the game they love, regardless of their family’s financial circumstances. For Matthew, the organization is about much more than soccer. It is about a father and daughter working together to give young athletes an opportunity, strengthen their community, and help kids discover just how much they 
 David Wells brings more than 30 years of leadership experience in finance, operations, and business administration to Stella’s Soccer Stars, along with a deep commitment to family, community, and service. As the founder of Atlas Bookkeeping and an experienced advisor to public and private companies, David provides valuable financial and organizational insight that helps ensure the charity operates responsibly and effectively. He also serves on the Board of Directors of HeartSciences, Inc. A Scottsdale resident, David is a devoted husband, father, and stepfather who believes strongly in giving back and creating opportunities for others. His commitment to service extends into the community, where he volunteers with Marked Men for Christ. David earned his bachelor’s degree in finance and entrepreneurship from Seattle Pacific University and his MBA from Pepperdine University’s Graziadio Business School. At Stella’s Soccer Stars, David brings together his professional experience and passion for service to help create opportunities for young athletes and their families.
A former UCLA soccer standout and USA U20 international, Tibor Pelle leverages his deep sports network to open elite doors for aspiring college student athletes. With decades of experience coaching, mentoring, and guiding players through the college recruiting process, Tibor has helped student athletes turn soccer opportunities into college pathways, including mentoring players who have gone on to compete at the professional level. Driven by a mission to turn potential into peak performance, he helps student athletes define success, shatter expectations, and excel both on the field and in the classroom.