StationSoccer opens at East Lake MARTA Station

Local children try out the new pitches during the grand opening of the new Station Soccer fields at the East Lake MARTA station in Decatur on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023. (Dean Hesse/Decaturish)

Soccer players of all ages can now take the field at the East Lake MARTA Station in Decatur. Soccer in the Streets, MARTA and others celebrated the opening of StationSoccer at East Lake on Friday, Oct. 27.

The East Lake fields are the sixth StationSoccer location. Adult pick up games are on the schedule already and about 350 kids have signed up to play at the East Lake Station.

The cities of Decatur and Atlanta, Atlanta United Community Fund, Georgia Power and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta held a community celebration and pickup soccer games hosted by Amazon to mark the official opening of StationSoccer at East Lake Station on Friday afternoon, according to a press release.