Playing a game to change the world!
The SoCal Eagles is a division of Missionary Athletes International (MAI). Our Southern California office operated as the Southern California Seahorse from 1983 to 2023. In the last few years, Missionary Athletes International has made strides to strategically align its offices as the ministry grew, resulting in the local decision to retire our Seahorse Mascot in 2023 and take the field as Eagles with the rest of our organization in 2024.
MAI was founded in 1983 with a mission of glorifying God and seeing lives transformed by sharing the message of Jesus Christ through the global environment of soccer. Today, MAI has 8 Divisions in the United States, located in Southern California, Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; High Point, NC; Phoenix, AZ; Orlando, FL; Delaware Valley, PA; and Lexington, KY, with additional ministry affiliate programs occurring in other states and countries around the world.
We offer a progressive pathway through the game of soccer and volleyball, aimed at meeting players and coaches where they are, and moving them to the next level. Our goal is for everyone to experience: Excellent Soccer / Volleyball, Authentic Community, Spiritual Growth, and Ministry Involvement.
Through the common enjoyment of these worldwide sports, we are able to build relationships that allow us to share the message of God’s redeeming love.
JOY
We are playing a game that evokes a sense of fun, childlikeness and freedom. The way we play our game should be a foreshadowing of and overflow from our relationship with Jesus. Our staff should be joy-filled and hope that people who encounter a staff would desire to have this joy that is within us.
COURAGE
The scope of where we strive to see Gospel change manifested is the whole world. We, with courage stemming from the love of God, seek to reach the next player, family, community, city, and country with the Gospel message through the global environment of competitive sport.
FAITHFULNESS
We are bound to the full Gospel, which acknowledges sin as the true problem with the world while pointing to the extravagant love of God for sinful and broken humanity, evident in the cross of Jesus Christ.
INTEGRITY
We want to have integrity in the game and around the game. We operate in the tension of professional excellence in a competitive environment, while not idolizing performance as our identity.
