Memphis FC players visit Farmington Elementary to inspire students

Memphis 901 FC players spent time at Farmington Elementary School in Germantown, giving students a firsthand look at what teamwork, communication and discipline look like at the professional level. For a school that serves about 600 children in preschool through fifth grade, the visit offered more than a quick morale boost. It showed students a path from youth sports to high-level competition and put real faces to the habits that help athletes succeed.

Farmington, at 2085 Cordes Road, is already a campus that leans hard into collaboration, innovation, inclusion and community engagement. The Tennessee Department of Education recognizes the school as a Reward School, placing it in the top 5% of Tennessee schools for academic achievement and growth. Its student-life programs include athletics, theater, choir and other activities meant to build confidence and teamwork, so the soccer players’ visit fit naturally into the school’s broader effort to connect academics with character and participation.

The appearance also gave students a look at Memphis soccer beyond the field. Memphis 901 FC was founded in 2018 and debuted in the USL Championship in 2019, with home matches at AutoZone Park in Memphis. USL’s official pages now note that the club’s USL Championship franchise rights were transferred to Santa Barbara SKY FC, adding another layer of context to the team’s evolving identity and its continued connection to the region.

At Farmington, though, the day was about what students could take away from the visit. Players met with children and staff who welcomed them warmly, and the message was clear: success in sports depends on the same habits the school tries to reinforce every day, including communication, effort and working toward a shared goal. That kind of exposure can matter in a building where many students are still deciding whether athletics, performing arts or other activities might become part of their future.

The visit also fit into a steady pattern of outside role models coming to campus. Farmington recently celebrated a student-designed playground ribbon cutting in October 2025, held a Winter Olympics-themed PE event focused on teamwork and movement, and hosted Houston High School nutrition students and a GMSD dance team. Together, those experiences give students repeated chances to see learning and leadership in action, and the Memphis 901 FC visit added another example of how confidence can grow when children see what is possible beyond their own classrooms.