A Full‑Circle Career
Will Acheampong, a graduate of the McCombs School of Business, now works at the headquarters of the U.S. Soccer Federation in Atlanta, where he serves on the strategy team tasked with expanding soccer across the United States.
His path to this role traces back to a formative moment when his father removed him from school to watch the 2006 FIFA World Cup clash between the United States and Ghana, a match that sparked his lifelong passion for the sport.
Years later, the now‑colleague Oguchi Onyewu, a defender who featured in that memorable Ghana‑Croatia encounter, works alongside Acheampong at the federation, blending on‑field experience with strategic planning.
Together they are part of the federation’s Pathways Strategy, an initiative aimed at making the sport more accessible and building a broader fan base ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which will be hosted on home soil for the first time since 1994.
Acheampong frequently advises aspiring sports professionals to cultivate a solid grounding in finance and management, arguing that business acumen is as vital as athletic talent in shaping the industry’s future.
The convergence of personal history, professional expertise, and national ambition positions Acheampong at the forefront of a new era for American soccer.