Landon Donovan He’s the best player wearing a USA jersey at this Gold Cup. He can be the best player wearing a USA jersey in any game, if he wants to be. In this tournament he has shown that he wants to be there. It is clear that he wants to win this tournament. He […]
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U.S. U20 WNT In Training
The U.S. Under-20 Women’s National Team held a training camp at the University of Portland from July 2-11 as the squad prepares for qualifying for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Canada. The eight-team CONCACAF Qualifying Tournament that will send the top three finishers to World Cup will be held from January 9-19, […]
U.S. U18 WNT In Carson
The U.S. Under-18 Women’s National Team will hold its third training camp of the year, coming to the U.S. Soccer National Training Center in Carson, Calif., from August 3-11. U.S. Soccer Women’s Technical Director April Heinrichs has called in 24 players for the training camp, all born in 1996, which is the age cut-off year […]
Georgia Soccer
The Atlanta Fire United Soccer Association has announced the hiring of Carlos Parra as the Girls Director of Coaching. Parra comes to Atlanta after serving as the Technical Director for Weston FC in Florida, where he originally was hired as the Boys Director of Coaching in 2005. Thi[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]s is his second time to be […]
Silverbacks Win Spring Title
Edge RailHawks With BigWin In Minnesota The Carolina RailHawks needed either a tie or a win in San Antonio to capture the NASL Spring Championship. They got neither. Instead they were shut out 2-0. The Atlanta Silverbacks needed to win on the road against Minnesota United FC and they needed to win big to overcome […]
Silverbacks Midfielder Plays For El Salvador
Richie Menjivar was born in California, grew up there played club soccer, and played Division I collegiate soccer for a couple of years at Evansville University. He played for the Purple Aces from 2008-2009 and closed out his college career at California-Bakersville. He was part of Eric Wynalda’s Cal FC that had a magical U.S. […]
Georgia Dome Host Record Crowd
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Atlanta’s Georgia Dome hosted a CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinal doubleheader before a crowd of 54,229, which was a new attendance record in the facility for soccer. Mexico advanced to the semifinals with a 1-0 victory over Trinidad & Tobago with a late second-half goal. Panama fell behind 1-0 to Cuba, but earned a […]
A Pioneer Of American Soccer Dies In Dunwoody
There are 10s of thousands of youth soccer players running around on soccer field in Georgia who never heard of Phil Woosnam. Chances are their parents don’t recall the name either. But Woosnam had a significant impact on soccer in the United States and a direct impact on establishing soccer in the Atlanta area. Like […]
Date, Time And Place Set For Soccer Bowl 2013
The North American Soccer League has made it official. The date is set and Atlanta Silverbacks Park will be the site of NASL Soccer Bowl 2013 on Saturday, November 9. The Silverbacks earned the right to host the final by finishing first in the spring half of the 2013 NASL season[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The annual championship […]
Silverbacks Win Friendly
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The Atlanta Silverbacks prepared for the start of the second half of the NASL regular season with a 2-1 win in a friendly at the RYSAA Soccerplex in Conyers. [/show_to][hide_from accesslevel=’Subscriber’] Your subscription has expired please Subscribe to Southern Soccer Scene to view full article and get all the news in your mailbox![/hide_from]