The 2014 US Youth Soccer Region III (South) Championships came to an exciting conclusion In Baton Rouge, La., as 10 teams claimed titles. Not only will the 10 sides leave as Regional Champions, but they join the four previous title winners in securing a most desired berth to the 2014 US Youth Soccer National Championships, […]
Soccer in Georgia
Silverbacks Back To Local Owners
Atlanta In Market For A New Coach The Atlanta Silverbacks will begin 2014 with local owners, part old and part new. Traffic Sports is out and a new ownership group consisting of longtime chairman Boris Jerkunica, longtime vice chairman John Latham and Henry and John Hardin. The Hardin brothers are local businessmen who run SCI […]
Campbell Answered When Opportunity Called
Jane Campbell didn’t expect to be the starting goalkeeper last fall as a freshman at Stanford. The Cardinal was expecting that job to be owned by senior Emily Oliver, one of the top goalkeepers in collegiate soccer. But Oliver’s senior season lasted just three games. Her career was over after the third game, when she […]
There Are Way Too Many Non-Competitive Games
By Randy Vogt I hate to be a Grinch during this Christmas season but there’s a problem with a good minority of college and high school games, at least the ones that I have been officiating. Earlier this year, I wrote about Preventing Lopsided Scores in which I partly took leagues and tournaments to task for grouping […]
Cosmos Win NASL Soccer Bowl
Silverbacks Come Up Short In Title Game On balance, by most standards, the 2013 North American Soccer League season was a success for the Atlanta Silverbacks. And a failure. In the new split-season format for the league, the Silverbacks won the spring season and earned the right to host the season-ending Soccer Bowl championship against […]
Josh Wolff Takes New Coaching Step
Josh Wolff began his transition from player to coach with D.C. United. He retired as a professional player in November of 2012. Last year he was a fulltime assistant on Ben Olsen’s staff. It was a difficult year as the team won only three games, the fewest any team has ever won in the history […]
January Coaching Courses In Florida
All USSF National A/B/C coaching license courses. scheduled for Jan. 4-12 in Bradenton FL, are sold out[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. The Jan. 20-28 National “A” Renewal is also sold out. Registration is still open for the National Goalkeeper License Course in Bradenton, Feb. 2-9. The next National “A” License Course in Florida will be April 5-13 in […]
Silverbacks vs. Cosmos For Title
NASL Soccer Bowl At Atlanta Silverbacks Park The New York Cosmos were late joining the North American Soccer League 2013 season, but they will be playing for the championship. The Cosmos captured the fall season regular season title with a 2-1 win over the San Antonio Scorpions They will play the spring season champion Atlanta […]
Good Times For Young Harris Mountain Lions
With two games left in the regular season, the Young Harris College Mountain Lions have already wrapped up the Peach Belt Conference regular season championship. It is a first for Young Harris, in a season of firsts. Going into the final two conference games to complete the regular season, the Mountain Lions are 7-0-0 in […]
Silverbacks Host Pro Alumni Game
[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] The Atlanta Silverbacks have announced that they will host the Atlanta Pro Soccer Alumni Game as part of their pregame festivities on November 2 when they host the New York Cosmos at Atlanta Silverbacks Park. The Silverbacks are inviting every former player, coach, or front office member of an Atlanta professional soccer team […]