Senior soccer standout Will Betts (Brenham, TX) has been named Mercer University’s Outstanding Male Athlete for the 2012-13 school year. Betts graduated with a 3.98 gpa as a finance major, and played in 77 games over his four-year soccer career. He had 33 career points on 12 goals and nine assists….The Atlanta Fire United Soccer […]
Soccer in Georgia
Atlanta Silverbacks Seek Big Win
They’ve Never Won On RailHawks’ Turf The goal in competitive sports is to play in big games. Games that have consequences past just simple winning and losing. The Atlanta Silverbacks, enjoying an outstanding first half of the North American Soccer League season, has that type of game on the road against the league-leading Carolina RailHawks, […]
These Silverbacks Women A Younger Squad
It has only been two years since the Atlanta Silverbacks Women won the 2011 USL W-League Championship. There are still a small core left from that championship roster, but the 2013 team is quite a bit younger. They are also in a battle to finish first or second in the final regular season standings, thus […]
Georgia Dome Host Gold Cup Quarters
The 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals will be held at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta on Saturday, July 20[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Two games, featuring teams from Groups A & B are scheduled for 3:00 pm and 6:00 pm. The other two quarterfinals will be played in Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium. This marks the first time these […]
Georgia Soccer
South Gwinnett got the winning goal with two minutes left in regulation to upset Lassiter 2-1 in the first round of the Class AAAAAA Georgia high school state playoffs. Lassiter was unbeaten and ranked #1 in the state classification and nationally ranked in the NSCAA Spring Boys National High School poll. Austin Varney gave South […]
It The Mac & Zac Show In Philly
Young Pros Leading Charge For The Union In the 1960s it was Philadelphia that brought teen-oriented American Bandstand to U.S. afternoon television audiences. Now it is the MLS Philadelphia Union featuring another youth movement one might call “The Mac & Zac Show.” Jack McInerney and Zac MacMath have played key roles in recent Union successes. […]
Expectations High In 2013 For Silverbacks
The Atlanta Silverbacks are off to a strong start in 2013, sitting in third place in the NASL standings. That start could get even better as the ‘Backs advance to the third round of the 2013 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup against Real Salt Lake. Atlanta didn’t get a home match against an MLS team […]
McIntosh Senior Picked Gatorade POY
Senior forward Salomon Lorenzano (McIntosh HS/Peachtree City) has been selected 2013 Gatorade Boys State Player of the Year for Georgia. The Boys Gatorade Player of the Year for South Carolina is senior Koty Millard (Cardinal Newman School/Columbia,) and for North Carolina junior Ade Taiwo (Cardinal Gibbons HS/Raleigh), who has already committed to N.C. State. Thales […]
Expectations High In 2013 For Silverbacks
The Atlanta Silkverbacks did not make postseason play in 2012, but everyone in the organization believes a corner was turned. Down the stretch, the Silverbacks were the hottest team in the North American Soccer League. They closed out the season with only one loss in the final eight regular season games (3-1-4). Hope is that […]
Blank Will Test Your ‘Soccer IQ’
Coaching Tips From Georgia Bulldogs Coach “Dan Blank is the Associate Head Coach of the Georgia Bulldogs women’s soccer team. His new book, Soccer IQ, covers 54 topics in 54 chapters, all in 119 pages. It is a small book filled with coaching tips, observations, critiques, suggestions and guides to make young soccer players be […]