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 […]
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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]
N.C. Soccer
Robert J. Peterson, 43, girls soccer coach at state champion Green Hope High School, has resigned his teaching and coaching positions after being arrested for possessing child pornography. He faces six counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The Raleigh News & Observer reported that according to arrest warrants, police investigators determined that Peterson […]
RailHawks Capture National Title
Hosting NASL Championship Hangs In Balance The Carolina RailHawks U-23s traveled to San Antonio, TX and came home with their second USASA National Championship in three years. The RailHawks, coached by Dewan Bader, earned the title with a decisive 4-1 victory over Real Carib SC from New York. [show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’] They were the dominant team […]
East-West All-Stars
The N.C[show_disconnected][show_to accesslevel=’Subscriber’]. Coaches Association East-West girls’ all-star game ended in a 2-2 draw in the opening game of a doubleheader at UNC Greensboro Soccer Stadium. The East boys scored a second-half goal to beat the West, 2-1, in the nightcap. The games capped off a full day of soccer clinics and high school meetings […]