Atlanta Soccer News: Art, Music and Culture: Quest Park Rovers win the Atlanta Summer Blast

Atlanta super club Rovers FC adds another trophy to their storied history. Right after having Rovers65 win the second national championship,  Quest Park Rovers (QPR) wins the Atlanta Summer Blast 2001. QPR is a side project of the Rovers White, 3 time champions of CASL. Rovers FC is the premier veteran soccer club in Georgia with Mens and Womens teams from the 30s,40s, 50s, 60s.

The tournament was played this past weekend, Aug 27 and 28 at the Georgia Soccer Park in Atlanta. The Georgia Sports Park is a privately owned sports field complex.  GSP is owned and operated by the Georgia Soccer Development Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization comprised of three partners; Georgia Soccer Park LLC, Concorde Fire Soccer Club, and the Atlanta Flying Disc Club. The Atlanta District Amateur Soccer League is a new provisional partner with plans to become full partners by 2013. 

QPR swept thru the tournament by beating all opponents by a combined goal count of 17 goals scored and 5 goals given up. The team was lead by Golden Boot Winner Paolo Rochi and midfield general Weo Lopez. Team captain Sharam Farmozadeh said “The boys won the tournament thru a great work rate. I was not easy playing in the August heat of the mid 90s. If it wasn’t for the defense on Glenn Wilensky and Glenn Garrison, we would not have won the tournament.”  

Skipper Ian Wheeler, owner of soccer school , The Soccer Pitch, was able to have his players fully prepared for the grueling tournament.  The manager famous for his Total Football philosophy attributed much of the success on the fitness and technique practiced on the training ground. “Our training regimen was validated after the horror tackle that was put on Quique Lopez after one of the Jamaican defenders made a flying scissors tackle  from behind. Lopez was able to brush it off and continue as our playmaker. I attribute his resilience on our demanding training sessions. ” Asked about Tom Rigsby. Wheeler exclaimed,” Atlanta veteran and former Berry College standout Tom Rigsby was able to team up with his brother Andy to add the punch to the of the squad. They simply punished the opposing midfields.”