Seiler, Crowder named to TopDrawerSoccer.com midseason list

A pair of Georgia soccer players have been included on the TopDrawerSoccer.com Southeastern Conference Midseason Top-20 list, the organization announced Wednesday. Sophomore midfielder Gabby Seiler is the No. 10 ranked player in the SEC, while Marion Crowder comes in at No. 16.
Both players were named to the Preseason SEC Watch List, while Crowder was ranked No. 75 in Top Drawer’s preseason list of upperclassmen and was also No. 16 in the SEC at that time.
Seiler leads the Bulldogs (10-5-1, 5-4-1) with nine goals and eight assists for 26 points, setting the UGA single season record for consecutive games with a point (9) and a goal (5) in 2014. She currently stands third on the all-time list for assists in a season, while her four game-winning goals lead Georgia and rank tied for eighth all-time in that category.
Crowder has six goals and one assist on the season for 13 points, with two game-winning goals. She returned in 2014 following off-season ACL surgery, coming off a freshman campaign in which she led Georgia with 11 goals and one assist, just one goal off the program record for a rookie.
The Bulldogs return to action tonight in the regular season finale vs. No. 7 Texas A&M at 8 p.m. ET, before departing for the 2014 SEC Tournament next week in Orange Beach, Ala.

AJC Soccer Insider: Silverbacks’ future cloudy

Silverbacks
The future of the Silverbacks franchise is in question.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Silverbacks name will stay in Atlanta, but the NASL franchise may not.
A person familiar with the organization said the ownership group is considering several options as the league’s season wraps up with the Silverbacks at the bottom of the standings.
The ownership group, which includes John Latham, Boris Jerkunica and Henry and John Hardin are considering selling the franchise to owners in another market. The person wouldn’t identify the market or the potential buyers.
The sale could be finalized by late November.
Speaking to NASN on Thursday, NASL Commissioner Bill Peterson mentioned that Silverbacks are exploring options regarding their future. The team issued a statement later in the day saying that they hoped to find a resolution as soon as possible.
However, the franchise has failed to turn a profit despite having one of the lowest payrolls in NASL and now faces competition with Arthur Blank’s MLS team coming online in 2017.
If the franchise is sold, the person familiar with the situation said Jerkunica, Latham and the Hardins would start a team in Atlanta focused on developing local talent in another league. The team would be called the Silverbacks because Jerkunica is the majority owner of the Silverbacks name, which wouldn’t be sold. He also owns Silverbacks Park and Silverbacks Suwanee Indoor park, neither of which would be sold. It wouldn’t be affiliated with Atlanta’s MLS team.
The team has been performing poorly since qualifying for the 2013 Soccer Bowl. It finished last in this year’s Fall standings, after finishing eighth out of 10 teams in the Spring standings, after finishing seventh out of eight teams in the Fall of 2013.
http://www.ajc.com/news/sports/pro-sports/ajc-soccer-insider-silverbacks-future-cloudy/nhsM8/
Coerver Coaching Georgia 
Announces Winter Wolf's Indoor Academy
Starts the week of January 5th 2015.

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Austin Charles McDonald: Artist

Abstract Expressionism


Austin is an outside midfielder that does not get tired. Although he prefers to run the line, he has been known to venture into the middle to wreck havoc on the opposition. Rovers White Player in CASL
Austin has been painting and pasteling for about 14 years. He had exposure to art courses as a child and in high school, but never considered it a legitimate investment of himself until he discovered pastels at a cafe in Gainesville, FL in 2000. He experienced pleasure at the process and result, after casually asking a friend he saw drawing, if he too could give it a try. He found in pastels a freedom and a tactility that he had not yet experienced in any attempt to visually create. Pastels afforded him the means to become acquainted with his movement, to practice the expression with little burden of technique to apply the medium. As so many of his generation, he was powerfully inspired by the freedom of expression he found in Abstract Expressionism, mostly as a conduit to discover his own voice. He was particularly impacted by the works of Kandinsky, arguably a progenitor of that movement.

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The Winter Youth Fit-Tech Soccer Academy is designed for recreation, academy and competitive club players looking to work on their game during the winter break.
Weekly Monday night sessions will work on;
  • Speed and Agility Ladder Work
  • Technical Ball Work - Juggling, Turns, Dribbling Moves
  • Ball-Striking and Shooting
  • Goalkeeping and Shot-Stopping
  • Shooting & Finishing
  • Aerobic & Anaerobic fitness
  • Game Understanding and Positional Play
  • Position Specific Coaching
Each 90 minute coaching session will be led by an experienced and licensed W2W staff coach and will include, 30 minutes of technical work, 30 minutes speed & agility training and a 30 minute game.
Sessions are on Monday from 6:00pm to 7:30pm
Youth players of all levels aged 7 and over are welcome to attend.
Session dates are; 12/1, 12/8, 12/15, 1/5, 1/12, 1/19, 1/26, 2/2

WhenDec 1, 2014 6:00 PM - Feb 2, 2015 12:00 PM
DeadlineDec 15, 2014 6:00 PM -- last date to register
Where5v5 Court 1
170 Cox Road, Roswell, GA 30075
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THE RISE OF MORGAN BRIAN, AMERICA'S NEXT BIG SOCCER STAR


Still a college senior, Morgan Brian has already earned 14 caps with the U.S. women's national team, and some on the team think she could start for them right now.
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Still a college senior, Morgan Brian has already earned 14 caps with the U.S. women's national team, and some on the team think she could start for them right now.

In a life thus far lived on fast-forward, Morgan Brian inevitably has missed a few moments along the way. She's missed predictable milestones because she was busy with soccer, a homecoming here and a prom there. She's missed unexpected moments because she was busy with soccer, the lazy weekend mornings and late-night shenanigans.
Heck, at the moment she's even missing soccer, in the form of her senior season at the University of Virginia, because she is busy with soccer, playing for the United States in the CONCACAF Women's Championship.
At least she didn't miss the chance to study abroad. Even if her stay in Portugal this spring had less to do with soaking up culture than chasing Sweden's Lotta Schelin, Japan's Homare Sawa and other international stars around a soccer field for the United States in the Algarve Cup.

After CONCACAF qualifying this weekend, Morgan Brian will return to Virginia and try to lead the Cavaliers to a national championship, about the only soccer prize that's eluded her thus far.
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After CONCACAF qualifying this weekend, Morgan Brian will return to Virginia and try to lead the Cavaliers to a national championship, about the only soccer prize that's eluded her thus far.

That may be the most important thing to understand about Brian, who looks every bit the next American soccer star. She always seems ahead of the game. She played for the United States in the Under-17 Women's World Cup when she was 15 years old. She was the national high school player of the year when only a junior at Frederica Academy in Georgia. She earned her first cap for the senior national team weeks after the end of her sophomore year at Virginia. She won the Hermann Trophy, awarded to college soccer's best player, as a junior in Charlottesville.
So why wouldn't she make herself at home among adults on the national team well before her time in college ends?
"Morgan impressed me the first day she came to our camp," United States midfielder Lauren Holiday said. "There's not a lot of people that come into camp with so much confidence. Alex Morgan is one of them, and Morgan Brian is another, people that have come in and owned the position and owned the camp that they came into."
Holiday went on to say she believed Brian could compete for a starting spot right now, a comment all the more laudatory given that Brian most recently trained at the same position, holding midfielder, currently occupied by Holiday, the 2013 NWSL MVP. Holiday is in no danger of being shunted aside by anyone, but the sentiment is telling.
"I just feel like she's going to be on this team for a long time," Holiday added. "And she's going to make a huge impact."
Brian may or may not see the field this weekend at PPL Park in Philadelphia, home to the CONCACAF semifinal, third-place and championship games. The youngest player on the American roster in the tournament that doubles as World Cup qualifying for the region, she played once as a substitute in three group games. What matters is she is an option at all. Active college players earning national team caps are rare only in the same way that no-hitters in baseball are rare. But for a player still in the midst of her senior year in college to not only accumulate 14 caps for her country but make a qualifying roster that is smaller by three spots than next summer's World Cup roster -- and do it at a position she never played before this year -- is not something that happens every year.
"She's done really well," United States midfielder Carli Lloyd said of someone who was about to start seventh grade when Lloyd debuted with the national team. "She's tiny, but she can hold her own out there. She's simple. She's confident on the ball. She can play long passes, she can play short passes. She's got a lot going for her."
There's not a lot of people that come into camp with so much confidence. Alex Morgan is one of them, and Morgan Brian is another, people that have come in and owned the position and owned the camp that they came into.
USWNT midfielder Lauren Holiday on Morgan Brian
The national team has benefited from the likes of Long Island and Oahu before, but it is difficult to find any smaller landmass represented in the all-time player pool than St. Simons Island, one of Georgia's barrier islands along the Atlantic Ocean. It measures just 18 square miles, which makes it easy to understand why Brian estimated her senior class at Frederica Academy in 2011 at about 30 students (while Frederica is on the island, St. Simons isn't even big enough to merit its own public school; Brian would have crossed to the mainland had she attended one).
In a state obsessed with the other football, the island's small size and insularity played its part in shaping Brian's passion. While Frederica didn't have a football team when Brian went there (its first team took the field the fall after she left), the school and the island had a mutually beneficial soccer culture. Brian won four consecutive state titles in high school, her teams outscoring the competition 171-17 in the postseason alone during that reign, but the school was a powerhouse for both boys and girls, including her older sister, Jennifer, even before Brian arrived on the scene.
Brian enjoyed basketball, maybe more than anything else at times, but soccer surrounded her and pulled her in.
"I really enjoy playing soccer," Brian said. "It's such a beautiful game. And It's a difficult thing to do -- I mean, you're playing with your feet. And when you do get things right and you play really good soccer, there's nothing better than that."
She is so far ahead of the curve that she has already experienced both the ups and downs that come with any lengthy stay on the national team. A backup now, she started eight games for the United States this year, all but two when Tom Sermanni was still coach. That new coach Jill Ellis included her on the qualifying roster is evidence enough that Brian is still held in high regard, but her playing time has been scarcer with a new coach a new system. Brian will barely admit it, but the sudden deceleration to what had been unchecked acceleration flummoxed her. No stranger to adversity, Lloyd recalled conversations with the younger player in which Brian expressed all the doubt and frustration that Lloyd knew well.
Yet it didn't stop Brian from making the qualifying roster. She even got through her first low ebb ahead of schedule.
"I think Morgan has always had a certain amount of confidence in her abilities," said Virginia coach Steve Swanson, who has doubled as an assistant coach with the national team during the qualifying process. "I think that's one of the things that makes her very special. She's not an insecure person. If she doesn't have a great game, I think she's the kind of player who can just put that aside and come back and play extremely well the next game."
As soon as the United States wraps up play Sunday, Brian will return to Virginia and try to win the national championship that slipped out of her grasp a year ago after a penalty shootout setback against UCLA in the College Cup, one in which she didn't convert her kick from the spot. The title is just about the only prize that has ever eluded her.
Former United States national team coach Greg Ryan, whose Michigan team Brian helped eliminate in an NCAA tournament quarterfinal a season ago, joked after that game that she must be from another planet. He had watched the tape and knew exactly what he had on his hands against the No 1 overall seed. He couldn't stop it, but it didn't surprise him. What did surprise him, he said, was Brian. As good as she looked from afar, she was even better in person, able to pull apart a defense with her runs off the ball, let alone what she did with the ball at her feet.
She was playing a different game than college defenders. She was ready for another level.
"For me, just being in this environment, this is very magnetic," Brian said of the national team. "You want more, and it pushes you to your limits every single day. I think for me, as an athlete, that's exactly what I want."
And she wasn't willing to wait for it.
The NCAA released its first regional rankings of the year, and women's soccer has found itself in the national spotlight once again; coming in at No. 10 in the South Region.
The Lady Hawks enter the final week of the regular season with a program best 10-4 record and a 5-4 conference mark. On the slate for the final week will be three conference clashes that will ultimately decide whether Shorter will earn a spot in the conference tournament that begins November 4. Both Valdosta State and West Alabama have clinched berths, but four spots remain.
Joining Shorter in the South Region rankings are five fellow Gulf South Conference members in West Alabama (10-2-1), North Alabama (7-2-1), and Christian Brothers (9-3), coming in at fourth, fifth, and sixth, respectively. West Florida (7-4) and Valdosta State (6-5-1) ranked just ahead of the Lady Hawks, at eighth and ninth.
First up for Shorter this weekend will be Union, in the first match between the two since both were granted full NCAA membership this fall.
The Bulldogs enter Friday's game with a 2-10 overall record and an 0-8 mark in the conference. The Lady Hawks will then travel to Memphis on Sunday to take on Christian Brothers; who boast an 11-3 overall record and a 6-4 conference mark.

Shorter then returns home for the final time next Friday, October 31, as they play host to long-time rival, Lee, before closing out the season at Georgia Southwestern on November 2.
Congratulations goes out to Azzurri for winning the Silverbacks O-40 D2 Championship. Competition is very good and winning is tough.
Azzurri Champions
Front row from left:
FD, Marco Zucchi, Marco Seta, Dele Baam, Enrico Leone
Back row from left:
Eric Cutillo, Mario Auda, Daniel Coats, Roberto Napoli, Antonio Ferrara, Bunmi Jinadu
Missing Dave Mc Mullen, Ryan Kurtz

Atlanta Silverbacks Park is a multi-millon dollar sports facility located near Spaghetti Junction in northeast Atlanta. The complex features four full-size soccer fields - one of which sits inside a 5,000-seat stadium that is home to the Atlanta Silverbacks men's professional soccer team and the Atlanta Silverbacks Women semi-professional team. The facility houses a variety of soccer leagues that operate seven days a week, and the leagues include men's, women's, and coed divisions. Atlanta Silverbacks Park is also home to the Atlanta Renegades Rugby Club, and is regularly used as a practice site by local youth soccer clubs and high schools teams.
For additional information, see our Directions & Hours page.

Atlanta Silverbacks Park
ADDRESS: 3200 Atlanta Silverbacks Way, Atlanta, GA 30340
PHONE NUMBER: 404-410-7410
EMAIL: leagues@atlantasilverbacks.com
HOURS: 9 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. (Open 7 days a week)

ATLANTA CLOSES OUT HOME SCHEDULE SATURDAY NIGHT
Silverbacks host RailHawks in final home game on Oct. 25 at 7:30 PM

The season didn't go as we'd hoped, but we want to end it on a positive note - with a win and huge crowd - this Saturday when we host the Carolina RailHawks at Silverbacks Park. BUY TICKETS

The teams have split the two games this season, with Atlanta winning the most recent meeting, 2-0, on August 30th. Following Saturday's match, the Silverbacks will close out the season in Edmonton on Nov. 2.

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ROME, Georgia -- The Berry College women's soccer team is now ranked fifth in the South Atlantic region, according to the poll released by the National Soccer Coaches' Association (NSCAA).
BC was tabbed seventh last week.
Lorenzo Canalis' team is 12-2 and 4-0 in the Southern Athletic Association. The Vikings host Hendrix on Fridayand Rhodes--ranked 10th in the region--on Sunday. Both matches begin at 1 p.m.
Additionally, the Vikings are again receiving votes in the D3soccer.com national poll.

NSCAA/Continental Tire NCAA Division III Women's - South Atlantic - Poll 8 - October 21, 2014

Rank School Prev. W-L-T
1 Lynchburg College 
DA Guilford College 8-0; DH Washington & Lee University 2-0; 1 15-0-0
2 Montclair State University 
DH Kean University 1-0; DA Rutgers University-Camden 4-1; 3 12-1-1
3 The College of New Jersey 
DH Rutgers University-Camden 4-0; DA Ramapo College 2-0; 4 12-2-0
4 Emory University 
TA New York University 1-1; TA Brandeis University 1-1; 2 7-1-5
5 Berry College 
DA Millsaps College 4-0; DA Birmingham-Southern College 2-0; 7 11-2-0
6 Washington & Lee University 
DH Hollins University 11-0; LA Lynchburg College 0-2; 6 9-1-1
7 Christopher Newport University 
DH St. Mary's College of Maryland 3-0; DH Marymount University 6-0; 8 9-3-2
8 Bridgewater College 
DA Shenendoah University 2-0; DH Virginia Wesleyan College 3-0; 9 11-1-0
9 Rowan University 
LH Richard Stockton College 1-2; DA William Paterson University 4-0; 5 9-3-1
10 Rhodes College 

DH Sewanee-University of the South 3-0; DH Centre College 2-0; NR 8-3-2

FootGolf coming to Atlanta, join us on November 8th

Steel Canyon GC is hosting the 2014 Soccer in the Streets FootGolf Open Championship on Saturday, November 8th.  Registration is limited, reserve your spot in the tournament today at this link.

Winners will be determined in the men's, women's, and youth (15 and under) individual brackets. Also, we will have winners in the men's, women's, and coed team brackets. Teams will be composed of two players and the team winners will be determined by the lowest combined score of the two players. 


Join as we celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Soccer in the Streets. The 2014 Soccer in the Streets FootGolf Open Championship is the first event of its kind in metro Atlanta.

Winners will be determined in the men's, women's, and youth (15 and under) individual brackets. Also, we will have winners in the men's, women's, and coed team brackets. Teams will be composed of two players and the team winners will be determined by the lowest combined score of the two players.

Boxed lunch included for every player.

Rules:

* Attire: Wear your favorite soccer team's jersey. Cleats ARE NOT ALLOWED. Must wear flats or turf shoes.
* Use a size 5 soccer ball. Your ball must be easy to identify.
* Review the score card and wait for your turn. Make sure your kick will not interfere with other players.
* Kick off your ball from a position up to two meters (6 feet) behind the tee markers.
* The ball must be played in a single movement. You are not allowed to push the ball with the top or bottom of your foot. Your foot should be set separate from the ball, clearly behind, before each kick.
* Wait to play until the ball has completely come to rest. (It is not legal to stop the ball from rolling with the wind).
* Play the ball from where it lies. You are not allowed to move the ball or remove jammed objects. Exception: You may mark the spot and lift the ball when it may obstruct the other player's kick or ball in any way.
* The player farthest from the hole is the first to kick the ball.
* The order of play is established based on the score of the previous hole. The player with the best score will kick off first on the next hole followed by the second, etc.
* If the ball lands in a water hazard, retrieve or replace it within 2 steps from the closest land point from where the ball entered the hazard (annotated by red line), receiving a one stroke penalty or you can place the ball at the position of the previous kick and receive one stroke penalty.
* Out of bounds markers are annotated with checkerboard flags. Place the ball within 2 steps from where the ball crossed the checkerboard flag receiving a one stroke penalty.
* Do not play the ball from the golf green. Place the ball 2 steps from the green no closer to the FootGolf hole for your next shot. 

Registration is limited, reserve your spot in the tournament today at
 this link.


Salsa and soccer: Players translate rhythm onto field

Jaylon Thompson 
On a road trip to Florida, Georgia freshman defender Delaney Fechalos made a simple request.
Joined by a chorus of teammates, they turned their attention to freshman defender Natalie Goodman. Goodman, known as a talented singer, was thrown into the spotlight. Goodman got up and gave her rendition of American Honey by Lady Antebellum. Everyone was filled with emotion. She even had freshman teammate Mariel Gutierrez up and dancing. Interestingly, Gutierrez and Goodman share a connection that stretches beyond the soccer field. This bond is a love for the musical rhythm of fine arts.
Gutierrez has been involved in fine arts ever since she was a little kid. Growing up in Mexico, the Hispanic culture was apparent on every street corner. From the famous salsa music to the smooth rhythm of the tango, Gutierrez fell in love with dancing. She started doing ballet at the request of her mother at three years old. She would perform in local ballrooms and put on performances. Gutierrez would take this passion into middle school where she engaged in dance battles. While, she wasn’t the best dancer, it was here that she honed in on the rhythm and movement of dance. It was this discovery of rhythm and motion that intrigued Gutierrez.
“In dancing, you have a rhythm and movement that is important,” Gutierrez said. “You have to understand times to turn around, when to move your hips, and know where to place your hands.”
These specific movements in rhythmic dancing are also key techniques on the soccer field. For Gutierrez, she uses the techniques to anticipate where her opponent will be. This allows her to be in a better position to defend on the field. While not the swiftest, Gutierrez uses her mind to counter any attack from the opposition. This edge comes from the repetition of steps and rhythm that performing provides. It is something that Goodman understands completely.
“I feel like I can pick up a rhythm when we are passing around,” Goodman said. “When we are passing around, I know how fast or slow I need to play. Sometimes you need to change the rhythm. So when I play, I may need to speed up or slow it down.”
Goodman has been around fine arts her whole life. Along with being a singer, she is also a guitar player. From her time at Savannah Country Day School, Goodman has always been able to grasp the concept of rhythm. Under the tutelage of jazz band director David Elliott, Goodman became acclimated with musical pitches, beats and flow. Her memory of these fundamentals allows her to memorize a musical note and string them together into a smooth flowing song. This ability translates to the soccer field for Goodman. On the field, she is able hear the pace of play and get in harmony with the flow of the game.
“Because I have a musical background, I can pick up something one time and I know it,” Goodman said. “In soccer, I’m able to learn set plays quickly because I can hear it and perform it.”
Dancing and music have played a big role for both Gutierrez and Goodman. It is their ability to understand rhythms that gives them a mental advantage on the field. Through anticipation, they are able to beat defenders by playing smartly and effectively. It allows them to be in the right situations and in turn help the team perform better as a unit. Head Coach Steve Holeman recognizes their mental attributes and he sees how important it is to team’s overall performance.
“Mariel understands the game at a very high level,” Holeman said. “She is not physically the fastest player, but she anticipates well. She knows how to defend players faster than she is. She makes up with her speed with her intelligence.”
Holeman spoke just as highly about Goodman.
“Natalie is one of the hardest working players on the team,” Holeman said. “She plays center back and it’s extremely important to understand the tactics of that role. For Natalie Goodman, she just gets it.”