The St. Pius boys, bidding for their third state championship in four years, have shown now signs of weakness heading into this week, which is spring break for the Atlanta Catholic school.

Led by Rutgers signee Drew Morgan and Birmingham Southern signee Devin Hurley,
The Golden Lions, ranked No. 1 by Eurosport in Class AA and No. 14 in the ESPN Fab 50, are 11-1-1 after shutting out Carrollton (No. 7 in AAA) last Friday.

The hope for the rest of AAA has to be that the Lions are rusty when they come back. They have just two games over the final two weeks of the regular season and figure to start the playoffs with fresh legs. St. Pius hasn’t lost to a team from Georgia since a season-ending playoff loss to Woodward Academy in 2010; the Lions’ only loss this season was to Tulsa (Okla.) Union …

While Lambert, McIntosh and Starr’s Mill have held chokeholds on the top three spots in the AAAA rankings, Greenbrier has been lurking at No. 4. Senior Reed Norton has scored 21 goals and recorced 17 assists for the Wolfpack (12-1), which scored 18 goals in wins over Evans, South Effingham and Effingham County last week …

Paideia’s Alex Kirsch returned to the pitch last week to help the Pythons to wins over Fellowship Christian (3-0) and Wesleayn (4-1). Kirsch scored a goal and assisted on three others, and teammate Robert Hines scored three times in the two wins …

The Grady boys closed the pre-spring break portion of their schedule with six shutouts, including back-to-back 1-0 wins over Luella and Decatur on March 28 and 29 …

Wesleyan bounced back from the loss to Paideia to outlast Whitefield in penalty kicks Tuesday night. The Wolves won the PK round 8-7. Eric Sunderman had 11 goals and three assists for Wesleyan entering the Whitefield game …

Eleven different players have scored for Savannah Christian, which entered Tuesday’s game against Savannah Country Day at 8-1 overall and 3-0 in Region 1-A. Will Fox led the way with 14 goals and three assists ….

High School

10:22 AM

Bert Leonard, well known in Georgia coaching circles and currently an ODP coach, has worked over the last several years to develop the use of video analysis tools to better understand what actually occurs in a game. Bert has become one of the leading proponents and experts in this field in the US, attracting many to this approach. His work has continued to expand to cover programs at the highest level, including leading club teams, prominent college programs, and others.

Recently, Bert has begun working with the US Women's National Team program to provide comprehensive video analysis of their games.   Congratulations, Bert ,and keep Georgia Soccer proud of your efforts! 

original post from gasoccer.org

Atlanta Soccer coaching college soccer Georgia Soccer Georgia Youth Soccer High School ODP State US Soccer video game analysis Women's Soccer Youth Soccer

5:01 PM

You need to check out this site ... it's devoted to bringing the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cup™ to the United States. I just signed their petition to bring games to Atlanta and you should too! Here's the address:

http://www.gousabid.com/atlanta

Look, we've heard it before -- Americans don't care about the game of soccer, other countries have better players, better fans, and are more deserving of the games.

Well, this is our chance to prove the doubters and the world wrong, once again. This is our opportunity to show the world we have a deep passion for the game.

Be part of the grassroots movement to bring the FIFA World Cup™ to the United States.

http://www.gousabid.com/atlanta

Even more important, if Atlanta has a ton of support, it has a better chance of being included as an official city in the bid. Please, sign the petition to support Atlanta.

Thanks

Americans Georgia Soccer Georgia Youth Soccer gousabid.com/atlanta High School International National Team Soccer Leagues State Tournament US Soccer World Cup World Cup Bid for Atlanta

1:35 PM

In their continuing efforts to include and provide information to the total Georgia soccer community on all aspects of soccer, including college soccer, Georgia Soccer has linked all the college soccer schedules in their web site - www.gasoccer.org

These college schedules can now be found at www.gasoccer.org, under the ‘STATE INFO’ by clicking on the ‘COLLEGE SOCCER LISTINGS’ drop-down menu item.

As they progress into more website enhancement, Georgia Soccer will continue to add more info and interactivity to their site.

In addition, Georgia Soccer plans to add the following, based on recent feedback they received from college soccer coaches throughout the state:

1. College soccer article of the month - short articles about the college recruiting process, what college coaches look for, what the life/schedule of a college soccer player is like, and more information that would be helpful to young players preparing for college.

2. National ‘D’ coaching courses exclusively for current college players at a few Georgia area college campuses exclusively for college soccer players. These courses will be instructed by Jacob Daniel, the State DOC (Director of Coaching), and will be offered for the student athletes at an incredible discount of $25 per player. These courses normally run $125 for members of GA Soccer and $500 for non-members of GA Soccer.

3. Regional Coaching Symposiums. Georgia Soccer is planning 3-4 regional coaching symposiums for our youth coaches to be held at area Georgia college facilities. These symposiums will offer coaching topics not covered by the standard coaching courses. Plans are for these to be one-day events on Sundays starting in spring/summer of 2010. College team players may be used for the clinics or also youth players from the local clubs or a combination of both. Selected sites will provide the ideal geographic coverage of the state.

College Georgia Soccer High School Schedules State

11:48 AM

There will be a memorial service this evening, Wednesday, August 19, at 7:00pm. for Father Joseph Caffrey. Father Caffrey, a beloved member of the Georgia Soccer Hall of Fame, was one of the pioneers of Georgia Soccer, an early Director of Coaching, as well as the first Executive Director of Georgia Soccer. Father Joe Caffrey, former Father and and teacher/coach at The Marist School, died Tuesday, July 21, in Dublin (Ireland) from a brain tumor, surrounded by his family.

Again, the service will be held at 7:00 p.m. this evening (Wednesday, August 19) at Our Lady of Assumption Church:

Our Lady of Assumption Church
1350 Hearst Dr NE
Atlanta, GA 30319

Event Georgia Soccer High School

5:01 PM

Georgia High School Championships

If anybody missed it...here you go:

The Parkview Panthers won their third consecutive Class AAAAA girls state championship in a penalty kick shootout, and Collins Hill HS won the AAAAA boys title 1-0 over Centennial.

Marist and St. Pius X swept the boys and girls Class AAAA and Class AAA state championships, while the Walker School girls successfully defended their Class AA/A title.

Greater Atlanta Christian won its second Class AA/A boys championship with a 4-1 win over Westminster in a showdown between the state’s co-#1 teams in that classification.

High School

12:43 PM