SOCCER SIX TOURNAMENT SERIES

NAASTI CRAFT BEER CUP

Bear Foot Sports invites your amateur adult soccer team to join us in celebrating twenty two years of Soccer Six Tournaments during the 2012 NAASTI Craft Beer Cup November 17-18 on Hilton Head Island.
We hope your team will join us at The NAASTI CUP, our original soccer celebration. This year's tournament is expected to draw approximately 25 teams from across the US & Canada, including several men's over fifty teams.
The adult 6v6 tournament is open to all mens, womens and co-ed soccer teams. Since 1990 over 840 soccer teams have competed in the NAASTI Cup.
Championship Teams receive a team trophy, individual awards, 2 cases of craft beer and $100 off towards the 2013 Myrtle Beach Tournamnet on Jan. 19 & 20.
Runner Up Teams receive a team trophy, individual awards, 1 case of craft beer and $50 off the Myrlte Beach Tournament.
Soccer Six Tournaments are fun and exciting they include discount accomadations, three-game guarantee, playoffs and a players' party.
Round up your team today and join us for the 22nd Annual NAASTI Cup.

Soccer Six Upcoming Events

Nov. 17-18 - NAASTI Beer Cup - Hilton Head, SC

Dec 15-16 - Frost Bite - Savannah, GA

Jan 19-20 - 2013 Winter Nationals - Myrtle Beach, SC

REGISTER YOUR TEAM TODAY !
The Soccer Six Tournament Series is produced by Bear Foot Sports, organizing professionally managed soccer tournaments for over 20 years.
For additional information please call 843/757-8520 or visit us on line athttp://www.bearfootsports.com/soccer.htm

3:22 PM

US Adult Soccer Association

September 5, 2012

USASA is excited to announce that the 2012 Coed Cup will be held at FC Dallas' Stadium Complex. The tournament will take place October 26-28 with FC Dallas' last home game concluding the weekend.

Registration is now open and can be completed here:usasa.leagueapps.com/tournaments/8777-2012-national-coed-cup

Get your team registered in September for $350 before the team fee increases to $400. If you have any questions regarding registration please contact Kevin Frusti at 708-496-6872 or kfrusti@usasa.com.

Stay tuned for more details on the tournament, player party & FC Dallas ticket offer.

1:04 PM

Marietta Indoor Sports

Greetings!

We're wandering if you're still interested

in the Co-ed League beginning soon!
We need at least 3 teams to play

so if you're interested, be sure to RSVP
by 5/28/12 as games begin 5/30/12!

Note: You can register as an
individual or as a team.

If your team doesn't have at least 2 women on the field of play you will be required to play 1 man down. No Exceptions!

Please reply ASAP tomail@mariettaindoorsports.com
to reserve your spot or your team.

$50/College Student with valid ID
$70/Non-Student
$5 Player Pass (Yearly Subscription)

If you have questions please call 770-419-1125!

Hope to see you there!

-Marietta Indoor Sports Team

12:57 PM

NASL Announces Split-Season Format

Posted on Wed, Sep 5, 2012

MIAMI, Fla. (September 5, 2012) – The North American Soccer League (NASL) has announced a change in its regular season competitive format for the 2013 season. Beginning in 2013, the NASL’s regular season will feature two separate and distinct round-robin competitions with the winners of the each competition meeting in a single game on the weekend following the conclusion of the second competition. The winner of that match will claim the Soccer Bowl trophy as the NASL’s 2013 champions.
The first, or spring, championship will kick off in late March or early April and will culminate on Thursday, July 4. NASL member teams will then have roughly one month before the start of the second championship and each team is free during that period to prepare for that competition as they see fit, including touring or scheduling exhibition matches. The break will occur during the international transfer window that is open throughout much of Europe, Latin America and North America.
The second, or fall, championship will commence late July or early August and run through November 2. Following the conclusion of the fall championship the winner of the spring championship will host the winner of the fall championship (or, in the event the same team wins both competitions, the team with the second-best record for the full year’s games) to determine which team will be inscribed on the Soccer Bowl as the NASL’s annual champion.
Each individual championship will consist of a full round-robin schedule in which each NASL team plays every other NASL team once at home and once on the road. Other than the tie- breaking procedure to determine the opponent for the spring championship winner in the Soccer Bowl, there will be no carryover of points from the spring to the fall competition.
The new competitive format for the 2013 season was adopted by a unanimous vote of the NASL’s Board of Governors on August 24, 2012. It had been under discussion since the inception of the league.
“Our Scheduling Sub-Committee arrived at this recommendation after an exhaustive review of a number of alternatives,” said NASL Commissioner David Downs, “and the new format takes into consideration a variety of factors including fan and player comfort in our many warm- weather cities.” “But the bottom line,” Downs added, “is that we believe this new competitive format will bring more excitement and meaning to each of our regular season matches for all of our teams throughout the year.”
The 2012 NASL Regular Season will end on September 23 with the 2012 NASL Playoffs set to start the following weekend, September 29-30. Please visit NASL.com for the latest news and information about the NASL Playoffs.

10:50 AM

JEN JOHNS' FUNDRAISER:

2012 BLACK TIE SOCCER GAME

Team Member:
JEN

BENEFITING: Soccer in the Streets
ORGANIZER: SOCCER IN THE STREETS

HERE'S THE STORY:

Soccer in the Streets wrote -

On October 7, 2012, the most amazing soccer game you've ever witnessed will be BIGGER THAN EVER. The match will take place in the Grady High School Stadium, right in the heart of Atlanta, GA. As a tongue-in-cheek protest to the typical formal banquet fundraiser, we host our banquet in the park and attire the soccer players in black tie and ball gowns. Some very sporting Atlanta celebrities, such asBert Weiss of the Bert Show and Frank Ski of V103, will join the festivities this year!

It’s more than fun and games … generous people across the planet pledge their dollars for these unconventional players in their fancy duds (ladies and gentlemen, dresses and tuxes - not necessarily in that order!) to kick about for a serious cause: the kids of metro Atlanta who need a helping hand. All kids deserve a chance for success and Soccer In The Streets empowers kids who lack opportunity to become independent young adults by building character and self reliance through soccer and employment experience.

Complete with a professional British announcer, thrills and spills, hard-nosed tackles (in sequins), jamming music, delicious food and coveted awards for the best dressed players, this is an event not to be missed!

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JOIN THE TEAM

9:55 AM

Dacula Soccer U11 Girls Win Atlanta Publix Cup

Posted by Geoff Maurer
September 3, 2012

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Name: DSC U11 Girls Team Box
School or league: Dacula Soccer Club
Team: U11 Girls Team Boxx
Award: Publix Atlanta Cup Soccer Champions

On Labor Day, Team Boxx from the Dacula Soccer Club captured the U11 Girls Team Championship at the Publix Atlanta Cup Soccer Tournament. Led by head coach Scott Donohue and assistant Kristen Brooks, the Revolution Girls won a hard fought final over the Alpharetta Ambush 3-2 to bring home the title.

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9:12 AM

3:15 PM

Midfielder Lucas Paulini received his first start in nearly a month.

Credits:

Atlanta Silverbacks

Atlanta Silverbacks forward Matt Horthscored a pair of second-half goals to lead his team to a 2-0 win over FC Edmonton on a windy Sunday afternoon at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta.

Coming off a disappointing 1-0 loss to theCarolina RailHawks, Silverbacks Head CoachBrian Haynes made several lineup changes. Goalkeeper Eric Ati was given his professional debut in net, while defender Shane Moroneyand midfielder Lucas Paulini received their first starts in nearly a month.

FC Edmonton (5-7-12), still fighting for the NASL’s final playoff spot, came out firing, with forward Serisay Barthélémy looking particularly lively early on. The first quality scoring opportunity of the game came in the 17th minute when FC Edmonton defenderDavid Proctor saw his glancing header loop just over the crossbar.

Eight minutes later, Moroney committed a foul just outside the Silverbacks’ penalty area, giving the home side a dangerous free kick opportunity. Forward Kyle Porter ended up taking it, slamming it off the under side of the crossbar from 20 yards out. The Silverbacks (5-7-12) were able to clear the ball away to safety, keeping the game scoreless.

The Silverbacks picked up their play midway through the first half, with forward Pedro Mendesfinally testing FC Edmonton goalkeeper Lance Parker from 20 yards out in the 33rd minute. Mendes forced Parker into an even bigger save ten minutes later, with the rebound barely eluding midfielder Danny Barrera in front of an open net.

Wind played a huge factor in the game, and after going against the wind in the first half, the Silverbacks took advantage of having it at their backs in the second half. The momentum almost immediately shifted their way after halftime, and after only 11 minutes, the Silverbacks would find the net.

A turnover in the midfield by FC Edmonton left midfielder Danny Barrera with the ball at his feet, and the former Cal FC player picked out a streaking Horth, who calmly finished past Parker to give his team a 1-0 lead in the 56th minute.

Five minutes later, Horth stunned FC Edmonton with a second goal, sneaking a glancing header inside the near post following a long throw-in from Moroney. Horth’s pair of goals gave him eight on the season, matching his total from his rookie season a year ago.

Following a pair of scoring chances by FC Edmonton, the Silverbacks nearly grabbed a third goal late in the game, but Parker thwarted Barrera on two separate occasions in stoppage time to keep the score at 2-0.

With three shutouts in their last four games, the Silverbacks travel to Tampa Bay next weekend to take on the Rowdies, who just clinched a playoff spot on Saturday night. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. and the game can be seen online at atlantasilverbacks.com/live.

7:18 AM

--By RandyLieberman on --

ATLANTA—Despite a dominating effort in the first half, the Georgia State men’s soccer team dropped a narrow 3-2 contest in overtime to Evansville on Saturday night at the GSU Soccer Complex.

The Panthers took control of the match early on, dominating possession in the first half and outshooting Evansville (3-0) by a 10-1 margin. Freshman Conor Acheson scored his first career goal in a GSU uniform to put the Panthers (2-1) on top 1-0 in the 49th minute. Classmate William Mellors-Blair assisted on the goal.

After Evansville took a 2-1 lead in the 77th minute, Mellors-Blair once again keyed a game-tying goal in the dying minutes of regulation. Senior Alex Vivanco headed home a Mellors-Blair cross from the left side at the 88:28 mark to tie the match at two and force overtime. The goal was Vivanco’s team-leading third on the season and Mellors-Blair’s team-high fourth assist this year.

Evansville senior Jesse Sharp fired in a low shot 2:15 into the first overtime that beat GSU goalkeeper CJ Cochran and won the match for the Purple Aces. Cochran made two saves while earning his first loss of the season. Purple Aces goalkeeper Eric Teppen made six saves to earn the victory.

Evansville’s Nick Schroeder banged home a rebound off a shot from Alex Kapsalis in the 63rd minute to tie the match at one. Mark Gonzalez then headed home a pass from Luis Romero to give Evansville a 2-1 lead at the 76:17 mark.

Georgia State finished the match with a 19-14 lead in shots and a 5-3 lead in corner kicks.

The loss is just the second at home in the last two seasons for Georgia State. The Panthers, led by third-year head coach Brett Surrency, hit the road for a rematch from the 2011 NCAA Tournament first round at Duke on Sept. 11.

Visit the men’s soccer page onwww.GeorgiaStateSports.com leading up to the Sept. 11 match for a preview of the rematch in Durham, N.C.

7:15 AM

Columbus' Red Star U14 Boys Black soccer team won the 2012 Publix Atlanta Cup, featuring more than 500 teams, in the top division for their age group

Two shut outs and a bye qualified the team for the semifinals Sunday against a team from Charlotte. Red Star prevailed in penalty kicks, clinching a position for a game on championship Monday.

The final game was against Alianza of Atlanta. After a scorless overtime, the game ended in sudden-death penalty kicks, and Red Star came through the victorious, taking the title for the second straight year.

Pictured, from left, are: front row, Ethan Englehorn, TJ Fick, Andres Tompson, Bryce Jankiewicz, Thomas Smith, Milan Patel, Hugh Page, Nolan Bidleman and Hunter Henry; back row, coach Jason Robertson, Alan Bayon, George Gottfried, Nathan Robertson, Alexander Harris, Tristan Shytle, Matthew Crumbley, Heath Henry, Noah Packard and coach Harold Urquijo.