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Soccerwire.com has released a full list of developmental soccer academies with the most US Youth National Team players within their age groups. Georgia United falls tied for 11th on that list.

The good news for Atlanta United fans is most of those players have recently been signed to the Atlanta United Academy. Matthew Rios (U14), Jackson Conway (U14), Carlos Asensio (U15, U17), Daniel Mangarov (U15), Zyen Jones (U17) , Juan Pablo Torres (U15, U16, U18) and Christopher Goslin (U15, U17) have all spent time playing for different US youth national teams throughout the last several years. Some of these players have even been asked to participate in training sessions with different clubs throughout Europe.

Andrew Carleton, arguably one of US Soccer's top youth prospects, was recently signed as Atlanta United's first Homegrown player. The 16-year-old plans to participate in the 2016 U17 World Cup and is expected to spend some time playing for AUFC's USL affiliate, the Charleston Battery.

Full rankings:

U.S. Youth National Team call-ups by USSDA club (2015-2016)

T-1. LA Galaxy (23)

T-1. New York Red Bulls (23)

3. FC Dallas (18)

4. Philadelphia Union (14)

T-5. RSL Arizona (13)

T-5. New England Revolution (13)

7. Capital Area Railhawks (12)

8. Weston FC (10)

T-9. Orlando City SC (9)

T-9. PDA (9)

T-11. FC Golden State (8)

T-11. Georgia United (8)

http://www.dirtysouthsoccer.com/2016/6/23/12015436/georgia-united-ranked-11th-in-most-us-youth-national-team-players

7:59 AM

Find the joy predicting the Euro scores in our local predict the score contest. You are invited to play in this years league.

· Here the deal: You pick the scores of each euro game for each week. You pick the top 5 scorers for that week. You earn points.

· Time: takes 5 minutes a week.

· Extras: We will have weekly playing/drinking/discussion events at fields and strategically located pubs. Mostly in Cobb/Fulton County. Weekly winners will be honored and will earn a beer.

· Cost: FREE

· All you need to do to join your league is:
1. Register at http://predictthescore.net
2. Log in
3. Select 'Mini Leagues' from the 'My Account' menu
4. Enter the code below

Mini League Name: Atlanta Soccer News

Access Code: 110954220

Winner will be honored at an all-expenses paid party dedicated to his triumph…a trophy and a cool shirt. Best of all you will be recognized as the supreme soccer sage in Atlanta for that year.

If you know of someone else who may want to join, please forward this letter.

Last years winner and this summer's winner was Mark Stevens aka Markaroni....take the challenge to know him down.

We had over 50 players last year consisting of many local personalities.

7:46 PM

Marrietta at United soccer league: we have more slots available for open and over 30. To remind you of the terms it is $70 for nine games plus one practice night for a week. Price includes shirt referee etc.

ALL GAMES AND PRACTICES ON TURF FIELDS!!! No rainouts!
Cost is $70 per player with individual registration. Managers get discounted registration at $35:

-9 games running June 12-Aug 14; scrimmage on June 12 with games running June 19-Aug 14 including July 3
-7v7 format with no offsides
-35 min halves
-referees
-team stay-dry shirts included
-games Sunday's at 5:00, 6:30 and 8:00
-divisions include Open Competitive, Open Rec and Over 30

WE HAVE LIMITED SLOTS SO RESERVE YOUR TEAMS PLACE NOW. REPLY TO THIS EMAIL WITH:

-TEAM NAME
-DIVISION
-MANAGER NAME, CELL AND EMAIL

Call/email with any questions.

Richard Schellman 404-276-7894 richardschellman@yahoo.com

7:35 AM

Here are the first classes:

U18 Final Roster

John Michael Bandy, Kolanji Soccer Academy (KSA)

George Bonsu, Atlanta Fire

Andrew Carleton, Georgia United

Machop Chol, Dekalb Decatur YMCA (DDY)

Aldair Cortes, Birmingham United (BUSA)

Anthony Diaz, La Liga Lawrenceville

Edwin Figueroa, La Liga Lawrenceville

Cheik Fofana, Georgia United

Mike Ille, Concorde Fire

Lagos Kunga, Dekalb Decatur YMCA (DDY)

Kevin Lingard, Kolanji Soccer Academy (KSA)

Joseph Marcellus, Soccer in the Streets

Samuel Morton, Georgia United

Adeola Oke, Atlanta Fire

Patrick Okonkwo, Georgia United

Victor Pereyra-Zavala, Georgia United

Nicolás Pérez Georgia United

Kareve Richards, Kolanji Soccer Academy (KSA)

Russell Shealy, Concorde Fire

Alhaji Tambadu, Dekalb Decatur YMCA (DDY)

Juan Pablo Torres, Georgia United

Lionel Touroude, Soccer in the Streets

Bryce Washington, Concorde Fire

U16 Final Roster

Charlie Asensio, Georgia United

Alexander Bahr, Georgia United

George Bello, Alpharetta Ambush

James Brighton, Savannah Storm

Sai Brown, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Liam Butts, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Trevor Byrne, Georgia United

George Campbell, Georgia United

Tanner Carlson, Georgia United

Alessandro Castro, Kolanji Soccer Academy (KSA)

Jackson Conway, Georgia United

William Crain, Georgia United

Alexander Dennis, FC Copenhagen

Kendall Edwards, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Dylan Gaither, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Dawson Gideon, Concorde Fire

Michael Johnson, Concorde Fire

Zyen Jones, Georgia United

Logan Luque, Southern Soccer Alliance

Natnael McDonald, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Matthew Rios, Georgia United

Remi Smith, Georgia United

Saul Tinoco, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Thomas Toney, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Berk Watson, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Blake White, Kolanji Soccer Academy (KSA)

U14 Final Roster

Jide Awujo, Southern Soccer Association (SSA)

Josiah Blanton, Roswell Santos

Frank Bwelle, Inter Atlanta

Emerson Waldemar Chavez, UFA Eagles

Brandon Clagette, Southern Soccer Association (SSA)

Garrett Gardner, Smyrna Soccer Academy

Kameron Gorst, Concorde Fire

Grant Howard, Southern Soccer Association (SSA)

Donovan Jones, Southern Soccer Association (SSA)

Alejandro Lopez, Georgia United

Daniel Mangarov, Georgia United

Craig Mclwraith, AFC Lightning

Zaki Obafemi-Carpenter, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Chase Oliver, Southern Soccer Association (SSA)

Brandon Parrish, Darlington Academy

Christian Antonio Pena, UFA Eagles

Anthony Reaves, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Will Reilly, Georgia United

Ryan Schewe, North Atlanta Soccer Association (NASA)

Parker Smith, Concorde Fire

Jackson Wrobel Vestavia, Hills Soccer Association

Jeremiah Zuniga, Dalton Soccer

U13 Final Roster

Valentin Bargagna, Concorde Fire

Michael Barrueta, Concorde Fire

Santiago Bondulich, Inter Atlanta

Daniel Byman, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Balmore Cruz, Concorde Fire

Alejandro Chini Devillena, Dacula Soccer Association

Trevor Dozier, Concorde Fire

Ethan Fowlks, Southern Soccer Assocation (SSA)

Emmanuel Gyasi, Concorde Fire

Euan Higgins, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Laurence Humphries, Inter Atlanta

Akinni James, Southern Soccer Assocation (SSA)

Mikey Jensen, Concorde Fire

Betwel Mateyo, Soccer in the Streets

Kevin Mendoza, Lanier Soccer Association (LSA)

Caleb Mott, Dacula Soccer Association

Haris Osmanbasic, Concorde Fire

Deji Owoseni, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Yahir Paez, Dalton Soccer

Vicente Reyes, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Cristopher Sanchez, UFA Eagles

Micah Shewit Worton, Darlington Academy

U12 Final Roster

Mateo Bargagna, Concorde Fire

Luke Brennan, Concorde Fire

Shaddai Campbell, Dacula Soccer Club

Alan Carleton, Southern Soccer Academy (SSA)

Bryan Casanova, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Jose Armando De Avila, Concorde Fire

Quinlan DeLaMater, Southern Soccer Academy (SSA)

Abraham Gonzalez, Southern Soccer Academy (SSA)

Jacob Haynes, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Sam Hill, North Atlanta Soccer Assoc. (NASA)

Guillermo Jimenez Rome, Arsenal

Richard (Ford) Lee, Concorde Fire

Justin McLean, Concorde Fire

Gray Mollenkamp, Concorde Fire

Efrain Morales, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Sammy Newmyer, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Nicholas Perla, Southern Soccer Academy (SSA)

Nigel Prince, United Futbol Academy (UFA)

Nathan Richmond, Dekalb Decatur YMCA (DDY)

Dagoberto Romero, Gol Soccer Academy (GSA)

Danial Sebhatu, Lanier Soccer Association (LSA)

Baine Smith, Concorde Fire

James Spurlin, Columbus Red Star

Evan Theriot, Concorde Fire

Jonathan Villal, Allianza Latina

Caleb Wiley, Dekalb Decatur YMCA (DDY)

11:29 AM

OUR NEXT ADULT LEAGUE SEASON is STARTING SOON!

Team registration deadline is Friday, June 10th.

Games start the week of June 19th.

Space is available in MEN'S, COED, & MEN'S-OVER-30 Leagues
Take advantage of discounts and pay as little as $670 per team.

Don't have a team?

Does your team need help finding additional players?

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www.onetouchsoccer.com

11:26 AM

Georgia Soccer's youth championship Final Four is underway this weekend.

Tune in to catch some of the matches being streamed from Georgia State University in Statesboro.

Watch the semifinal matches being streamed here:

Brandon Joseph and Dirty South Soccer's Eric Quintana will be providing play by play and commentary.

Here's the streaming schedule for Saturday:

9:00AM - U14 Boys - Concorde Fire Central Elite (CON) v KSA 02 Premier (KSA)

11:00AM - U15 Boys - UFA 01 Premier (UFA) v SSA Chelsea 01 Elite (SSA)

1:00PM - U17 Girls - NASA G’17 Elite (NASA) v Concorde Fire South Black (CON)

3:00PM - U16 Boys - NASA B’18 Elite (NASA) v Storm 99 Black (STRM)

5:00PM - U19 Boys - NASA B’15 Elite (NASA) v KSA 97 Premier (KSA)

7:00PM - U19 Boys - Concorde Fire Elite (CON) v UFA 97 Premier (UFA)

Matches being played on field one can be watched online here: CLICK LINK.

The championship round is on Sunday and will also be streamed.

Also keep up to date by following Georgia Soccer on Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat (georgia-soccer), and Instagram.

Dirty South Soccer will check in with a recap of the semifinals and finals.

Goal of the Week

David Smith of Pope (Marietta, Ga.) scores the 70th-minute winner in a 2-1 victory over Douglas County to capture ESPNHS Goal of the Week honors. Goal of the Week