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On November 11th, 2008 the Atlanta Silverbacks men’s professional team announced they would sit out the 2009 season citing the economy and the potential of a Major League Soccer team coming to town. There were also several fundamental issue’s the Silverbacks ownership had with how their league, United Soccer League, was structured and operated. When word got [...]
Today @NASLofficial went live on Twitter. Their profile image includes nine team logo’s and a tenth “ATLANTA 2011″ but without the Silverbacks logo. I know many people have wondered if the Silverbacks would comeback but so far things look like they’re still moving forward after the the NASL’s first annual general meeting. Well maybe I shouldn’t say Silverbacks. Could [...]  Delay of Game
Over the past several weeks there have been numberous thoughts, idea’s, and conspiracy theories written about what is to come of Division 2 soccer in the US. Today we may finally get answers to some questions. Like, will there be one division 2 league governed by USSF in which both groups would reside? Or more importantly to Atlanta fans is whether on not Atlanta will be involved it those plans this year. A few articles while we wait: http://www.setpieceanalysts.com http://thekartikreport.wordpress.com/ http://www.insidemnsoccer.com/ Parties on call: USSF President Sunil Gulati, USSF CEO Dan Flynn, USL CEO Alec Papadakis, and NASL Acting Commissioner Jeff Cooper. Updates: IT’S SNOWING IN ATLANTA!!! 2:43 tweet from bdure_usat US Soccer announcement is out: Two six-team conferences in Div 2, one #USL, one #NASL 2:45 Word is out: NASL = Baltimore (CP), Carolina, Miami, Montreal, St. Louis, Vancouver. USL = Minnesota, Rochester, Tampa Bay, Austin, Puerto Rico, Portland NO ATLANTA in either division for 2010. Continue reading Decision from USSF on NASL/USL In Greek mythology after a long life the phoenix would erupt into flames and out of the ashes a young phoenix would arise. It’s easy to see why after General Sherman burnt Atlanta to the ground the city would adopt that symbol and the motto “Resurgens” meaning Rising Again. Soccer in Atlanta has a long history as [...] |
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