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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 [...] Atlanta Beat (1-6-3) vs FC Gold Pride (8-3-1) 0 : 4 After competing Wednesday in the All-Star game several players from both teams laced up their boots again to face off on Saturday. Just like the All-Star game Marta scored two against Atlanta Beat GK Hope Solo. Down early (31st second) the comeback became near impossible when [...]
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 [...] UPDATE: During some dark days for Atlanta Pro Soccer this was one of the only signs of life we had. It wasn’t until more recently that we discovered that NuRock Soccer Holdings was behind the Blackhawks and were going to have a bigger impact on the American Soccer scene then anyone expected. More to come on that soon. Originally posted 1/30/09: No not the USL1 team. [...] |
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