Team News
01/02 Academy team defeat FC Dallas
Frisco, Tx – On Saturday ‘The Academy’ team put on a strong performance to defeat FC Dallas 3-0 in their own College Showcase tournament. The boys were missing their high school committed teammates and were majority ’02 players. They played some excellent soccer with all three goals coming in a sparkling first half display with…
Read MoreWinning in Style
Daphne, Ala – ‘The Academy’ 2007 and 2008 teams both won their tournament events in Daphne, Alabama last weekend. Just as impressive was coming home as the ‘Style of Play’ award winners as well.
Read More’07/08 gain New experience and ’05 go undefeated
Birmingham Ala – Another successful tournament weekend. This time our 07/08 team played up in 06 bracket. It was their first experience of playing 11 v 11 together. They won one game 5-1 but lost the other two by 0-3 and 0-1 but considering the age difference and experience compared to the older teams it…
Read More’04/05 team play close games
North Little Rock, AR – The Academy ‘04’s with a large sprinkling of ‘05’s were in Arkansas for the Little Rock FC ID event this cold weekend. The guys played hard and well against strong opponents. After knotting the first game 2-2 with Memphis FC they slipped to close losses against the host team by…
Read More‘Juice’ heads to MLS Atlanta United
The Oakes – Southern States Soccer is pleased, if a little sad to announce that 2004 player Joshua ‘Juice’ Rowland will be moving on to pastures new in 2019. ‘Juice’ is headed to Major League Soccer’s Atlanta United FC. He will join up full-time with their Development Academy after impressing in recent training and games…
Read MoreGirls go close again
Houma, La – The Southern States girls traveled to Houma, Louisiana this past weekend and took second place in the tournament. The girls topped the number one seed of the tournament in the semi-final. Following a 1-1 tie in regulation the game went into an intense penalty shootout. Abigail Capasso (pictured) who was playing two…
Read MoreAnother Title, another runners-up spot
Jackson, MS – October 14th ‘The Academy’ 2002 team came back from a two goal half-time deficit to defeat the Louisiana Fire by 4-2 in the final of the Crossroads of the South Tournament. The players showed great character reacting to the challenge in the second half and ran out deserved winners. The 2005 team…
Read More’03 Champs; ’08 Runners-Up in Florida tournaments
Florida – ‘Topher’ LaRussa scored the only goal of the game in the final minutes as the Alliance Cup, Championship game looked to be going to a PK shootout. Up gainst GPS Bayern Munich goals were hard to come by but with his lone strike, the ‘03 boys deservedly grabbed the Alliance Cup. The final…
Read More’05 Finalists at Bash
Birmingham, Ala – We rarely focus on individuals as soccer is such a team game but the performances of Dylan Dykes on our ‘05 team playing in the Birmingham Bash this past weekend were exceptional. The team took the runners-up spot and also performed well in all three games. The ‘07-08’s and the pure ‘08…
Read MoreTwo more titles for ‘The Academy’ teams
Memphis, TN – The Academy’ sent three teams to the Rose Cup Tournament in Memphis, TN last weekend. The ‘02’s and ‘04’s both won their brackets with fine performances overall. The ‘02’s did particularly well against the older ‘00 and ‘01 teams as they were playing up in age group. The younger ‘06 team played well…
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