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‘The Academy’ in talks with Spanish group

By southernstatessoccer | Oct 21, 2018 | Comments Off on ‘The Academy’ in talks with Spanish group

Oak Grove, MS  –  Our good friend Inaki Erana visited with us in Jackson, Mississippi recently at the Crossroads of the South Tournament. Inaki has been instrumental in helping to set up both our trips to Spain in the past few years, the friendship growing from connections with Nigel Boulton and Carl Reynolds. Nigel recruited…

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Another Title, another runners-up spot

By southernstatessoccer | Oct 21, 2018 | Comments Off on Another 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…

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’03 Champs; ’08 Runners-Up in Florida tournaments

By southernstatessoccer | Oct 12, 2018 | Comments Off on ’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…

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 ’05 Finalists at Bash

By southernstatessoccer | Oct 3, 2018 | Comments Off on  ’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…

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