I know this is officially old news now, but it's worth repeating. Arthur Blank and co, did submit their bid for an MLS franchise in Atlanta along with six other cities. Here is the breakdown of cities and who is backing the bids:

Three Canadian cities -

Montreal: bid submitted by the family of Liverpool co-owner George Gillett, who also owns the NHL's Montreal Canadiens and the Saputo family, who control the dairy processor Saputo Inc. Click to continue reading...

Cobb Snobs. Gwinnett Traffic Jammers. Atlanta Flamers...ahem...these are few of the names (obviously tongue in cheek) that I've seen bouncing around several message boards of late as MLS expansion continues to be a hot topic.

I know I'm being unrealistically optimistic, but let's spend a few moments talking about team names. Click to continue reading...

Cobb Futbol Club has been looking across the pond for their coaching talent and appear to be making some impressive progress.

The Cobb County, Georgia amateur club has officially announced the arrival of Gareth Evans as the new Boys Academy Director. Gareth is joining Cobb FC from the storied Liverpool Football Club in England, where he played alongside England internationals Michael Owen and current Liverpool FC Captain Steven Gerrard. Click to continue reading...

The ADASL, metro Atlanta's top mens amateur league, has scheduled the annual pre-season organizational meeting for Tuesday, August 5 at the Hudson Grille-Brookhaven at 7 PM.

This meeting kicks off the 2008-2009 Major Season. Teams must have a representative in attendance to collect registration information. Click to continue reading...

In a match finish that should have a warning label for cardiac patients, the Silverbacks miraculously scraped out a draw against the Portland Timbers.

For large stretches of the match, the Silverbacks seemed to control the run of play yet could not convert any of their possession in to goals. Click to continue reading...

The Silverbacks return to league play tonight after a couple of hard fought losses against Western Hemisphere powerhouses.

The Backs hosted Mexican first division side Pachuca C.F., who are currently battling for a spot in the 2008 SuperLiga semis, and Argentinean first division club Atletico Independiente. Click to continue reading...

125 dedicated futsal fans showed up at Street Soccer Indoor's inaugural Friday night league finals between JR Trim, a team predominately of Mexican players and Team Fenix who are mostly Brazilian.

JR Trim's green clad fans and Team Fenix's orange clad fans, along with the accompanying flags, drums, balloons, etc. Click to continue reading...

SuperLiga has just kicked off – the prize is one million dollars to the winning team. Major League Soccer is in mid season. The Atlanta Silverbacks are making headway toward the top of the table and have just hosted two of the biggest teams in the hemisphere: Pachuca CF of Mexico and Club Atletico Independiente of Argentina and are scheduled to host Honduran champion's Olimpia. Click to continue reading...

The Atlanta Silverbacks lost to their second international powerhouse club of the week last night as Argentinean first division side, Club Atletico Independiente, edged past the Backs by a 2-1 margin.

In what may have been a false sense of promise, the Backs got on the board first as Jason McLaughlin found the back of the Red Devils' net in the 27th minute. Click to continue reading...

FxB of So Many Balls and I have sparked up a well reasoned debate on the subject of MLS expansion and something I'll call, fan commitment. Because well reasoned debates are so rare on the internet, I'd like to keep it on the front pages rather than the comments for now...and of course encourage others to weigh in. Click to continue reading...

The Silverbacks play host to yet another power player on the global football scene, when Argentinean giants Club Atletico Independiente, fly in to town for a friendly this coming Saturday the 12th. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:00PM.

Coming off of a soggy defeat against Mexican League stars CF Pachuca last night, let's hope the Backs can treat the Diablos Rojos and their loyal local fans to some fine football. Click to continue reading...

The hometown Silverbacks couldn't find the back of the net through the drizzle against the CONCACAF Champions Cup holders and Mexican league powerhouse, C.F. Pachuca. Pachuca however had no problems at Silverbacks stadium and slotted two against the Backs to continue their winning ways on their North American tour. Click to continue reading...

Can Atlanta support an MLS franchise? That's the question that Arthur Blank has asked Dick Sullivan, a former Home Depot executive who previously had been the Falcons' Executive Vice President of Marketing.

Mr. Sullivan is on leave from that post to help Mr. Blank with some of his other special projects. Click to continue reading...

The Atlanta Silverbacks earned three points last night against the Minnesota Thunder. Mac Kandji scored two and Jason McLaughlin scored one to put the Backs past the Thunder by a margin of 3-2.

Both teams had been dispatched in the second round of the US Open Cup, so it is certainly nice to see our home town boys garner a confidence building victory at RE/MAX Greater Atlanta Stadium. Click to continue reading...

Disclaimer: I played for Sting Soccer for about four years, so the opinions expressed herein, however unintentional, may be biased.

Now that that bit of administrative necessity is out of the way, I wanted to capture for posterity, already hazy after a few months, at least a summary of the ADASL's 2008 Perrin Cup final held at Silverbacks Stadium. Click to continue reading...

Below is a list of all of the Adult leagues, both outdoor and indoor, in the greater Atlanta area that I know of. By all means, email me with the leagues I've missed.
I'm looking for any feedback you guys have here. Thing of interest to readers might be cost, travel distances, competitiveness, referee quality, field quality, league integrity (do you get your promised number of games, etc. Click to continue reading...

ADASL 2007-2008 Season Final First Division Results
The Atlanta District Amateur Soccer League wrapped its 2007-2008 season with 40 teams in the league, across four divisions, playing 18 regular season matches stretching from October to June.
The Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves finished at the top of the first division table, winning the double in Atlanta football as they also bested the newly promoted first division side, Sting Gold, in the Perrin Cup final. Click to continue reading...

Sadly our hometown professional football club, the Atlanta Silverbacks, bid adieu to the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup yesterday.
On a day when most of the world's eyes were focused on Switzerland, the Silverbacks took on fellow USL First Division side, Miami F.C. Blues and fell by a heartbreaking 1 - 0 margin. Click to continue reading...

Cobb Futbol Club - Cobb FC
Year Established: 1988
Director: Steve Gummer
President of the Board: UNKNOWN
Summary - Cobb Futbol Club, also known as Cobb FC, has risen to become one of the "clubs to be reckoned with" on the Georgia soccer radar.
Their boys Academy and Select programs have a very solid reputation for producing tough tournament winning teams, but I'm sorry to say I can't speak to where their kids progress. Click to continue reading...

North Atlanta Soccer Association - NASA
Year Established: March 8, 2006
(note that NASA is the result of two previously existing clubs, United Quest and Metro North Youth Soccer Association, the later of these being one of the first football associations in Cobb County)
Director: Dave Smith
President of the Board: Shaun Williams
Summary - Oh, NASA, how far you've come. Click to continue reading...

This is a continuously updated post on my experiences with the local Atlanta area soccer supply store scene. This is just a pretty basic list of where you can get soccer stuff in the city.

Soccer USA located off Barrett Parkway in Kennesaw. Directions

A great little store for the serious player - they stock a wide variety of boots in the store - a good selection of kits - and they even have some futsal gear. Click to continue reading...

This is a continuously updated post on my experiences as a "player's parent" with the local Atlanta area youth soccer scene.

Below is a list of all of the clubs in Atlanta and beneath each is my "review" of sorts. For each review, I have qualitatively assessed player quality, coach quality, and sportsmanship. Click to continue reading...

According to an article written in the...dare I say it...AJC!, Arthur Blank - the current owner of that storied American football team known as the Atlanta Falcons - is seriously considering a bid for an MLS franchise in the Hotlanta!

Folks, the only thing that keeps my interest tangentially focused on the MLS right now is how crazy the Toronto FC fans are. Click to continue reading...