The way Soccer Should be: Athens Soccer Academy SOSL League Games Week 2

 Athens Soccer Academy  SOSL League Games Week 2

Athens Soccer Academy played their third week of league games at the Alexander Soccer Complex. Our second week was scheduled for last weekend, but it snowed.

ASA U10 Black Pearls continued their winning streak this week. This team is in preparation for the Marietta Soccer Classic, May 14 &15.

The Pearls had a birthday to celebrate, so as the Under 8 Jaguars were on the field for their game 2, Coach Tad got dragged away to participate in a special birthday celebration for a special player.

ASA Under 8 Jaguars

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 The Ceremonial Boston Creme awaits strategic activation--

The Birthday Song has been sung...

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 Under 12 Red Dragons have hit a growing curve. Each week makes this more team more solid.  Tremendous support from three U10 Black Pearls, helped this Saturday's games through the heat and made the entire second half of the day more fun.

Against a River Valley Soccer Club that "crushed" us in week 1 at Athens High School, we turned the tide of the game: better defending, stronger midfield possession, and services into the penalty area.

Amora

Team Names Meaning:

Under 10 Black Pearls: the nickname of the great Brazilian Pele', also the trans-formative power of sand to the Pearl is a metaphor for the player's transformation into a "Pearl" of a player.

Under 12 Red Dragons: Borrowing from the Black Belt Hierarchy from Martial Arts, the Color Red is one step away from the Black Belt, and the 12's are at the cusp of becoming Academy Graduates in the sense that spring Soccer for 13 year-olds typically means GASA, and Fall soccer typically means the Middle School Teams.

The tent proved genius on this day.  The green Bubble or the half-soccer-ball-sticking-out-of-the ground is the Game Day Hub For ASA teams.  This is where we congregate before, after, and in between matches.  This is where we can create some shade and a central place for teams to come together. Tad has plans to hire a Live Reggae Band for Athens Home games; not really but that would make the scene complete...Soccer Reggae Party--You are invited!!!

The tent symbolizes that we are an Academy, a club, and that the teams support one another.  When the Jaguars went off to play their Game 1, the Pearls had just returned.  The Black Pearls cheered and clapped as the Jaguars moved to their field...Wishing I had set the camera on record...

ASA--This club is about more than the soccer...

 ASA Red Dragons Game 1 w Coach Jeff

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