The US Women’s National Team hosts Canada, Brazil and Argentina in the 2021 SheBelieves Cup. The tournament takes place in Orlando and begins Thursday, February 18. This is an Olympic Games year, so the SheBelieves Cup will serve as important preparation for the Olympics. The Olympic Games are hosted in Tokyo, Japan and run July 23 through… Read More »
Cobb and Cherokee schools have a 2021 winter break the week of February 15th. The Junior Academy Girls will practice as usual this week for the kids who are staying in town. If your daughter will miss any of our sessions due to family travel, just e-mail the coach. Weather updates: We have gotten hit with… Read More »
United Quest Park practice field (early spring, 2021): Our usual Quest Park practice field is Quest field 7, which is natural grass. It’s a nice field, but during cooler weather, it holds water after rainy days and may get closed due to soggy grass. When field 7 is closed, we usually try to reserve the… Read More »
Update from Jan. 27, 2021: We start spring 2021 practices Monday, February 1st at United Quest Park, and Tuesday, February 2nd at Metro North Park. We have the same practice days / times / fields as in the fall. Link: spring 2021 practice schedule details We’re looking forward to the upcoming spring 2021 season! Spring schedule… Read More »
We reserved a field for informal King Holiday scrimmages on Monday, January 18, 2021. This is an optional, “come if you can” event that’s open to all Junior Academy Girls from our Metro North Park and United Quest Park locations. If your daughter has been recruited to help design Peachtree Road Race t-shirts, don’t cancel… Read More »
We thank everyone who attended our Happier New Year scrimmages. We loved the girls’ enthusiasm and competitive spirit! Mother Nature looked out for us with sunny “shorts and short sleeves” weather. And the timing was right to enable three of our all-time favorite helpers to attend: Hailey, ET and Ally. (Hailey heads back to her… Read More »
Our 2020-2021 winter break starts Sunday, November 22. Here are ideas for winter break activities for the girls, along with soccer gift ideas from Santa Claus. Winter break 2020-2021 ideas Santa’s Soccer Workshop Spring 2021 season preview
We finished our fall 2020 season on Saturday, November 21st with our Fall Finale “Dutch Masters” tournament at the Metro North Park TOPS field. The Dutch Masters format is a series of mini games, with random team assignments — different rosters each game. Players earn points based on each game result: 10 points for each player whose… Read More »
We have our next to last 2020 fall season game day on Saturday, November 14. We have three away games against the NTH Buckhead girls, all in the larger field 7v7 format. Link: team assignments and schedules (posted Monday, November 9) Game day links: November 14 team assignments and schedules (posted Monday, November 9) about… Read More »
We have a rare Sunday game day on November 8. (No games on Saturday, November 7.) Games are split between Metro North Park and the Tophat Buckhead fields. Link: team assignments and schedules (posted Sunday, November 1). Game day links: November 8 team assignments and schedules (posted Sunday, November 1) about game days Fall 2020 game… Read More »