2016 Spring end of season party

We’d like to celebrate the spring season with a party! Potential dates are: Saturday afternoon, May 14th (after our last regular season game day) Sunday afternoon, May 15th (no games scheduled) Sunday late afternoon, May 22nd (after our Sunday games in the Friendship Cup) We’re looking for a few volunteers: a lead person to coordinate… Read More »

2016 Friendship Cup tournament / poll

We will likely enter several teams into the upcoming 2016 NASA Friendship Cup tournament the weekend of May 21-22, 2016. Info about tournament play is listed below. Please review the tournament information and then complete the tournament availability poll at the bottom of the page by Wednesday night, April 13th. Tournament play Tournaments differ from… Read More »

Game day preview: Saturday, April 16, 2016

We have a regular slate of games on Saturday, April 16th. Link:  team assignments and schedules. (No games on Sunday, April 17:  At one point we had rain-out make-up games scheduled on Sunday, but our opponents aren’t available to play that day.)

Spring break recap

We had enough girls in town during spring break to keep a busy schedule! Check below for photos and videos of our spring break activities. Saturday morning, April 2 Intra-Academy scrimmages at the MNP turf field, 10:30 AM – 12:00 noon. Link:  post-scrimmage photos and video Monday evening, April 4 Informal practice / scrimmages at… Read More »

Play soccer with USA World Cup winner Morgan Brian!

April 2016:  The event described below has been canceled. No word yet if there’s a potential reschedule date. Georgia Soccer is sponsoring a fund-raiser for the “Let Them Play” initiative, which provides playing opportunities for those who cannot afford it. Players who raise at least $300 in donations will get to play soccer with US… Read More »

Old website is now inactive

Our new NASA Junior Academy Girls web site is officially active as of April 3, 2016. Please add this URL to your bookmarks: http://www.nasaacademygirls.org/junior-academy-girls/news. There are lots of reasons behind the conversion, with one being to make viewing more friendly for users with mobile devices. You can still access the old website, but we won’t… Read More »

Tribute to soccer legend Johan Cruyff

We honor one of the all-time soccer greats, Johan Cruyff, who died March 24, 2016 after fighting lung cancer. Cruyff had a hugely successful playing career with Ajax in the Netherlands, and with Barcelona in Spain. But he may have had even more influence as a coach. He’s credited with being the architect who transformed… Read More »

Game day preview: Saturday, March 26, 2016 – changes!

We have seven six (yes, seven six!) games scheduled. Three are in Dacula against another club’s U8 Academy program. (Dacula is off GA-316 on the way toward Athens.) We also have our usual four three home games in the NASA U10 rec leagues. Link:  team assignments and schedules Saturday morning schedule change:  We got word… Read More »

Summer 2016 Academy Team Camp dates have changed

The summer 2016 Academy Team Camp dates have changed since our original post in late January. All Girls Academy age groups will have their camps the week of July 18-21 (Monday through Thursday), with sessions running in the evening, 5:30 – 8:30 PM. Camps will be held at Metro North Park and J. J. Biello Park.… Read More »