Youth Soccer

We sat down with Jozy Altidore at Sogility's Fayetteville, Georgia facility to talk youth player development, why American soccer misses too much talent, and what he's building just down the road from US Soccer.

A note from Jason Longshore, SDH Network Today, Georgia Soccer and SDH announced a new partnership. I'm quoted in the release, which means I should probably explain what it actually means, beyond the version that fits in a press release. US youth national team players interacting with the next generation. (photo: Sofia Cupertino for the SDH Network) Georgia Soccer has named SDH its official media partner. In practice, that means we'll be covering Georgia Soccer's programs, ev

For the first time in club history, Atlanta United is sending four academy teams to MLS NEXT Cup in Salt Lake City. Here's what's at stake for the U-13, U-14, U-16, and U-18 squads.

American soccer has spent decades focused on elite development while ignoring the most inclusive, community-connected version of the game. High school soccer is the goldmine nobody is digging. Georgia just proved what happens when you let it grow.

A long-time goal of U.S. Soccer was scored on Thursday, the grand opening of a singular home for the sport in the United States. (photo: Vanessa Angel for the SDH Network) Sometime Friday morning, a 13-year-old boy will pull on a U.S. Soccer training kit, lace up his cleats, and walk out onto a natural grass field in Fayetteville, Georgia. He will not fully understand what he is standing in the middle of. He probably will not know that U.S. Soccer has existed for 113 years wi

Matteo with a teammate at Aldosivi (photos from Matteo) Matteo Berrio is 18 years old, from Buford, Georgia, and right now he is training with the reserve side at Club Atlético Aldosivi in Mar del Plata, Argentina, a Liga Profesional club, with eyes on time with the first team as well. For a kid who grew up in the Atlanta soccer scene, that is not a small thing. Getting here was not a straight line. Berrio's path ran through Envigado FC in Colombia, one of South America's mos

Stewart Lathan didn't come to Atlanta United as an educator. She came as a parent. Six years later, the school she built at the training ground is the quiet engine behind everything the academy is becoming.

Former U.S. Men's National Team captain Carlos Bocanegra has launched Atlanta FC, a new youth soccer club for boys U-8 through U-13 built around a one-team-per-coach development model. Tryouts are May 18-20 in Brookhaven.