Nashville Atlas FC has hired Giles Cheevers as Head Coach and Andy Poklad as Director of Football for their inaugural 2014 campaign. Cheevers is currently Head Coach at Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, TN, and also coaches the U-15 boys at Tennessee Soccer Club, one of the leading youth clubs in the state of Tennessee. Cheevers has been with TSC for 7 years. Poklad serves as the Executive Director of Tennessee United Soccer Club in Hendersonville, TN, and also serves on
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that a new chairman and board were elected by the NPSL membership during their recent AGM in Atlanta. Joe Barone from Brooklyn Italians SC was voted Chairman of the Board of Directors after serving as Secretary for the past two years. Barone was a four-year letterwinner on the St. Francis College men’s soccer team, a squad guided by legendary coach Carlo Tramantozzi. An active member of the Brooklyn Italians’ leadership, Barone
Photo Credit: Bart Young/Colorado Rapids When former Atlanta Silverbacks left back Chris Klute arrived in Major League Soccer in 2012, not much was known about the Texan. The Colorado Rapids acquired the 22-year-old on a one-year loan from the NASL club and played just one match in the 2012 MLS season. What happened next was magic. There is little doubt that the Colorado Rapids have picked a gem out of the NASL, as Klute began his post-collegiate career on the Silverbacks’ reserve
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that BCS Clash (Bryan-College Station, TX) has joined the league as an expansion team. They will begin play in the South Central Conference of the South Region in 2014. “The great soccer republic of Texas is adding another quality market with the addition of College Station,” NPSL Commissioner Michael Hitchcock commented. “BCS Clash will provide a chance for local players to continue to develop by playing high-level NPSL soccer and who knows, maybe there is a Johnny Futbol
Minnesota United FC today announced the club has a new reserve team joining the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2014. The club will be named Minnesota United Reserves and will play at East Ridge High School in Woodbury, Minnesota. “We want to continue to grow the vision of what the club can be,” said United Head Coach Manny Lagos. “Having a Reserve team is a big piece of developing potential local players but also keep the first team competitive. When
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that Greater Lowell United Football Club has joined the league as an expansion team. They will begin play in the Northeast Region’s Atlantic Conference in 2014. “We are excited to bring NPSL soccer to the great soccer city of Lowell, Massachusetts with the launch of Greater Lowell United FC,” NPSL Commissioner Michael Hitchcock added. “Lowell will be a great addition to our competitive Atlantic Conference of the Northeast Region while
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that NPSL Virginia Beach has joined the league as an expansion team. They will begin play in the Mid-Atlantic Conference of the South Region in 2014. “With the addition of Virginia Beach, the NPSL’s Mid-Atlantic Conference will now have five strong clubs in Virginia who will help grow the game in the Old Dominion, on and off the field,” NPSL Commissioner Michael Hitchcock commented. “Virginia Beach has always developed great players and
The National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) is proud to announce that FC Bordo Saint Louis has joined the league as an expansion team. Saint Louis will begin play in the Central Conference of the Midwest Region in 2014. “We’re looking forward to playing NPSL soccer in St. Louisin 2014,” NPSL Commissioner Michael Hitchcock commented. “St. Louis is one of the original soccer hotbeds that was famous for their great players and community-based clubs. Bordo St. Louis returns high level soccer and a
The Atlanta Silverbacks organization took another step in furthering its player development side, announcing Thursday that they will field a reserve team in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) in 2014. The Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves, who will play their home games in the stadium at Atlanta Silverbacks Park, will open NPSL play in May. The Reserves competed in the NPSL from 2011-2012, sending a number of their players to the Silverbacks professional side, which plays in the North American Soccer
