The Smyrna Soccer Club, a member of the Georgia State Soccer Association, will be holding tryouts for the Academy and Select soccer teams.

Scott Snyder has recently been named Director of Coaches for Smyrna Soccer, responsible for both the Select/Academy and the Recreation divisions. This newly created position brings one of the top soccer coaches to the Smyrna Academy and Select programs and the community is excited about the future of the program.

If you have an aspiring soccer player, be sure to attend tryouts this week. Tryouts will be held at Campbell Middle School (directions) at the corner of Atlanta Road and Campbell Road. The schedule is as follows:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, May 27, 28 and 29, 2008

U-10 Co-ed and Girls 6:00-7:30 pm

U-11 Co-ed and Girls 6:00-7:30 pm

U-12 Co-ed and Girls 7:30-9:00 pm

U-13 Co-ed 7:30-9:00 pm

Don’t forget to bring your soccer cleats, shin guards, soccer ball and water. If you have any questions, be sure to contact Scott Snyder at ScottSnyder@Westminster.net.

Information about Scott Snyder

Scott brings over 20+ years of coaching experience to the club. He has coached at the high school level for 15 years, winning 5 state championships and having an overall record of 191-79-39. He has been recognized as the state coach of the year 6 times and was named the Southeast Regional coach of the year and a finalist for National Coach of the Year in 2006. Scott is currently head coach at The Westminster Schools.

Scott started out working in Tennessee (Oak Ridge Soccer Club, Premier Soccer Academy; amongst others). He also worked with Tennessee’s Olympic Development Team (ODP) for two years as a head coach while in Tennessee.

He moved to Georgia in 1999 and immediately began working with AFC Lightning, where he coached for 3 years and won promotion to Classic 1 with his team there. He then worked for Metro North/Silverbacks/NASA for the next 4 years, while training teams from Marietta and Smyrna.

[tags]Smyrna Soccer Club, Smyrna Academy Soccer, Smyrna Select Soccer, Georgia State Soccer Assocation[/tags]

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