Monthly Archives: May 2020

Soccer year preview: 2020-2021

It’s hard to believe, but the end of the 2019-2020 soccer year is coming soon! This means it’s time to document the transition from the current soccer year to the upcoming 2020-2021 soccer year. May 20, 2020 update:  NTH has canceled tryouts for the Junior Academy, Academy and Select programs. How does this affect your daughter?… Read More »

NTH Member Update (May 1, 2020)

May 1, 2020:  NTH sent members the following e-mail: MEMBER UPDATE:  Letter from Dave Smith, Executive Director regarding COVID-19 and evaluation of return to play May 1, 2020 Dear members, As Georgia and a number of other states and local jurisdictions begin a phased return to normalcy, NASA Tophat (NTH) has been doing extensive research and planning for our return to play.  We continue to take the lead… Read More »

The new normal? And one state’s vision for a return to soccer

Updated Friday, May 15, 2020. When can we play again, and what will change? The answers depend on decisions by multiple levels of government (Cobb, Georgia, CDC, U.S.), along with soccer sanctioning bodies at the state (Georgia Soccer) and national levels (US Soccer, US Youth Soccer, US Club Soccer). Georgia Soccer’s latest message was posted April… Read More »

Spring 2020 Video Yearbook

We had a request to create a video yearbook to help remember the good parts of this soccer year. Here’s the general plan. (But feel free to make your own creative tweaks.) Have your daughter wear one of her game day uniforms and hold her soccer ball. Each family films a short video of their… Read More »