Monday December 8, 2008
The Atlanta Silverbacks PDP Girls won the u14 National PDP title last week after rounding out an undefeated season.  The Silverbacks, who went 16-0-1, only gave up 3 goals after scoring 69.  The Silverbacks are coached by Iggy Moleka, the Silverbacks PDP Director and DOC of the ASA Youth Soccer Club.
 
"Winning the national title has been our goal for the last two years and this team definately deserves it.  They have worked very hard and we have a great group of very talented players," commented Coach Iggy Moleka.
 
The Silverbacks won the 2008 South Atlantic Division, earning them a return visit to the Super Y-League North American Finals. The  team is players include:    
 
Top ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
Jordan Morell, Ally Baron, Emma Sonnett, Kala Faulkner, Mary Beth Bleekrode, Cheyna Williams, Autumn Matthews, Mackenzie Bailey, Liliana Rios 
 
 2ND ROW FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Coach Iggy, Alicia Grant, Cara Smith, Emily Sonnett, Claire Belay, Diana Getzewich, Katlyn Stevens, Meghan Hussey, Abby Toner
 
1ST ROM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: Jasmine Farhbauer, Brianna Hathaway, Alyse Scott, Alexis Connors, Kelly Smith, Elisabeth Brenner, Claire Sullivan

NOT ON THE PICTURE: Ally Jordan, Allison Laughlin, Rachel Adams

This years’ team had a very strong Super Y-League season, scoring an average of five goals per game, for a total of sixty goals and allowing only two goals against throughout the regular season season. This bettered last year’s impressive total of fifty goals for and nine against. The success of the team can be attributed to many factors, but is mainly due to a strong core of returning players.  
 
A special thank you to Susan Hussey and Jane Sonnett for their great job as team manager and a thank you to Susan Sepeniak and Marco Reali for all their help with the PDP program all thru the season.