By June Mathews When Preston Goldfarb coached his last soccer game as a Birmingham-Southern Panther during the fall of 2015 then said goodbye to his world-class soccer camp the following summer, everyone assumed the book was closed on the legendary coach’s career. But another incredible chapter was yet to come. In June, Goldfarb traveled to the 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel … [Read more...]
The Simple Way: For Decades, Godfarb Taught Kids at Camp a No-Frills Style of Soccer
By June Mathews For 31 summers, from 1986 through 2016, Preston Goldfarb went to soccer camp. Not only did he go to camp, he daily directed, showed up hours early to prepare for, and taught at camp. But he had a reason – a very good one, in his opinion – that made it all worthwhile. “I wanted to expose children to what I thought was the correct way to play the game, the way … [Read more...]