Soccer Friends Matter Charity Soccer Tournament

02/01/2026

Happy February! 7 days until our big day of soccer! We have some requests and share some news!

First BIG request: Please keep our favorite coach Gregory Moss- Brown (of Emory Oxford) in your prayers. He is always a big part of the day and brings his college team to our tournament to volunteer ref our games. His team is our rent a college program that we stated last year (& loved!).

Second Request: We need some refs! We promise we treat our refs with love and respect! And you get free tshirt and lunch to boot!

Third request: we also do not have a photographer. So if you can bring a friend who has a nice camera. Or is really great with their iPhone… we could really use their help! Stuart Hassan has always spoiled us during the past tournaments with amazing photos and memories and we are super sad that he is unable to make it this year!

Last request: we are short one men’s team and one coed team to make it even for the schedule. If you have some friends that arent aigned up yet … we can also offer up some free agents available to give you a new soccer friend! Please have them fill this form out to register ASAP! https://forms.gle/1QsjZCQJA7qvTxVE7

Other news! We are working on the schedule and will have it to you by end of Tuesday!

We are so grateful that we have raised almost $15,000 dollars this year for Ignite Hope for Kids! Thanks to our generous friendships sponsors and all of our teams that have signed up to date! Getting close to our $20,000 goal! Wahoo!

01/31/2026

We still could use another men’s or coed team!

We are also open to creating a free agent team… please fill this out if you didnt get a whole team together and still want to play!

Use this form to register as a free agent and order your tshirt for the Adult 4v4 (no keepers) tournament on February 7, 2026. Email [email protected] if you have any questions or want to confirm receipt. Thank you! (To guarantee tshirt sizes, please respond by Jan 28, 2026)

01/28/2026

We are so grateful for our sponsors and all the teams that have signed up so far! We are looking for more teams! Men’s rec, Coed rec, and CoedO50! Sign up here! https://ignitehope.networkforgood.com/events/95222-soccer-friends-matter-tournament-2026

01/22/2026

Hey Soccer friends! We have lots of people to be thankful for! Thank you to our friendship sponsors! You are making lots of goals for kids to be out of crisis mode!

Our presenting Sponsor: Christine Witzel, Ameris Bank Mortgage, NMLS # 650895.

Our Super Friend Sponsor: Ameris Bank.

Our Favorite Friends: Dan Forman: Allstate Insurance, Georgia Amateur Women's Soccer Association, Lucky's Burger and Brew Roswell.

Our New friends: KidsUnited - East Cobb & Shannon Phely, Brand It with Cypress Media inc & Kat Thomas Martinez

If you want to join these generous friendship sponsors…click here to sign up! https://ignitehope.networkforgood.com/events/95222-soccer-friends-matter-tournament-2026

01/14/2026

Please join us at our Family collection event on January 24th at 10am. We are relocating our hope chest. Please come and help us downsize. If you are a family in need or know a family in need we would love to see you there!

01/11/2026

Hey friends! 28 days until kickoff! Get your teams together! Preregister. Register. Invite your competition to register. And then let’s have a fun day of soccer! And doing good all at the same time!

Why preregister? Well- that’s how you get your tshirts! 😉

Click the link to register here: https://www.ignite-hope.org/sfm26
Click the link to preregister: https://forms.gle/1QsjZCQJA7qvTxVE7

01/11/2026

Thank you to our double New Friend Sponsor! KidsUnited - East Cobb we are so excited to get to know you!