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Having participated in the first KLAQ River Raft Race, the only thing reliable about the Rio Grande is sand bars and murky water.
Latest merger affiliate partnership....
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sanjuansoccerdad
BRONZE
United FC severed ties with GPS Orange County (GPS OC) and GPS as of November 1, 2018, due to their inability to grow a club inside Orange County. The club went downhill when KM got involved with GPS OC. United FC released a statement to their membership last night detailing the reasons why they cancelled the contract with GPS.
Close-up view of Cable Creek (IE Surf fields are on the right bank)
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sanjuansoccerdad
BRONZE
ALL of those teams are under United FC, we just dba GPS OC as our team names per the agreement. But has always remained and owned by United FC inc a 501(c)3 company. United FC is interested in any offers of merging with another club, or will RISE like a Phoenix from the ashes. We have multiple field permits at Great locations throughout Orange County. Any inquiries please send to president@unitedfc.org, I am sure he will reply back quickly.
Eagle33
PREMIER
Thant's one way to explain this....
Paul Spacey
SILVER ELITE
Wow.
If all these clubs and people involved in merging and affiliating spent the same amount of time coaching players as they do going through these processes and promoting/marketing them, youth soccer in this country would be the absolute envy of the world. We'd have little Messi's and Iniesta's running around all over the place...or maybe we'd just have a bunch of Jordan Henderson's!
If all these clubs and people involved in merging and affiliating spent the same amount of time coaching players as they do going through these processes and promoting/marketing them, youth soccer in this country would be the absolute envy of the world. We'd have little Messi's and Iniesta's running around all over the place...or maybe we'd just have a bunch of Jordan Henderson's!
I'd take a bunch of Jordan Henderson's over a bunch of Michael Bradley's all day
El Clasico
GOLD
What do you hope to gain from a merger? Why not just develop your players and teams?
Not_that_Serious
GOLD
UFC use to be a healthy club at one point. Use to be a strong club but had wrong people running the club - not just recently. At one time UFC had a very strong coaching staff but I’m sure you are aware why most left - and the start of hiring coach/dads, coaching nomads and anyone with basic licenses started to become the norm. Even before GPS got involved (reason GPS got involved) there wer rumors of the club folding. Players and full teams have left due to the instability of the club.
From what I was told they are now straight up Surf, not an affiliate. Surf has their fields and beginning 2019 they will simply be Surf right in Albions backyard.
This will solve some of the field issues at the Polo Fields that occur when the fair comes to town (June/July), and daylight savings time (December/January).
Do you think their board acquiesced all control to Surf?
No idea. Just know that if I was running the club the access to fields, I assume they are lighted, would be the big factor. DA requirements of X number of days a week of practice and talk of pure DA age groups instead of banded ages (talking girls side) means more teams which requires even more fields. Being in Albion's backyard is just the cherry on top. Keep in mind, I have ZERO inside knowledge as to the inner workings, this is just my speculation.
From what I just heard, no. They just wanted to do away with the management side of the equation and are keeping their entities.
No lights and the fields are not up to DA standards. However I heard that some of their fields are jointly used by Albion and so every year there is a big contention with Park and Rec and Albion for use. It will be interesting.
still relatively new at the club scene...two years. We brought a team from a smaller community club to a bigger community club only to have one of those big guys gobbled up the club we moved to. All of the kids and parents are great together plus they have developed from a scrappy bronze team to a flight two team in three years time. One concern is obviously fees. Also, our team are made up a bunch of decent players plus three great players (one of which plays up an age group) so the teams other concern is that would the club pluck those two or three great players from us and transfer them to the better team? We told the dir that we came here as a team, the boys grew as a team (albeit some at different spurts)....WHhat is everyone's thought on this? Thanks!
OCsoccerdad7777
SILVER ELITE
I would say that unless those great players are just playing for fun, don't hold them back. Let them move up and get challenged to grow even more. They must of course also like the team/ coach that's trying to pluck them.
CaliKlines
Well-Known Member
Depends upon the end game of those three players. If they are just playing as a social activity and to have fun with friends, then staying is a good thing. But if they have aspirations/goals to play beyond high school, don’t ask them to be limited by sticking with one team. They can still have fun and make new friends in a new situation, while being challenged by more advanced players/teams.
futboldad1
PREMIER
Good coach and talented team mates are the two most important factors if you're serious about developing in soccer. Nothing else, badges and things like that, really matter.