LAUFA/RCDEspanyol - Partnership

U13 game you played against rsc was called off at the halftime because your atlehtic trainer left, refs left immediately.
 
focomoso said:
The new director of coaching from Espanyol is amazing. When he comes to training, he can command the attention of 4 teams simultaneously. The kids play better and everyone is extra attentive. It's pretty amazing to see how well he sees the game and communicates simple changes that make the kids better.

But LAUFA is still LAUFA. The coaching is still uneven. The practices are still all over the city and you often don't know where you're training until the day of (when I go to work in the morning, I often don't know if I'm driving my kid to Glendale or Inglewood that evening...). And now, to pay for the license of the Espanyol name, they've started changing even for the DA.

We ended up leaving (along with at least 3 other kids from my son's team). The parents that have stayed are hoping things will change, but they've been saying it will change for a while now.
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These are some of the known facts I learned from a very close friend who left LAUFA
DA teams as of this year:
The U12 and U14 coaches both have a son on the team, the U13 coach gives privates to some of the players of his team and the U15 has the club presidents son on it
 
This is the only club in the DA system with no trainer, they hired some emt guy to pretend and he left after u12 game, last year trainer or whoever they hired to be at the game did not show up. One time we arrived for a u12 DA game and the field had no goals, game was late because laufa people hastily scrambled to put up goals for two u12 DA games only to find out that some goal parts are missing...
 
ferbert said:
Since LAUFA is a fully funded organization, older ages are very expensive, they travel a lot . As all of know, LAUFA doesn't charge anything.
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This is not true anymore. The U12 DA started charging $150/month which was a factor is some of the kids leaving. It was particularly rough to be asked to pay for a team where the coaches don't have the proper licenses.
 
Zvezdas said:
This is the only club in the DA system with no trainer, they hired some emt guy to pretend and he left after u12 game, last year trainer or whoever they hired to be at the game did not show up. One time we arrived for a u12 DA game and the field had no goals, game was late because laufa people hastily scrambled to put up goals for two u12 DA games only to find out that some goal parts are missing...
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My advise. invest your efforts to improve your team bro. Couple wins, couple ties and massive of losses. I understand your frustration. Let it go! No one is responsible for your team bad performance. Don't share the blame, just digest it. All cool! Thanks for the feedbacks.
 
hattrick said:
Is the RCD coach working directly with all the DA teams (u12-u15)? Or is it only select DA age groups? Do they work with the club level teams too?
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He's working with all the DA age groups as far as I can tell. At least U12, U13 and U14 - but he isn't there very often and has 4 teams on the field at the same time.
 
focomoso said:
This is not true anymore. The U12 DA started charging $150/month which was a factor is some of the kids leaving. It was particularly rough to be asked to pay for a team where the coaches don't have the proper licenses.
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That is way off. Academy doesn't charge. Maybe you were invited to be part of the pre academy. Those teams aren't free. That's why some players left.
 
ferbert said:
It is sad to hear that you leave the club. I guess some places aren't designed to satisfy everyone.
Espanyol transition is a complex process. many things that laufa is correcting + many things that American soccer does differently in comparison with the RCDE methodology. It will take a bit to see a done transition. every step is a challenge Yes, Diego Morata the Club Director from RCDE is amazing, very knowledgeable coach. few more months to see the result of this "partnership" and to see teams wearing for first time in USA the RCDE uniforms.
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There were a lot of factors that went into our leaving. The unpredictable and sometimes very far away field locations was honestly the biggest issue. But the fact that the coaches weren't licensed and didn't really have a grasp of the game was an issue as well (not to mention, as someone else said, one had a kid on the team that happened to play the same position as my son).
 
ferbert said:
That is way off. Academy doesn't charge. Maybe you were invited to be part of the pre academy. Those teams aren't free. That's why some players left.
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Sorry, but were you at the meeting where they said they were going to start changing? I was. The entire DA team was there. They said because they were having to pay Espanyol to license their name, they were going to have to start changing. They said that they'd make exceptions for some players, but everyone else had to pay $150/mo. If this isn't the case, then someone has to look into what the U12 coaches are doing because that's pretty shady.
 
focomoso said:
Sorry, but were you at the meeting where they said they were going to start changing? I was. The entire DA team was there. They said because they were having to pay Espanyol to license their name, they were going to have to start changing. They said that they'd make exceptions for some players, but everyone else had to pay $150/mo. If this isn't the case, then someone has to look into what the U12 coaches are doing because that's pretty shady.
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I am sorry for the misunderstanding. Academy teams don't pay. There is no question about it. If you paid monthly fees to a coach being registered as Full time Player, please let me know. Thanks again for the info. And I am sorry to hear that you left.
 
ferbert said:
I am sorry for the misunderstanding. Academy teams don't pay. There is no question about it. If you paid monthly fees to a coach being registered as Full time Player, please let me know. Thanks again for the info. And I am sorry to hear that you left.
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Why would we contact you, if you're just a fanatic parent as you say?

The fact is: our team was required to fill out a quite intrusive US Soccer scholarship application which needed copies of tax returns. Most of the families that I'm comfortable talking about such things were denied a scholarship on financial grounds and required to pay a $500 donation as well as pay $75 for our practice kits.

Yes, it's still a good deal, but please don't come on here and tell lies. It's not cool. And, frankly, it's not necessary. People won't be turned from the club if you're straight up about the terms. They will be turned away by lies or shadyness
 
focomoso said:
He's working with all the DA age groups as far as I can tell. At least U12, U13 and U14 - but he isn't there very often and has 4 teams on the field at the same time.
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He predominantly works with the U12 teams. He's had 1 session with the U13 team and that 1 session was combined with the U12 so he hasn't worked with the U13s solo the entire season. He's had a few sessions with the U14. Hopefully he will be able to work with the U13 more in the future.
 
size_five said:
Why would we contact you, if you're just a fanatic parent as you say?

The fact is: our team was required to fill out a quite intrusive US Soccer scholarship application which needed copies of tax returns. Most of the families that I'm comfortable talking about such things were denied a scholarship on financial grounds and required to pay a $500 donation as well as pay $75 for our practice kits.

Yes, it's still a good deal, but please don't come on here and tell lies. It's not cool. And, frankly, it's not necessary. People won't be turned from the club if you're straight up about the terms. They will be turned away by lies or shadyness
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Yup been going on for at least 2 seasons now but @ferbert always denies even when there 50x people saying otherwise.

This is one of the reasons they don't have a olders program because nobody want to put up with the chaos and pay more for a substandard experience.

If your federal poverty level you can get a ussda scholarship and this club will wave some fees but everybody else who is the majority are paying something.

Sad to hear the RCD partnership is costing families even more $$$ to basically wear somebody's jesery and pay for a small slice of a coaches time once in a while.
 
focomoso said:
Sorry, but were you at the meeting where they said they were going to start changing? I was. The entire DA team was there. They said because they were having to pay Espanyol to license their name, they were going to have to start changing. They said that they'd make exceptions for some players, but everyone else had to pay $150/mo. If this isn't the case, then someone has to look into what the U12 coaches are doing because that's pretty shady.
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I heard they were disqualified because there were older boys playing in the 05 team. I wonder if those older boys also played in their CRL games....
 
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