Albion SC (East County specifically)

I really appreciate dads and moms coming on here to share their stories. My sister-in-law and brother-in-law appreciate the information. My first year of club was insane. It started out with the coach watching my 6-year-old balling in Rec. Coach saw something special in my cheetah and invited her to one of her practices. She said she was putting together her squad for next season and offered my kid a spot on her U8 team. My first mistake was paying in full. Never pay in full, even for 10% off. My second mistake was keeping my child on her team after a few lies. Basically, she didn't recruit enough players for U8, so she found another half team of older U9 kids and put us in U9 without telling us until it was too late to say no. My kid was still 6 and super small. Coach told us at the last minute, and I felt pressure, so I just stayed. It was insane. My dd was not allowed to play up top because coaches' friends dd owned the spot and another friend's kid was Center Mid or the attacking mid. My kid was forced to play right back all season. Last and the worst of my first-year experience was the coach's husband. He was 6 4' and addicted to Chrystal Meth. I knew something was off with this dude all season and I really found out at State Cup. I told him (yelled) after holding it all in to "stop coaching my daughter and just let her play." Dude went pyscho on me and challenged me to a fight on the spot. I told him he was too big and a nutcase, and I left fast. He called later to say sorry and asked me to reconsider staying with the team because he was getting counseling for his drug habit. Last I heard he never reformed his ways and is divorced. My second year was way better. Third year of club was insane with a few parent fights and lots of backstabbing. Fourth and fifth year was amazing and best coach ever. Why best coach? He was honest, didn't cheat or steal from us. My wife actually baked him a pie and he wouldn't take it because he didn't want any parents to get the wrong idea. The parents put a cash gift together for him on Christmas as a token of "thank you" and he wouldn't take it. 6th year was amazing win of a Natty but lots of lies and bad behavior that made the Natty not so great for a parent after looking back. 7th year was full of big lies, big let downs and full of big rich assholes who only care about lining up their pockets with cash from dad. 8th year was even worse because of a real liar. 9th year we quit all together but came back part time for 9th and 10th years and coaches were amazing to close out club.
 
Hoodrat said:
Sami and Jason Heth are great coaches

Unfortunately they had to go under a bigger club and chose Albion. Since then the happiness and quality has left. They themselves have been burned and looked for a way out ( working w out a contract ) from NG and the dictatorship

They also have become so desperate to survive they brought in a well known liar and thief

Now that crafty Aldous has weaseled his way into power and will undermine both of them and will have one of their jobs within a month

that is a toxic mess to stay clear from
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Not a big fan of negative publicity for clubs or club personnel, but am compelled to say something as someone on the inside of this. Anyone at Albion EC who thought JA coming over was a good thing, there is very real merit to the concerns others have expressed. I know people want dirt, but I won't spread it here. Suffice to say, those who do know, the scumbaggery is very real.

What Hoodrat said here is true. Sami and Jason know it as well. RR couldn't leave Albion EC fast enough as soon as JA arrived. Albion EC is going to end up as another broken JA boys club, and any quality left will have been sucked out of it by the end of this tryout cycle, or olders cycle at the very latest. The lemmings JA dragged over as "another top coach building in East County" have one goal and that is to raid Rebels of anyone they can get out of spite. This was the only club that finally cracked and gave JA an in. If those coaches aren't dragging a team, they are trying to steal other teams by cold calling managers, text bombing parents, etc. You would be better off at literally any other club. Run away.
 
Syrix said:
Not a big fan of negative publicity for clubs or club personnel, but am compelled to say something as someone on the inside of this. Anyone at Albion EC who thought JA coming over was a good thing, there is very real merit to the concerns others have expressed. I know people want dirt, but I won't spread it here. Suffice to say, those who do know, the scumbaggery is very real.

What Hoodrat said here is true. Sami and Jason know it as well. RR couldn't leave Albion EC fast enough as soon as JA arrived. Albion EC is going to end up as another broken JA boys club, and any quality left will have been sucked out of it by the end of this tryout cycle, or olders cycle at the very latest. The lemmings JA dragged over as "another top coach building in East County" have one goal and that is to raid Rebels of anyone they can get out of spite. This was the only club that finally cracked and gave JA an in. If those coaches aren't dragging a team, they are trying to steal other teams by cold calling managers, text bombing parents, etc. You would be better off at literally any other club. Run away.
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"Raid Rebels of any anyone out of spite" is how this sport operates in SoCal. "Run away" is good advice. What a dumpster fire. I know a club that raided the rebels of their top leader but that's another story for a later time.
 
crush said:
"Raid Rebels of any anyone out of spite" is how this sport operates in SoCal. "Run away" is good advice. What a dumpster fire. I know a club that raided the rebels of their top leader but that's another story for a later time.
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I don't have a problem with the fact they are cold calling every team over there, it's fair game and par for the course if that's how clubs choose to operate. But it reeks of desperation, and the motives behind it have little to do with benefitting the quality of kids' training and playing experience. It's a continuation of self-serving scum-baggery. Buyer beware.
 
Syrix said:
I don't have a problem with the fact they are cold calling every team over there, it's fair game and par for the course if that's how clubs choose to operate. But it reeks of desperation, and the motives behind it have little to do with benefitting the quality of kids' training and playing experience. It's a continuation of self-serving scum-baggery. Buyer beware.
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As in you think Jason’s pay could be related to how many teams he gets over?

That seems a bit outlandish.
But I haven’t been at this as many of you.
 
Syrix said:
I don't have a problem with the fact they are cold calling every team over there, it's fair game and par for the course if that's how clubs choose to operate. But it reeks of desperation, and the motives behind it have little to do with benefitting the quality of kids' training and playing experience. It's a continuation of self-serving scum-baggery. Buyer beware.
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My sister was at cuyamaca last night for my nephews 2014 team and she estimates there were about 70 kids there for the 2012 tryouts.
Many in surf gray.
Seems they have definitely brought a ton of kids over, or hope to. Not sure they could handle that many players with just Sami and Mike having teams.
 
East County Soccer Dad said:
My sister was at cuyamaca last night for my nephews 2014 team and she estimates there were about 70 kids there for the 2012 tryouts.
Many in surf gray.
Seems they have definitely brought a ton of kids over, or hope to. Not sure they could handle that many players with just Sami and Mike having teams.
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Let's be clear how those kids got there

MM had 2 teams. MM was making thousands of dollars a yr having fake titles being paid club funds to do nothing via JA, so he follows out of financial loyalty

JA gets fired for doing shady shit like the above and stealing uniform kick back money in the tens of thousands ( new back yard make over turned out great )

Albion being desperate to survive brings in these jokers and crooks who bring their naive families with them

That is very different than a club building a solid age and having a buzz of new talent based upon dev and playing good soccer
 
Hoodrat said:
Sami and Jason Heth are great coaches

Unfortunately they had to go under a bigger club and chose Albion. Since then the happiness and quality has left. They themselves have been burned and looked for a way out ( working w out a contract ) from NG and the dictatorship

They also have become so desperate to survive they brought in a well known liar and thief

Now that crafty Aldous has weaseled his way into power and will undermine both of them and will have one of their jobs within a month

that is a toxic mess to stay clear from
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Called it

Almost exactly 1 month
 
We are currently a part of Albion and would like to know if these guys are leaving before tryouts are over elsewhere.
They were both at tryouts on Monday.
 
East County Soccer Dad said:
I don’t understates the benefit, or enjoyment you get, out of telling us but not telling us.

Nothing is is on Albion website or social media.
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He's absolutely got facts. Guys will be gone by the weekend if not already, with more to leave sooner than later. But they're not going to put on social media or their website that directors have been working out of contract for some time being while being replaced by fraudsters. You should quite literally go anywhere else unless you enjoy being at a club charging 40% more for substantially less that is likely to implode within the next year due to slippery shenanigans. The market is oversaturated as it is, there are plenty of better options.
 
Syrix said:
He's absolutely got facts. Guys will be gone by the weekend if not already, with more to leave sooner than later. But they're not going to put on social media or their website that directors have been working out of contract for some time being while being replaced by fraudsters. You should quite literally go anywhere else unless you enjoy being at a club charging 40% more for substantially less that is likely to implode within the next year due to slippery shenanigans. The market is oversaturated as it is, there are plenty of better options.
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I’m not denying that he has facts.
I don’t understand the unwillingness to help those of us that don’t so we can do what is best for our children.
 
East County Soccer Dad said:
I’m not denying that he has facts.
I don’t understand the unwillingness to help those of us that don’t so we can do what is best for our children.
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Some things are better left unsaid. I think we're trying to be helpful without stirring the pot. I'm not endorsing any other situation, but I'll give anyone with eyes and ears a HUGE RED FLAG when it comes to sticking with that program. There will be plenty of makeup tryouts from the rain next week. Get into any of them. Every club is still filling out rosters. You will have answers to your questions about who is leaving by end of the weekend. And that will be tip of the iceberg.
 
Syrix said:
Some things are better left unsaid. I think we're trying to be helpful without stirring the pot. I'm not endorsing any other situation, but I'll give anyone with eyes and ears a HUGE RED FLAG when it comes to sticking with that program. There will be plenty of makeup tryouts from the rain next week. Get into any of them. Every club is still filling out rosters. You will have answers to your questions about who is leaving by end of the weekend. And that will be tip of the iceberg.
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Stirs the pot a lot more doing this than staying silent or providing full info
 
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