AYSO santa clarita cracks

Grace T. said:
Wasn't referring to Friday futsal (which is great BTW). Was referring to their fall/winter futsal league (targeted for under '09s). They also have some (really great) summer camps they use to spot young kids.
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Jumping in here, but where and when is Ole's Friday futsal (and, please, don't say 'Fridays'...)?
 
Grace T. said:
AYSO is trying to build a tiered program where a player can progress naturally from core to extras to the various levels of club in United to eventually rival DA with the IS64 id plan. United parents in most regions are expected to perform service (coaching/ref/team parents/field monitor/snack booth) on top of paying the fee so it's actually a way to keep volunteers in, rather than have them leave for club. Because they have such a large talent pool, it's really easy to recruit the best from the Extras and Core teams, as well as from other clubs, and voila you get a competitive team.

The division is that the AYSO National Office is really pushing a move to professional based coaching with equivalent salaries. "Accountability" is the word that I kept hear thrown about. That will mean United fees will be cheaper than non-AYSO clubs (who may have to subsidize the DA teams as well DOC salaries and field costs-- AYSO has cushy relationship with various parks and recs where in the 90s they developed spaces in return for priority rentals). They also cut down the cost by not doing as many tournaments or fundraising for them off book and raising money for the ref fees through the team account. So for a team where coaches are volunteers the expense might be around $500. For one with paid coaches $1500. The issue is national wants the teams to switch to professionally based but some regions still believe in the volunteer mantra.

The problem with volunteers is that no matter how well meaning they are, it's difficult to get them fully invested in the training, particularly if they want to break old habits and ideas. That, plus, the chip on the shoulder of various United clubs about not being respected for only being an "AYSO team", has led to a strange fixation for winning. One team I saw, for example, built a team around 4 superfast kids that could belt it into the corner of the goal from almost the half. They swept various tournaments and were only stopped by the TFA flight 1 pre DA team. But it was some ugly soccer without possession control and largely run and beat the other side after goalkeeper punts.
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thank you for the info! this is an interesting thread. I'm looking for options for my son as we are new to the area.
 
pitchcrazy said:
Someone in another post is bashing SCV. I would love to hear everyone else's experiences with the clubs in SCV...…….
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Keep in mind that this board can be as toxic as any I have ever seen. There are very opinionated people and I tend to see the darkest of answers on here.

There are excellent coaches and clubs in SCV, just like everywhere else.

What works for one parent (should be the kid but often not) doesnt work for another. Kid is on a great team but gets less play time and suddenly the coach, team, club and the entire system is a dumpster fire.

Take your kid to tryouts, ultimately they should be the one that likes/dislikes the coach/team.

There is every level in town, flight 3/bronze to flight 1/gold.
https://fcvalencia.com/
https://scv.pateadores.org/
https://www.realsocal-scv.com/
https://www.scscsoccerclub.com/
https://www.ffsc.net/

Some are on facebook

Have your kid ask around at school. Good way to discover teams

Have fun, ignore the negativity around here.
 
NickName said:
Keep in mind that this board can be as toxic as any I have ever seen. There are very opinionated people and I tend to see the darkest of answers on here.

There are excellent coaches and clubs in SCV, just like everywhere else.

What works for one parent (should be the kid but often not) doesnt work for another. Kid is on a great team but gets less play time and suddenly the coach, team, club and the entire system is a dumpster fire.

Take your kid to tryouts, ultimately they should be the one that likes/dislikes the coach/team.

There is every level in town, flight 3/bronze to flight 1/gold.
https://fcvalencia.com/
https://scv.pateadores.org/
https://www.realsocal-scv.com/
https://www.scscsoccerclub.com/
https://www.ffsc.net/

Some are on facebook

Have your kid ask around at school. Good way to discover teams

Have fun, ignore the negativity around here.
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Thank you for the info! Yes, there are some trolls for sure!
 
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