LA Galaxy to remove alliance program

LASTMAN14 said:
It’s funny I don’t know one specific.everything is totally rumors Nor do so many. This could run its course or go sides ways. Just let it play it out and then settle.
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But where is the fun in that. Lots of us come here for the water cooler talk as well as the legit information. Just lurk if a specific topic is not that interesting to you.
 
LASTMAN14 said:
Lurk? My club is involved and the coaches/admin train my kids. Is yours?
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Nope, not right now. Small soccer world so maybe again in the future. No horse in this one other than to have a discussion with other soccer parents. To “lurk” in online terms means to watch/read without commenting. In this case, I meant you can read the string but not comment if you feel that doing so is not productive. But you should let others continue to chat by the water cooler if they choose. No need to try to curb the discussion.
 
I have to agree with Lastman in that there are a lot of rumors out there...some being wild and a lot of them false. The only thing that we know at this point is that LA Galaxy affiliations may not be renewed. Even that in itself is not a done deal. Clubs will look at contingency plans...but it's all talk at the moment.
 
I think it was mentioned on here that there would simply be a jersey change as the clubs that have become affiliates would continue to operate as is. My experience was that in OC those clubs were integrated into the LAGOC way of doing everything, they didn't operate independently. Everything was centralized and this made the experience with that club an awesome one because the club was very well ran. If it were to unwind it will be interesting (my comments are only related to OC). Time will tell. Personally, I am sick of having to deal with clubs changing, coaches moving and all the 'other stuff' that happens. It will not be a simple jersey change if the affiliate goes away.
 
Speed said:
I think it was mentioned on here that there would simply be a jersey change as the clubs that have become affiliates would continue to operate as is. My experience was that in OC those clubs were integrated into the LAGOC way of doing everything, they didn't operate independently. Everything was centralized and this made the experience with that club an awesome one because the club was very well ran. If it were to unwind it will be interesting (my comments are only related to OC). Time will tell. Personally, I am sick of having to deal with clubs changing, coaches moving and all the 'other stuff' that happens. It will not be a simple jersey change if the affiliate goes away.
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So if everything was centralized with LAGOC and they lose their affiliation and have to change their name, why would anything else be different or more than a name/jersey change? Do you understand how the affiliation works between LAGOC and LA Galaxy?
 
1dad2boys said:
Nope, not right now. Small soccer world so maybe again in the future. No horse in this one other than to have a discussion with other soccer parents. To “lurk” in online terms means to watch/read without commenting. In this case, I meant you can read the string but not comment if you feel that doing so is not productive. But you should let others continue to chat by the water cooler if they choose. No need to try to curb the discussion.
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I don’t mind the water cooler talk nor did I tell anyone to not proceed but there are gold fish in your water cooler.
 
Speed said:
I think it was mentioned on here that there would simply be a jersey change as the clubs that have become affiliates would continue to operate as is. My experience was that in OC those clubs were integrated into the LAGOC way of doing everything, they didn't operate independently. Everything was centralized and this made the experience with that club an awesome one because the club was very well ran. If it were to unwind it will be interesting (my comments are only related to OC). Time will tell. Personally, I am sick of having to deal with clubs changing, coaches moving and all the 'other stuff' that happens. It will not be a simple jersey change if the affiliate goes away.
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Thanks for clarifying. I was referring to Galaxy SD as that staff has been consistent since the merger of the Carlsbad’s.
 
rainbow_unicorn said:
So if everything was centralized with LAGOC and they lose their affiliation and have to change their name, why would anything else be different or more than a name/jersey change? Do you understand how the affiliation works between LAGOC and LA Galaxy?
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Exactly. They can lose affiliation at any point LA Galaxy wants to end it. Just like all the other Clubs affiliates who then have to get a new name, use an old one or merge with another name. OC isnt really integrated with LAG other than through event promotion - coaching philosophy/training is 100% seperate.
 
SBGCDALife said:
LAGSB is in it’s final season. I’m hearing they have been taken over by Beach and this is a done deal.
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Not a well kept secret alliances will be over at end of season. Parents just need to start asking admins at their clubs about their real plans. They all stand to lose a lot of money if parents dont have confidence in some new logo
 
timbuck said:
Have we started speculation on what the various LA Galaxy groups will become? The OC group is the largest. And probably the most competitive of the non-DA/ECNL clubs across their respective leagues (I'm sure some will argue).
Do they become some version of Surf, Slammers, or Pats? Or is this the opportunity that Blues has been looking for to get into the Boys market?
Or does some old name pop back up and get re-used? (Blades, West Coast, Eclipse, etc).
Or will there be a new name popping up that we haven't seen around here?

I think this group used to be Irvine Slammers. Did they burn a bridge with Slammers and is there no chance they become some sort of Slammer?

Are parents already reaching out for tryouts for next year? Are coaches looking to move?
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The LAGOC used to be FC Blades, which became Irvine Slammers, which became LAGOC. It has always been run by the same person. They absorbed some of West Coast at some point along the way. I suspect bridges were burned with Slammers FC when the club abandoned the Irvine Slammers logo and became LAGOC a few years back. At that time, a whole host of coaches left Irvine Slammers and joined Slammers FC (I imagine that also created some bad blood). I'd be shocked if LAGOC became Pats or Surf affiliates-- the LAGOC directly compete with these clubs within Irvine/OC. I suspect they adopt a new name. But to me, it is just a jersey that my kid wears (that I have to pay for).

As someone who has a player at the club currently, all the constant turmoil, re-branding, re-uniforming, and parent fleecing that results from this is getting old. I had the sense that the club was actually moving in a positive direction. They had instituted a club wide effort to raise the level of coaching through a number of different initiatives. On the girls' side, they had lost a ton of talent to local clubs like Slammers FC. So, this re-branding will probably not help parents/kids who are so quick to cut and run to someone down the street in the current climate. Who knows if this will continue. One of the selling points by groups such as Slammers FC is stability and constancy, and it is hard to argue against this point.
 
I was talking with a LAGOC coach last week. I mentioned "just another jersey change. Same kids, same coaching and all will be good."
He said "Yeah, sort of. We actually got a lot of great stuff from the Galaxy organization. They provided a lot of coaching education. We would go to Carson for workshops. They'd send us their goal keeping coaches. I'm kinda bummed it's going away."
 
timbuck said:
I was talking with a LAGOC coach last week. I mentioned "just another jersey change. Same kids, same coaching and all will be good."
He said "Yeah, sort of. We actually got a lot of great stuff from the Galaxy organization. They provided a lot of coaching education. We would go to Carson for workshops. They'd send us their goal keeping coaches. I'm kinda bummed it's going away."
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A coach said that? Wondering if the coach is newer or at lower level? Goalkeeping coaches is also an interesting topic at OC. Go through them like training socks. DOC doesn’t even go to do anything with LA. Most training done isn’t coaching related.
 
zebrafish said:
The LAGOC used to be FC Blades, which became Irvine Slammers, which became LAGOC. It has always been run by the same person. They absorbed some of West Coast at some point along the way. I suspect bridges were burned with Slammers FC when the club abandoned the Irvine Slammers logo and became LAGOC a few years back. At that time, a whole host of coaches left Irvine Slammers and joined Slammers FC (I imagine that also created some bad blood). I'd be shocked if LAGOC became Pats or Surf affiliates-- the LAGOC directly compete with these clubs within Irvine/OC. I suspect they adopt a new name. But to me, it is just a jersey that my kid wears (that I have to pay for).

As someone who has a player at the club currently, all the constant turmoil, re-branding, re-uniforming, and parent fleecing that results from this is getting old. I had the sense that the club was actually moving in a positive direction. They had instituted a club wide effort to raise the level of coaching through a number of different initiatives. On the girls' side, they had lost a ton of talent to local clubs like Slammers FC. So, this re-branding will probably not help parents/kids who are so quick to cut and run to someone down the street in the current climate. Who knows if this will continue. One of the selling points by groups such as Slammers FC is stability and constancy, and it is hard to argue against this point.
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why I mentioned in an earlier post parents need to ask admins questions. Real questions and just accept “we have something in the works” or @we have a plan that will revolutionize”or some other bs selling nonsense. Selling 401 a) say you understand b) bash yourself but not really bash yourself c) be positive and get back to pumping up message d) leave parents with real sales message you wanted to give them since the start. In the end don’t give any real info
 
zebrafish said:
The LAGOC used to be FC Blades, which became Irvine Slammers, which became LAGOC. It has always been run by the same person. They absorbed some of West Coast at some point along the way. I suspect bridges were burned with Slammers FC when the club abandoned the Irvine Slammers logo and became LAGOC a few years back. At that time, a whole host of coaches left Irvine Slammers and joined Slammers FC (I imagine that also created some bad blood). I'd be shocked if LAGOC became Pats or Surf affiliates-- the LAGOC directly compete with these clubs within Irvine/OC. I suspect they adopt a new name. But to me, it is just a jersey that my kid wears (that I have to pay for).

As someone who has a player at the club currently, all the constant turmoil, re-branding, re-uniforming, and parent fleecing that results from this is getting old. I had the sense that the club was actually moving in a positive direction. They had instituted a club wide effort to raise the level of coaching through a number of different initiatives. On the girls' side, they had lost a ton of talent to local clubs like Slammers FC. So, this re-branding will probably not help parents/kids who are so quick to cut and run to someone down the street in the current climate. Who knows if this will continue. One of the selling points by groups such as Slammers FC is stability and constancy, and it is hard to argue against this point.
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Sorry you are going through this. We left after last season and had one on the boys and girls side. On the girls side LAGOC screwed over an entire team and they were not able to retain one player.
 
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