Having been thru this for the last 12 yrs its only a matter of time before your kids start getting plucked away and it’s usually two or three at a time. I was in your same boat with my sons team and was saying the same thing”not our team”. I would have a good spokesperson for your team and if your coach bails then find another coach with a different club. We held on till U15 they eventually broke up. This does all depend on the age were talking about. If there older its a little easier to keep them together but if younger it will be more difficult Just my 2 cents!
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Yeah, we are going on 3 years together as a team. No reason to bail now because some rich people are fighting
Of course, anything could happen. I'm not saying we will be together for eternity. I'm speaking as of right now, we are good. This infighting doesn't really affect our team
I too have served on several boards in my time when our kids were little in multiple sports. Most community-based club (e.g., AYSO Extra/Plus/United/etc, Signature league clubs and so on...) are not what we are discussing. We're talking about these mega clubs and those that aspire to grow big.
To bring up handful of exceptions does not change how the industry as a whole acts for the most part...
They haven't told us yet. They said to expect an announcement in a few days
OCsoccerMANiac
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Its stories like this that makes me really glad that we're done with club soccer in 3 months. Our youngest graduates from HS and he'll be off to college in the summer.
We've been in club soccer between two kids for 15 years. During that time we've seen so many changes, yet so little differences. If you step back and view the big picture, there has been no real innovation or change to youth soccer. Just different dominate labels/brands.
We started the older kid with Laguna Niguel Soccer Club (which started as Laguna Beach SC, then merged to LNSC, then taken over by LNYSA to become Laguna United), then Pats, followed by FCGS, (Soltilo for a summer) , finally finishing with SD Surf. He''s playing 3rd year in college now and has a year to go for graduation.
The younger started with Laguna United, then Pats, then LAGOC (was Irvine Slammers when we moved and now Liverpool but we won't be...). He just has couple of tournaments and the National Cup to go and we're done!
So, my advise to those who are in midst of all the chaos, is the following:
- Know that whatever you have now, will not be in a relatively short time
- Try to avoid knee-jerk reaction and let things play out before taking actions
- Just focus on your own objectives/your kids objectives and ignore the white noise
- know when to leave a team (the same coach is only effective for couple of years and most coaches have best ages to work with kids)
Other than that, just enjoy the moment because I cannot believe 15 years have passed playing club soccer, and that we're going to be an empty nesters in few months. It will fly by you...
We've been in club soccer between two kids for 15 years. During that time we've seen so many changes, yet so little differences. If you step back and view the big picture, there has been no real innovation or change to youth soccer. Just different dominate labels/brands.
We started the older kid with Laguna Niguel Soccer Club (which started as Laguna Beach SC, then merged to LNSC, then taken over by LNYSA to become Laguna United), then Pats, followed by FCGS, (Soltilo for a summer) , finally finishing with SD Surf. He''s playing 3rd year in college now and has a year to go for graduation.
The younger started with Laguna United, then Pats, then LAGOC (was Irvine Slammers when we moved and now Liverpool but we won't be...). He just has couple of tournaments and the National Cup to go and we're done!
So, my advise to those who are in midst of all the chaos, is the following:
- Know that whatever you have now, will not be in a relatively short time
- Try to avoid knee-jerk reaction and let things play out before taking actions
- Just focus on your own objectives/your kids objectives and ignore the white noise
- know when to leave a team (the same coach is only effective for couple of years and most coaches have best ages to work with kids)
Other than that, just enjoy the moment because I cannot believe 15 years have passed playing club soccer, and that we're going to be an empty nesters in few months. It will fly by you...
What is the rumor mill saying? Are you still with Coach Chavez or did he stay with Coach Barry? We should take some bets on the new name. I'm thinking maybe Liverpool now? I can see a small boutique local club with a coach like timbuck for u7-13. However, the top players will be poached from the clan. My wife and I were watching Alpha Dog last night. It's a movie about a wolf that became the first dog ever and mans best friend. Anyway, the clan was all together around the camp fire eating and talking about the days events. Out of nowhere my wife screams and this big gigantic black panther type saber tooth tiger snatched one the dads sons and took him away for dinner. It happen so fast and everyone looked around saying, "dang, another one."
futboldad1
PREMIER
My niece had the same coach from U9 until D1.....several of the same teammates too......amazing experience and he's still in touch with the family as is the teammates.......it seems that is so rare nowadays to be almost impossible.....there is so many changes every damn day......just make sure your dd is happy and you're following their dreams not your own........
I think its time we all join hands and start fixing soccer somehow. My buddy did the video for the singer Ashley.
So basically from what I understand, the teams from San Marino will leave. But Surf will keep San Marino as a location and try to build new teams. I don't think they will have much luck though because its just LA Premier with a new coat of paint.
I think Coach Chavez's status is a bit more complicated because of DA. Only time will tell with that one.
I really can't speak to anyone elses experiences with Chavez, but I like him. I think he's a great coach. We'll see how it shakes out in the next couple of weeks I guess
I hear many different things about him. Not hear to judge the coach. Prior to June last year, both LA Surf family and the Chavez clan were selling ECNL to all the parents. I know this from a dad from socal. Then coach Barry who also was the u15 girls YNT coach came in to make one big family. Instead of ECNL, they were sold DA. So no DA?
SoccerFrenzy
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This is not entirely true. From my sources I heard it wasn’t Chavez or SoCal trying to sell ECNL. They were hoping to get ECNL on their own and didn’t succeed. It was when SD Surf came in looking to form LA Surf with the three clubs whom I hear was certain they can get ECNL or DA in the area but failed too because Premier was around the corner.
Interesting. I find that really hard to believe. Surf was never ever going to get ECNL. Trust me. I was there when they were forced to pick one or the other. Not winning like the blues was putting them in a tough business corner. I was the type of customer who asked questions. I called customer service line and the help desk. Sad thing, no one helped me. I was sold ECNL when in fact they were going DPL 100%. This is horrible however you look at it. Especially for the kids right in the middle of recruiting. What about the super star 13 year old. What are her parents going to do. So sad
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Good question, that one is above my pay grade