The way Legends handled KB leaving looks so much more professional and great communication for those at Legends. That's the way to handle things like that. This is more like a nasty divorce and we all know what happens when kids are involved in a nasty divorce. BS and should never happen in girls soccer. BTW, how is all this effecting the girls? What about the Jr and Srs? Do you know how much pressure some of them feel? When my dd was in middle school one of the students hung herself. She left a note saying she felt too much pressure. I have more but it's to sad to share them. Some of these dudes, coaches, docs and dads don;t give a shit about our dds. Trust me when I say this. This is war in LA for market share and our poor dds are caught in the middle because we as parents want them to get a scholarship in soccer and they all know that. We need to send a message loud and clear. In socal, 11 girls made U16 and U17 list. I'm happy for them. Why do we need a league that has crappy rules, makes you travel all over the country and then makes you take long bus rides to AZ, NoCal and Vegas to make them a boat load of money and maybe another 100 or so goats better. Plus they make you pay. I'm embarrassed to add it all up. On top of all that, you have to give up HS Soccer. WTF?????
P.S. Lets give Beach, Legends and Pats the GDA. 100% fully funded btwTwo teams in each age group. Stub Hub for all of LA . Great Park for OC and Silverlakes for IE and SD top goats who want that life now. The other teams play ECNL and other leagues plus HS Soccer.
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!
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.
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."
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?
