Great Falls Reston Soccer

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Anonymous wrote:So how have they been playing in other games all year with just five players?

Guest players.

[Anonymous]

Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

AMEN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

60 years, and Great Falls vibes never change. Thank you for staying true to who you are!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

60 years, and Great Falls vibes never change. Thank you for staying true to who you are!

We're true to laughing at your feigned outrage VL.

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Anonymous wrote:So four 1st team players were stacked on to a team competing in the last bracket, and GFR posted crowing about it? Yikes.

I assume the two outside ringers are playing on the first GFR team next year.

From what someone else posted it’s was 3 players from a top team of another club, 2 from GFR top team and, 2 from GFR 2nd team. One has to wonder that if they brought so many players why did they play in the lowest bracket…these top team players needed a trophy that bad?

For those who are not familiar with this...this is the Great Falls way. Has been this way for decades. Winning with ringers is more important than my own child developing. Just win. Be a champion. Even if you had to buy it.

Yep

you're clearly referring to or just familiar with the great falls staff who now are largely at riverbend. the current gfr staff is almost all new to the club, most of the coaches have turned over and the current coaching staff is much more focused on developing talent than the previous coaches who have left/are leaving.

The coach of the team with all the guest players doesn't sound interested in development.

You're wrong. He had a roster of 5 and did a great job getting guest players together so these girls could have one final tournament this Spring after a rough year with lots of girls leaving thanks to the chaos caused by VL and others at Riverbend. All of this negativity about this team is really hard to read after what the girls went through this year. I really can't believe people are this upset about our girls winning a dang trophy - there were THREE teams in the bracket, we registered very last minute and were clearly stuck where they needed a team. Did you expect the 5 girls to play with just 5 players and no subs? They're the bottom team, there was no where to go but up when looking for guest players!!!

Thats not true. Usually bottom teams pull guests from the next year down.

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To my knowledge, the second team did not play in a tournament. This was the third team’s last opportunity to play in a tournament this spring. Not many options left than to have guest players from higher teams/outside when you are the lowest team in an age group and both teams in the younger age group played in a different tournament. Yes, the guest players were better players, but show me any team that doesn’t add “better” guest players for tournaments. That is permissible.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

there you have it folks. Typical classless behavior but at least you'll get to cuddle up with your DDs medal at night to make yourself feel something

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To my knowledge, the second team did not play in a tournament. This was the third team’s last opportunity to play in a tournament this spring. Not many options left than to have guest players from higher teams/outside when you are the lowest team in an age group and both teams in the younger age group played in a different tournament. Yes, the guest players were better players, but show me any team that doesn’t add “better” guest players for tournaments. That is permissible.

Like OP of this topic said some kids were even brought in just for the final and played the entire game. I've heard of a lot stuff but that's a new one

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

there you have it folks. Typical classless behavior but at least you'll get to cuddle up with your DDs medal at night to make yourself feel something

Better than cuddling up with the wine moms at your R(b)FC meetings. Not even VRSC coaches would go to those.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

there you have it folks. Typical classless behavior but at least you'll get to cuddle up with your DDs medal at night to make yourself feel something

Better than cuddling up with the wine moms at your R(b)FC meetings. Not even VRSC coaches would go to those.

I'm still laughing at the AI-doctored team photos.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

there you have it folks. Typical classless behavior but at least you'll get to cuddle up with your DDs medal at night to make yourself feel something

Better than cuddling up with the wine moms at your R(b)FC meetings. Not even VRSC coaches would go to those.

I'm still laughing at the AI-doctored team photos.

Better than the AI R(b)FC teams.

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you to Coach GL for adding guest players for league games/tournaments so the 4/5 girls left on this Green team could have the season they paid/signed up for!

To all the GFR haters (former, or soon to be former, parents and coaches), I sincerely wish you find the greener pastures you so desperately seek and I wish you have a much warmer welcome on your new teams than what you have given to the new players/coaches here. What goes around, comes around…

A lot to unpack here, but genuinely thankful for this post. Seems like it was a bad experience - with the club, other kids/parents, and maybe coaches, and I do sympathize with those who stuck it out. Objectively, yes, we all want girls to have a positive experience, so it's a nice thought that they ended the season with a positive.

Trying to remain objective though.....I'm not sure it's the best move to load up on ultra high level talent, play in the lowest division of a tournament, and just dominate every meaningful game. Not sure who that's benefitting. Couldn't there have been a better way to handle this? Could the 4 girls be absorbed by the second team at least for a tournament? No one's faulting you or any of the parents for wanting some brightness with this season, but I think a lot of the "haters" (as you call them) in this thread are wondering if there couldn't have been a different way.

No. This was the best way, if only to make you cry about it.

there you have it folks. Typical classless behavior but at least you'll get to cuddle up with your DDs medal at night to make yourself feel something

Better than cuddling up with the wine moms at your R(b)FC meetings. Not even VRSC coaches would go to those.

I'm still laughing at the AI-doctored team photos.

Better than the AI R(b)FC teams.

They altered the faces of children. HAHAHAHAHA! Fake teams are one thing - fraudulent money grabs, ego projects, we've seen that and will see more and more. But AI face swaps of children? Great Falls taking it to another level. Amazing.