Starting a New club

[Anonymous]

I know some will chuckle at this post, others will ridicule it and many others will receive it with skepticism.

Please write a post describing:

A) what do DO NOT like about the current ecosystem (please, go beyond the pay-to-play system - that’s obviously the main problem in this country but fields need to be rented, officials too, permits and insurances, galore etc)

B) what to DO like about the current ecosystem you’d like this new organization to adopt

C) will you accept a holistic curriculum that does NOT care about scores/results until AFTER U14/U15?

D) if your DD/DS is not in HS, would you consider a club that puts emphasis EXCLUSIVELY on genuine technical and tactical development over physicality or will you keep beating the US athlete-minded focus?


Side note: this new organization will start extremely small as you can imagine but nobody will be turned away due to politics or DMV drama or whatever it is locals eat/drink here that make them this way.

This project is in the infant stages from and admin perspective but there is a financial backing to get the 501(c)3 operative by this upcoming spring.

[Anonymous]

A NEW CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED.


In all seriousness strongly suggest keeping it a girls or boys club. Not both.. these girls have been bounced around enough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A NEW CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED.


In all seriousness strongly suggest keeping it a girls or boys club. Not both.. these girls have been bounced around enough.

Thank you for sharing. A lot of hours have been dedicated to that conundrum, however, a clear choice hasn’t been established. Would you truly prefer an all-girls or all-boys entity instead of both? Will the cancel culture toxic
gendered-lunatics come in full force after this organization if such choice is decided?

[Anonymous]

A) i) the top players and teams are not playing each other; ii) parents are uneducated on development so coaches have alot of pressure on wins even if they believe in development; iii) 2% of club focus on the technical fundamentals and off-ball movement needed to progressive to higher levels. The lack of technical ability at MLS Next and ECNL is a little shocking IMHO.

B) i) The market determines the price; ii) coaches should be paid their worth; iii) EDP Futures @ Soccerplex does it the best with all teams at one location every week and no posted scored. Yes, parents gossip and know the scores but so what. If you mention an unposted score to me at a cocktail party, I literally might backslap you. These shallow parents should not be the norm like they are here.

C) Yes - Mirror Achilles approach to early develop less the cursing and antics which keeps them boutique.

D) Yes. This is where education is involved. Parents will have to understand the results don't matter before U15 but that is where you will struggle. I am not sure it can work in the DMV as the parental base is simply wealthy parents who are driven by ego. Lookup the DCU string. It has gone silent since someone called them out on this. People here use soccer to get into Princeton vs the love of the game. Most don't understand D1 is like 4th-6th division in most European countries and not really "successful" in real football terms.

I hope you're different. I hope it works out!

[Anonymous]

Seriously tryout and accept real ballers, don’t discount late bloomers who can ball over tall athletics, fast but lack foot skill and soccer iq and discipline.

[Anonymous]

Do not rely on any parent volunteers.

[Anonymous]

Consider rotating your coaches. For 2 years we had poor Coaches that were never held accountable. They were unmotivating and scrimmaged a ton. The Tech Director never checked on them because the TD coached 3 teams and never had time to QC the coaching staff. We currently have a Coach who is great for the defense and GK position, but has no offensive experience or drills for the offense. -We are considering leaving this Coach because of it. We’d love a Coach who works the offense as hard as the defense. The development is very lopsided.

[Anonymous]

What's your plan for accessing lit county turf field space? That's the NUMBER ONE obstacle for new clubs.

[Anonymous]

I’ve only been in travel soccer for a few months. But I’m really happy and so is my 2012 DD. The parents on our team are all nice, she’s connecting with the kids. It’s all good.
We’re all just happy our kids are playing and enjoying the sport. Not one parent has mentioned, college, DI, or any other craziness

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do not rely on any parent volunteers.

agree. no team manager volunteers. no parent volunteers for anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's your plan for accessing lit county turf field space? That's the NUMBER ONE obstacle for new clubs.

+1111111

[Anonymous]

Parents will be open to it. When will the information be released?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do not rely on any parent volunteers.

agree. no team manager volunteers. no parent volunteers for anything.

for the love of
Soccer please no parent volunteers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A NEW CHALLENGER HAS APPEARED.


In all seriousness strongly suggest keeping it a girls or boys club. Not both.. these girls have been bounced around enough.

Thank you for sharing. A lot of hours have been dedicated to that conundrum, however, a clear choice hasn’t been established. Would you truly prefer an all-girls or all-boys entity instead of both? Will the cancel culture toxic
gendered-lunatics come in full force after this organization if such choice is decided?

no it’s boys and girls sports. This
Administration is anti gender politics in sports. But keep them separate as if your going to be elite boys futbol its gonna be mlsn and ecnl
For girls. Cant mix them up either

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We currently have a Coach who is great for the defense and GK position, but has no offensive experience or drills for the offense.

When it comes to the GK position, make sure you have dedicated GK coaches (who really understand and played the position themselves). It is a very unique skill set and most head coaches don't truly understand it beyond "Oh, I played soccer, so I know what a GK should do!".