Coaching Staff for SJC Boys Soccer

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Anonymous wrote:So you are make your HS choice based on sport?

…she asks with her eyes wide and her mouth open. Oh my stars and garters, who would ever consider sports when picking a high school???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I believe, but am not positive, that Vin Caccavale works with the St. John's JV squad. He's an excellent coach and in charge of the younger boys at Achilles. Hundreds of smart parents and kids have made the choice to play for Sal and Vin at Achilles and St. John's. STJ Varsity is 9-1. The JV is 6-1. Achilles 07s, 09s, 10s, and 11s are all among the top teams in the area. Check out a practice or a game and talk to the coaches and parents. I hope your son finds a great fit.

OP here -- thanks very much! Yes, I plan to meet the coaches later this month. My son is tough, and I think he could put up with just about anybody, but I won't be comfortable if the coach is a jerk. And we don't plan to join Achilles, so if that is needed to get playing time at SJC, then we will pass. We really like SJC as a school, so just need to figure out the soccer piece. I am hoping all of the concerns about the coaching staff is overblown.

Search the soccer thread for "Sal" or for "Achilles" and judge for yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:I know that Sal coaches the SJC varsity boys soccer team, but who coaches the JV and Freshman teams? Any happy SJC soccer parents out there? I know all about Achilles FC. Just trying to get some feedback on the SJC Boys Soccer program. Thank you.

Is that the Samba Boyz?

No. SJC = St John’s College High School in DC

(Not SYC in Springfield, VA)

PO very well knows this is not SYC. They just ask this question on every other thread to keep their name out here.

No one cares pp.

And that name is.......ANONYMOUS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I believe, but am not positive, that Vin Caccavale works with the St. John's JV squad. He's an excellent coach and in charge of the younger boys at Achilles. Hundreds of smart parents and kids have made the choice to play for Sal and Vin at Achilles and St. John's. STJ Varsity is 9-1. The JV is 6-1. Achilles 07s, 09s, 10s, and 11s are all among the top teams in the area. Check out a practice or a game and talk to the coaches and parents. I hope your son finds a great fit.

OP here -- thanks very much! Yes, I plan to meet the coaches later this month. My son is tough, and I think he could put up with just about anybody, but I won't be comfortable if the coach is a jerk. And we don't plan to join Achilles, so if that is needed to get playing time at SJC, then we will pass. We really like SJC as a school, so just need to figure out the soccer piece. I am hoping all of the concerns about the coaching staff is overblown.

Search the soccer thread for "Sal" or for "Achilles" and judge for yourself.

Sounds like the OP has the right idea to talk to the coaches and see the team play. To PP: Reading comments on an anonymous message board is not an effective way to "judge for yourself."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the SJC team is extremely strong, actually, and I believe that is mostly due to Achilles players. So replacing Sal may not be the plan.

Most the boys left Achilles and applying what they're learning/developing to their school team. It's been and continues to be a good season for them.

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Anonymous wrote:I believe, but am not positive, that Vin Caccavale works with the St. John's JV squad. He's an excellent coach and in charge of the younger boys at Achilles. Hundreds of smart parents and kids have made the choice to play for Sal and Vin at Achilles and St. John's. STJ Varsity is 9-1. The JV is 6-1. Achilles 07s, 09s, 10s, and 11s are all among the top teams in the area. Check out a practice or a game and talk to the coaches and parents. I hope your son finds a great fit.

OP here -- thanks very much! Yes, I plan to meet the coaches later this month. My son is tough, and I think he could put up with just about anybody, but I won't be comfortable if the coach is a jerk. And we don't plan to join Achilles, so if that is needed to get playing time at SJC, then we will pass. We really like SJC as a school, so just need to figure out the soccer piece. I am hoping all of the concerns about the coaching staff is overblown.

Search the soccer thread for "Sal" or for "Achilles" and judge for yourself.

Sounds like the OP has the right idea to talk to the coaches and see the team play. To PP: Reading comments on an anonymous message board is not an effective way to "judge for yourself."

OMG . Do not talk to the HS coaches. WTF? I can tell you are HS specifically sets the tone that parents have no say and they will not communicate with them. It's HIGH SCHOOL. Your kids shows up, tries out and if he/she makes it, you can show up and watch the games. Any discussion of playing time, position, etc. is for the player only. IF you, as a parent, were to call up a HS coach and start asking questions and bragging on your son, there would be a little asterisk next to his name. The politics may have worked in Club soccer. They will not work in HS.

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^our HS.

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OMG . Do not talk to the HS coaches. WTF? I can tell you are HS specifically sets the tone that parents have no say and they will not communicate with them. It's HIGH SCHOOL. Your kids shows up, tries out and if he/she makes it, you can show up and watch the games. Any discussion of playing time, position, etc. is for the player only. IF you, as a parent, were to call up a HS coach and start asking questions and bragging on your son, there would be a little asterisk next to his name. The politics may have worked in Club soccer. They will not work in HS.

To the PP -- that's not what anyone was saying or suggesting. This thread started by one person asking others for any HELPFUL information about the SJC Boys Soccer program.

[Anonymous]

If you are potentially interested in other WCAC boys soccer programs, check out the Heights. The coach is great. I am not affiliated with the Heights. I think the GC and GZ coaches are decent but have witnessed dirty play by GC this season and borderline dirty play by GZ. That really bothers me as the quality of refereeing is such around here in HS that often the players are not sufficiently protected. Don't know much about SJC other than the team is very good this year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are potentially interested in other WCAC boys soccer programs, check out the Heights. The coach is great. I am not affiliated with the Heights. I think the GC and GZ coaches are decent but have witnessed dirty play by GC this season and borderline dirty play by GZ. That really bothers me as the quality of refereeing is such around here in HS that often the players are not sufficiently protected. Don't know much about SJC other than the team is very good this year.

Describe “dirty play”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know who the Freshman and JV coaches are, but I know families whose sons enjoyed their JV soccer experiences. Rosters are large, so I imagine there are kids who don’t get playing time.

They have freshmen, JV, and Varsity squads plus large rosters? How many soccer players does this school have?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are potentially interested in other WCAC boys soccer programs, check out the Heights. The coach is great. I am not affiliated with the Heights. I think the GC and GZ coaches are decent but have witnessed dirty play by GC this season and borderline dirty play by GZ. That really bothers me as the quality of refereeing is such around here in HS that often the players are not sufficiently protected. Don't know much about SJC other than the team is very good this year.

Describe “dirty play”.

Studs up challenges that can break legs, repeated tackling from behind resulting in cards, prearranged set pieces in which some hacker with a mullet tackles the man marking GC's target.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know who the Freshman and JV coaches are, but I know families whose sons enjoyed their JV soccer experiences. Rosters are large, so I imagine there are kids who don’t get playing time.

They have freshmen, JV, and Varsity squads plus large rosters? How many soccer players does this school have?

21 Varsity and 20 JV according to the website.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know who the Freshman and JV coaches are, but I know families whose sons enjoyed their JV soccer experiences. Rosters are large, so I imagine there are kids who don’t get playing time.

They have freshmen, JV, and Varsity squads plus large rosters? How many soccer players does this school have?

21 Varsity and 20 JV according to the website.

Plus another 18 on the Freshman team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are potentially interested in other WCAC boys soccer programs, check out the Heights. The coach is great. I am not affiliated with the Heights. I think the GC and GZ coaches are decent but have witnessed dirty play by GC this season and borderline dirty play by GZ. That really bothers me as the quality of refereeing is such around here in HS that often the players are not sufficiently protected. Don't know much about SJC other than the team is very good this year.

Describe “dirty play”.

Studs up challenges that can break legs, repeated tackling from behind resulting in cards, prearranged set pieces in which some hacker with a mullet tackles the man marking GC's target.

Mullet? That’s a lacrosse player that doesn’t really know soccer. That’s the problem with HS soccer.