Pick Up Players

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some other fields have fences around them or are further away from housing. Herndon has the unfortunate problem of their fields being close to high density housing and no fence to separate the field from other nearby spaces. Some pickup players are total a-holes though. We had an issue once at a different club where someone wouldn’t get off the field and was very confrontational about it. I think parents threatened to call the police and they finally left. Sounds like people at Herndon need to do the same.

just becareful. someone doing that got stabbed last year....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had this experience at GFR, girls would practice on half the field. Grown men playing short sided games on the other half. I was not a fan of this

Hey chess dads, soccer is a GAME meant to be played literally anywhere. But the best place is a public field for public use. Your DD's soccer I'm sure is a wonderful investement for the whole family and yes you paid for the field time with your dues so you're entitled to the space. But complaining about "Grown men playing short sided games on the other half" . I'm sure your a great guy but stop blowing the dog whistle bruh, ignorance is ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Had this experience at GFR, girls would practice on half the field. Grown men playing short sided games on the other half. I was not a fan of this

Hey chess dads, soccer is a GAME meant to be played literally anywhere. But the best place is a public field for public use. Your DD's soccer I'm sure is a wonderful investement for the whole family and yes you paid for the field time with your dues so you're entitled to the space. But complaining about "Grown men playing short sided games on the other half" . I'm sure your a great guy but stop blowing the dog whistle bruh, ignorance is ugly.

Pick up players need to stay off the fields when they have been rented for childrens practices. The grown men need to stay off the field until it is not in use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some other fields have fences around them or are further away from housing. Herndon has the unfortunate problem of their fields being close to high density housing and no fence to separate the field from other nearby spaces. Some pickup players are total a-holes though. We had an issue once at a different club where someone wouldn’t get off the field and was very confrontational about it. I think parents threatened to call the police and they finally left. Sounds like people at Herndon need to do the same.

just becareful. someone doing that got stabbed last year....

At what field?

[Anonymous]

Organized groups of pick up players send individuals to 'scout' different fields. When they find one that seems to be not in use or only partially in use, they message the group. That's why out of nowhere, 30+ men show up to play soccer on your kid's field.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Had this experience at GFR, girls would practice on half the field. Grown men playing short sided games on the other half. I was not a fan of this

Weird, I hope that was an isolated incident. We have been playing in GFR for 12 years now and never had an issue or heard of friends having an issue.

[Anonymous]

Fairfax County Parks and Recreation department will send a permit monitor out to ask people to leave before collating the police if needed.

We had an issue at Franconia Rec a few years ago where we had to get them to help clear the fields for like a month straight.

[Anonymous]

Where did someone get stabbed? at Arrowbrook?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fairfax County Parks and Recreation department will send a permit monitor out to ask people to leave before collating the police if needed.

We had an issue at Franconia Rec a few years ago where we had to get them to help clear the fields for like a month straight.

Mostly Latino kids across all areas this is an issue. Sport is huge, not enough space.