Barcelona Escola Friendly last night

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

We have friends that sent their kids to FCBE and seem to like the training. I don't think they truly get tested against game battled teams much.

[Anonymous]

A lot of heresay in this thread. But have at it...

I am convinced it’s the same travel coaches that troll the board.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring.

VISTA is the club, we play in NCSL.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring. [/q

VISTA is the club, we play in NCSL.

So how do they manage that? Are the coaches paid? Do you have adequate training fields and game fields?

I'm wondering how they manage to make it so cheap. I've seen a breakdown of where my $2,000-ish fee goes, and I don't think it could be whittled down to $800 even if the coaches were volunteers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring. [/q

VISTA is the club, we play in NCSL.

So how do they manage that? Are the coaches paid? Do you have adequate training fields and game fields?

I'm wondering how they manage to make it so cheap. I've seen a breakdown of where my $2,000-ish fee goes, and I don't think it could be whittled down to $800 even if the coaches were volunteers.

I'm calling fiction myself. I'm also wondering why anyone would bother to come on a board and brag about a scrimmage.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring. [/q

VISTA is the club, we play in NCSL.

So how do they manage that? Are the coaches paid? Do you have adequate training fields and game fields?

I'm wondering how they manage to make it so cheap. I've seen a breakdown of where my $2,000-ish fee goes, and I don't think it could be whittled down to $800 even if the coaches were volunteers.

I'm calling fiction myself. I'm also wondering why anyone would bother to come on a board and brag about a scrimmage.

Not the VISTA parent but yes $800 (even less) is very do-able with a volunteer. VISTA coaches are mostly volunteer. VISTA is a club of independent teams so it's up to the coach on how much they charge. Fields are only provided for the weekend games. Practice fields need to be obtained by the team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring. [/q

VISTA is the club, we play in NCSL.

So how do they manage that? Are the coaches paid? Do you have adequate training fields and game fields?

I'm wondering how they manage to make it so cheap. I've seen a breakdown of where my $2,000-ish fee goes, and I don't think it could be whittled down to $800 even if the coaches were volunteers.

I'm calling fiction myself. I'm also wondering why anyone would bother to come on a board and brag about a scrimmage.

Not the VISTA parent but yes $800 (even less) is very do-able with a volunteer. VISTA coaches are mostly volunteer. VISTA is a club of independent teams so it's up to the coach on how much they charge. Fields are only provided for the weekend games. Practice fields need to be obtained by the team.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think the FCB boys looked lost, maybe it's the fact that they don't play in matches too often, but our boys didn't seem to play as a team. A few had good footskills, but not many of them displayed the soccer IQ one would expect. For those that were there, what are your thoughts?

Are you a FCB parent or the parent of the opposing team?

You could tell from the FCB Escola coaches that they weren't happy with the the way their boys were playing. Some of the parents asked about our coach and how much we paid, we told them $800/yr + tournament/uniform fees. They couldn't believe it.

They couldn't believe it because your club charges $1300/yr. not $800

Umm no, $350 for Fall, $350 for spring, I rounded up because of indoor training fees.

Oh, please share the name of your club so that we can consider this as a destination in the spring. [/q

VISTA is the club, we play in NCSL.

So how do they manage that? Are the coaches paid? Do you have adequate training fields and game fields?

I'm wondering how they manage to make it so cheap. I've seen a breakdown of where my $2,000-ish fee goes, and I don't think it could be whittled down to $800 even if the coaches were volunteers.

I'm calling fiction myself. I'm also wondering why anyone would bother to come on a board and brag about a scrimmage.

Not the VISTA parent but yes $800 (even less) is very do-able with a volunteer. VISTA coaches are mostly volunteer. VISTA is a club of independent teams so it's up to the coach on how much they charge. Fields are only provided for the weekend games. Practice fields need to be obtained by the team.

This shows that a cheaper option can be found, what you have to realize is why would clubs offer this bare bones option. They wouldn't make any money, how could they pay for the Technical Director, Director of Boys Coaching, Director of Girls Coaching, etc. Often you will see that some VISTA teams don't have all of their socks matching, or their warm-up clothes are basically sweaters that they would wear anyway. There is profit built into the fees. Also, no tournament fees are built in, so they can really choose how much they want to spend after paying for practice fields. What it does take, is parents willing to receive their training from a 'volunteer' who will most likely play favorites with their own kid and sometimes practices will be canceled because they just simply can't make it. There will have to be other volunteers to handle the 'treasury', the 'manager' and the coordinating. I did it with my son when he was in U9-U12 a few years ago, it is a lot of work. I think what all the parents loved the most is not so much the savings, but the liberty of saying we can't go to that practice, we want to go to a local tourney as oppose to the one in NC, we don't need to buy new uniforms this season cause my son hasn't outgrown his old one, lets request a more competitive bracket this tourney cause the boys have improved, we want to do indoor soccer this season with the team. These kinds of decisions on the team are made as a whole by some club staff member.

[Anonymous]

Yeah, it sounds like expensive rec soccer to me. No thanks

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah, it sounds like expensive rec soccer to me. No thanks

Except that they have a lot of D1 and D2 teams.

I met some VISTA parents at the Richmond tournament this weekend. They seemed a lot happier than the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of heresay in this thread. But have at it...

I am convinced it’s the same travel coaches that troll the board.

Especially since OP’s message was posted the day BEFORE the Vista scrimmage for that age group even took place.