Benfica Soccer School DC

[Anonymous]

The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids have gone to a couple of benfica clinics. Best coaching and training sessions I’ve seen in the DMV. Solid players in Benfica kits, with a few very good.

What ages? Is this more of a small kids thing or did it have older kids too?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

[Anonymous]

Brands are used to sell products everywhere. It’s not necessarily a scam because a brand is attached. I often seek out branded products because I have some trust that a brand has vetted the product and wouldn’t want to risk damaging their trust by backing a bad product. It happens all over youth sports. My son went to the Coach K basketball camp at Duke. I didn’t think it was a path to recruitment to Duke. But it was a quality camp with quality coaches teaching the same methodology as Coach K. Great experience and quality product.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids have gone to a couple of benfica clinics. Best coaching and training sessions I’ve seen in the DMV. Solid players in Benfica kits, with a few very good.

What ages? Is this more of a small kids thing or did it have older kids too?

Bump. I'm so tired of the constant diatribe against any big name program. Can anyone just please talk about the actual program?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

DP. And how do you think the constant generic attacks look? I doubt these posters have ever even been to the ever growing list of programs they attack. If they had, they'd have anything more specific than #moneygrab to say.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

I’m not trying to make a case, you are.

What is your actual experience with the club? Who were the coaches you believe to be so lacking? How much does the program even cost?

Surely you have these answers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

I’m not trying to make a case, you are.

What is your actual experience with the club? Who were the coaches you believe to be so lacking? How much does the program even cost?

Surely you have these answers.

Actually, you're both trying to make a case, and poorly.

Not a lot of real information in this thread, just a brand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

I’m not trying to make a case, you are.

What is your actual experience with the club? Who were the coaches you believe to be so lacking? How much does the program even cost?

Surely you have these answers.

Actually, you're both trying to make a case, and poorly.

Not a lot of real information in this thread, just a brand.

I don't agree. He didn't do anything to advocate. He just said either mention something specific you don't like or shut up. It seems like all people on this board do is complain about everything and tear it all down. Must be a miserable life to lead when nothing at all holds any joy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

I’m not trying to make a case, you are.

What is your actual experience with the club? Who were the coaches you believe to be so lacking? How much does the program even cost?

Surely you have these answers.

Actually, you're both trying to make a case, and poorly.

Not a lot of real information in this thread, just a brand.

I don't agree. He didn't do anything to advocate. He just said either mention something specific you don't like or shut up. It seems like all people on this board do is complain about everything and tear it all down. Must be a miserable life to lead when nothing at all holds any joy.

Reading through this cesspool of a thread, it seems the lovers and the haters both don't have a case. You must be the lover.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The academy is the training path for their professional teams. Soccer school is where they hire coaches to use the same system which is taught in the academy but there is no connection or path to the professional team. They use different names to make it clear that sending kids to the soccer school in no way gets them on a path to professional, unless you’re one of the idiot trolls on this board that conflates the two

People are actually commenting on how gullible parents can be. These businesses are mainly aimed at more casual types who associate a brand with quality without carefully inspecting the product.

Oh, please tell us all the virtues of player for team 3 at your big local soccer club. Please tell the parents what they are missing by not having a dad coach.

Guardian of this and similar threads—why are you so defensive of these offerings against people who have experienced them and find them lacking? When you shut down any opposing views, you create the impression among neutral parties that you are either affiliated with one of them or very highly biased toward them. It doesn’t help your case.

I’m not trying to make a case, you are.

What is your actual experience with the club? Who were the coaches you believe to be so lacking? How much does the program even cost?

Surely you have these answers.

Actually, you're both trying to make a case, and poorly.

Not a lot of real information in this thread, just a brand.

I don't agree. He didn't do anything to advocate. He just said either mention something specific you don't like or shut up. It seems like all people on this board do is complain about everything and tear it all down. Must be a miserable life to lead when nothing at all holds any joy.

Reading through this cesspool of a thread, it seems the lovers and the haters both don't have a case. You must be the lover.

Nobody is claiming any love for this club just asking for the attacks of the club to be substantiated by actual experience with the club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids have gone to a couple of benfica clinics. Best coaching and training sessions I’ve seen in the DMV. Solid players in Benfica kits, with a few very good.

What ages? Is this more of a small kids thing or did it have older kids too?

PP here. U15 and U13 boys. It looked like there was more depth in quality at the U13/U12 ages, but there were definitely some quality players in the older group as well. Again, very professional, well-run sessions.

If you live in the area, it's definitely worth looking up and checking out for yourself.

[Anonymous]

Where do the travel teams practice?

I saw “Fairfax County” which is very broad description and College Park.

We live in VA and are looking for a closer option.

Thanks