DC Soccer Club

[Anonymous]

I’ve never said survivors “had to” follow TW — everyone makes their own decisions. My point is about my own choice: I don’t support a club that appears to minimize or deflect when these issues come up.

You do you.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. The segment on TW/sexual harassment at was teased at the top of the 5pm news… and then poof, gone. Totally normal. Nothing to see here, right DCSC?

DCSC just made themselves look even more suspicious, protecting abusers instead of victims.

Sounds like T again. There are real victims out there. T is a grown man who got hit on. We’ve seen the texts he sent to everyone in DC. He didn’t bring this up until he was caught being shady. Can we stop this charade. She shouldn’t have hit on him and she received her punishment. It’s time he to faced his own and end this embarrassment. T did something wrong. full stop. Everyone is sorry he got hit on but this is ruining the soccer experience for so many people.

I’m not Tom. I’m a soccer parent — my kid was with Brookland FC, and we followed Tom to DCSC because he’s one of the few coaches who consistently put kids’ safety and well-being above politics and ego.

And let’s be real: I am a survivor of sexual harassment and assault. I stayed silent for years because of people like you — people who mock, minimize, and shame victims until they give up. I buried it and carried that trauma until therapy decades later. So don’t you dare tell me what a “real victim” looks like.

I’ve sat through (and even faked) enough SafeSport trainings to know what Michelle did to Tom was a blatant violation of policy. Dismissing it as “a grown man who got hit on” is sickening. That’s the exact culture that protects abusers, silences victims, and tells everyone else to just “get over it.”

This isn’t about soccer being “ruined.” It’s about whether we tolerate a system that looks the other way when coaches cross the line. And by mocking this, you’ve made yourself part of the problem. If one of your own children were ever harassed and you responded like this, you’d be failing them in the most unforgivable way.

Shame on you.

Where is the assumption coming that nothing was done about it? Or that it wasn’t taken seriously?

I am seriously trying to understand how people know so much about how this was handled? Is this forum your source of information?

There are other parents in the club who are SA survivors and they didn’t follow TW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve never said survivors “had to” follow TW — everyone makes their own decisions. My point is about my own choice: I don’t support a club that appears to minimize or deflect when these issues come up.

You do you.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. The segment on TW/sexual harassment at was teased at the top of the 5pm news… and then poof, gone. Totally normal. Nothing to see here, right DCSC?

DCSC just made themselves look even more suspicious, protecting abusers instead of victims.

Sounds like T again. There are real victims out there. T is a grown man who got hit on. We’ve seen the texts he sent to everyone in DC. He didn’t bring this up until he was caught being shady. Can we stop this charade. She shouldn’t have hit on him and she received her punishment. It’s time he to faced his own and end this embarrassment. T did something wrong. full stop. Everyone is sorry he got hit on but this is ruining the soccer experience for so many people.

I’m not Tom. I’m a soccer parent — my kid was with Brookland FC, and we followed Tom to DCSC because he’s one of the few coaches who consistently put kids’ safety and well-being above politics and ego.

And let’s be real: I am a survivor of sexual harassment and assault. I stayed silent for years because of people like you — people who mock, minimize, and shame victims until they give up. I buried it and carried that trauma until therapy decades later. So don’t you dare tell me what a “real victim” looks like.

I’ve sat through (and even faked) enough SafeSport trainings to know what Michelle did to Tom was a blatant violation of policy. Dismissing it as “a grown man who got hit on” is sickening. That’s the exact culture that protects abusers, silences victims, and tells everyone else to just “get over it.”

This isn’t about soccer being “ruined.” It’s about whether we tolerate a system that looks the other way when coaches cross the line. And by mocking this, you’ve made yourself part of the problem. If one of your own children were ever harassed and you responded like this, you’d be failing them in the most unforgivable way.

Shame on you.

Where is the assumption coming that nothing was done about it? Or that it wasn’t taken seriously?

I am seriously trying to understand how people know so much about how this was handled? Is this forum your source of information?

There are other parents in the club who are SA survivors and they didn’t follow TW.

What is making you think that it has been minimized or deflect? an open discussion in this forum?

[Anonymous]

Real Soccer Coaches of Northeast DC!
https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-soccer-club-fights-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-from-former-director

Maybe one of them will be on the new season of Dancing with the Stars

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the interview with Tom Walsh:

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-soccer-club-fights-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-from-former-director

I’m wondering how much money DC soccer club is paying for the lawyer that is representing Michelle Alioto and Greg Andrulis to cover this mess??? So Dc Soccer Club members are paying the tab?

Wow!

Exactly!! Thanks tom - for handling this with zero integrity and at everyone expense. If Tom wanted further investigation or legal action, he should have asked for it BEFORE he stole data and acted like self interested criminal. Sadly for Tom, DC is full of smart people and the timeline doesn’t fit his self serving narrative. He gives me entitled private school rich kid vibes, like he always lied his way out of trouble. Maybe it will work again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the interview with Tom Walsh:

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-soccer-club-fights-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-from-former-director

I’m wondering how much money DC soccer club is paying for the lawyer that is representing Michelle Alioto and Greg Andrulis to cover this mess??? So Dc Soccer Club members are paying the tab?

You both come out bad. This is obviously MA or GA or someone from DCSC. You simply can’t be dismissive of sexual assault. The attitude from the pro-DCSC posts has been disheartening.

I do not fully trust TW’s narrative but you have to respect it and handle it better than DCSC did. As a DC resident who would never have had child in either club again give TW Brookland back and TW stop spamming people. DCSC is not going to serve anybody but NW DC and let TW serve Upper NE.

Wow!

Exactly!! Thanks tom - for handling this with zero integrity and at everyone expense. If Tom wanted further investigation or legal action, he should have asked for it BEFORE he stole data and acted like self interested criminal. Sadly for Tom, DC is full of smart people and the timeline doesn’t fit his self serving narrative. He gives me entitled private school rich kid vibes, like he always lied his way out of trouble. Maybe it will work again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the interview with Tom Walsh:

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-soccer-club-fights-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-from-former-director

I’m wondering how much money DC soccer club is paying for the lawyer that is representing Michelle Alioto and Greg Andrulis to cover this mess??? So Dc Soccer Club members are paying the tab?

Wow!

Exactly!! Thanks tom - for handling this with zero integrity and at everyone expense. If Tom wanted further investigation or legal action, he should have asked for it BEFORE he stole data and acted like self interested criminal. Sadly for Tom, DC is full of smart people and the timeline doesn’t fit his self serving narrative. He gives me entitled private school rich kid vibes, like he always lied his way out of trouble. Maybe it will work again.

What a disgusting point of view.

[Anonymous]

I think each person involved is unfit to mentor children. My kids won’t be with either DC Soccer or whatever Tom Walsh decides to do. It seems like they all have questionable values and can’t see past themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the interview with Tom Walsh:

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-soccer-club-fights-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-from-former-director

I’m wondering how much money DC soccer club is paying for the lawyer that is representing Michelle Alioto and Greg Andrulis to cover this mess??? So Dc Soccer Club members are paying the tab?

Wow!

Exactly!! Thanks tom - for handling this with zero integrity and at everyone expense. If Tom wanted further investigation or legal action, he should have asked for it BEFORE he stole data and acted like self interested criminal. Sadly for Tom, DC is full of smart people and the timeline doesn’t fit his self serving narrative. He gives me entitled private school rich kid vibes, like he always lied his way out of trouble. Maybe it will work again.

Looks like someone really got poked in the wound. The intensity of late-night responses says a lot. It would be far more constructive to shift that energy toward clarifying facts rather than targeting individuals. Families deserve honest answers, not more drama.

[Anonymous]

Interview with Tom Walsh:

https://wjla.com/features/i-team/dc-soccer-club-fights-allegations-of-sexual-harassment-from-former-director

[Anonymous]

If their rec teams play in NCSL, they aren't allowed dual rostered players.

[Anonymous]

There have been ongoing concerns raised by members of the community regarding how past incidents were handled by club leadership, particularly around SafeSport reporting and internal promotion practices. I believe it’s fair and important to ask for clarity and responsible leadership from those in leadership roles at the club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There have been ongoing concerns raised by members of the community regarding how past incidents were handled by club leadership, particularly around SafeSport reporting and internal promotion practices. I believe it’s fair and important to ask for clarity and responsible leadership from those in leadership roles at the club.

Have had to take annual harassment trainings for years. Pretty sure telling the one accusing to confront their potential harasser boss isn't in the manual. And then backing the potential harasser when all of a sudden they give the accuser a bad performance review and ignoring using HR at all isn't in the manual. Expecting clarity from those not following proper procedures isn't realistic. Especially when a legal case is going on. Regardless of the outcome, it absolutely stinks that those in the industry detail your career when you are a whistleblower.

[Anonymous]

DCSC runs a reasonable rec program and should stick to that. Their travel program has never been good. I realize it is a cash cow, but if they just did rec they could have a dramatically smaller staff and just do what they do reasonably well and don't have much competition for. There is no reason a competent soccer player would not move to Achilles, Bethesda, Arlington, or Alexandria unless their family is really unwilling to drive to practices. Carpool! There are a ton of DC families in all those clubs and their teams are much better.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCSC runs a reasonable rec program and should stick to that. Their travel program has never been good. I realize it is a cash cow, but if they just did rec they could have a dramatically smaller staff and just do what they do reasonably well and don't have much competition for. There is no reason a competent soccer player would not move to Achilles, Bethesda, Arlington, or Alexandria unless their family is really unwilling to drive to practices. Carpool! There are a ton of DC families in all those clubs and their teams are much better.

I agree and disagree.

I am one of those families that commutes from NW DC and carpools outside of the city with other families in NW DC but it does not feel good sporting a suburb when you represent the 3 stars. We should have own our thing that represents all 4 quadrants.

[Anonymous]

In youth sports organizations, there is a heightened legal and ethical obligation to maintain a professional and respectful environment. When concerns arise involving inappropriate comments or advances, particularly from someone in a position of authority, they must be taken seriously, regardless of the genders involved.

Such behavior, if substantiated, can expose the organization to legal liability, reputational harm, and a loss of trust within the community. Prompt, impartial investigation and appropriate corrective action are not only best practices, they are necessary steps to fulfill the organization’s duty of care.

Protecting the integrity of the workplace and the safety of all involved, especially in youth-focused settings, must remain the top priority.