Is anyone happy with their club or coach?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My family and I are new to the DMV area and we quickly got our son involved in SYC travel ball. He made the EDP team. He is doing well, but not as good as he was before we arrived. My son came from a team that was very close and friendly.
I explained to him prior to our arrival that the intensity and attitudes in the area would be elevated. I think he finally gets it. He is only 11 and still wants to build strong bonds with kids in his peer group.
His current coach is not the best in my opinion, but he does give the whole team fair playing time.
The coach definitely favors the MLSnext teams that practice the same nights we do, on the field next to us. It's quite apparent when he walks over to them and ignores our kids 20 minutes at a time.
The club is expensive and not impressive. Since we already paid, we will hang out for the full year, but most likely won't return.
We will probably try a local club like Gunston and let him decide when he gets older whether he really wants to pick up his intensity and continue playing soccer at a higher level.

Unfortunately with such a large club you end up with coaches of various levels. Sorry to hear that your coach is not focused in on his team during training. We are new to SYC and have had a great experience with the current coach.

Syc is notoriously toxic from coaches, to parents, to most of all the players. We always hate playing syc teams because they are nasty as heck to make up for the lack of talent. They've never beat my player's team so it's not a dislike from a greater skilled team either.

Is your DS on the 3 or 4 team? Other than that, SYC's top teams usually beat all the teams in the area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family and I are new to the DMV area and we quickly got our son involved in SYC travel ball. He made the EDP team. He is doing well, but not as good as he was before we arrived. My son came from a team that was very close and friendly.
I explained to him prior to our arrival that the intensity and attitudes in the area would be elevated. I think he finally gets it. He is only 11 and still wants to build strong bonds with kids in his peer group.
His current coach is not the best in my opinion, but he does give the whole team fair playing time.
The coach definitely favors the MLSnext teams that practice the same nights we do, on the field next to us. It's quite apparent when he walks over to them and ignores our kids 20 minutes at a time.
The club is expensive and not impressive. Since we already paid, we will hang out for the full year, but most likely won't return.
We will probably try a local club like Gunston and let him decide when he gets older whether he really wants to pick up his intensity and continue playing soccer at a higher level.

Unfortunately with such a large club you end up with coaches of various levels. Sorry to hear that your coach is not focused in on his team during training. We are new to SYC and have had a great experience with the current coach.

Syc is notoriously toxic from coaches, to parents, to most of all the players. We always hate playing syc teams because they are nasty as heck to make up for the lack of talent. They've never beat my player's team so it's not a dislike from a greater skilled team either.

Is your DS on the 3 or 4 team? Other than that, SYC's top teams usually beat all the teams in the area.

They are probably on their own club's 1st team that plays against SYC's 3rd or 4th team.

[Anonymous]

We are very happy at a club that gets bashed here all the time. Our coach is good and cares about DC, the club seems to communicate what we need to know and during our first summer doing registration the admin person was very nice about a bunch of questions we had, and we have seen signs of club leadership out and around the fields checking on things. DC and the team are all improving and I like the families.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family and I are new to the DMV area and we quickly got our son involved in SYC travel ball. He made the EDP team. He is doing well, but not as good as he was before we arrived. My son came from a team that was very close and friendly.
I explained to him prior to our arrival that the intensity and attitudes in the area would be elevated. I think he finally gets it. He is only 11 and still wants to build strong bonds with kids in his peer group.
His current coach is not the best in my opinion, but he does give the whole team fair playing time.
The coach definitely favors the MLSnext teams that practice the same nights we do, on the field next to us. It's quite apparent when he walks over to them and ignores our kids 20 minutes at a time.
The club is expensive and not impressive. Since we already paid, we will hang out for the full year, but most likely won't return.
We will probably try a local club like Gunston and let him decide when he gets older whether he really wants to pick up his intensity and continue playing soccer at a higher level.

Unfortunately with such a large club you end up with coaches of various levels. Sorry to hear that your coach is not focused in on his team during training. We are new to SYC and have had a great experience with the current coach.

Syc is notoriously toxic from coaches, to parents, to most of all the players. We always hate playing syc teams because they are nasty as heck to make up for the lack of talent. They've never beat my player's team so it's not a dislike from a greater skilled team either.

Is your DS on the 3 or 4 team? Other than that, SYC's top teams usually beat all the teams in the area.

They are probably on their own club's 1st team that plays against SYC's 3rd or 4th team.

Yeah, this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are very happy at a club that gets bashed here all the time. Our coach is good and cares about DC, the club seems to communicate what we need to know and during our first summer doing registration the admin person was very nice about a bunch of questions we had, and we have seen signs of club leadership out and around the fields checking on things. DC and the team are all improving and I like the families.

Which club? Valor, GFR or Vienna? Those clubs have been bashed the most lately so assuming you’re on one of them.