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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Daughter went to BRYC  U15/16 tryouts last week.  Is the coach the same guy that pulled his team off the field in the finals of the arlington tournament? [/quote]
Why did he do that?[/quote]

I heard the ref was blatantly favoring Arlington, as in, giving the head coach high fives when Arlington scored, as well as not calling numerous potentially dangerous fouls on the BRYC players.  As it was described to me, I can't blame him for pulling his team.  Supposedly there's video of the ref's behavior but it's doubtful that Arlington will do anything since it benefited their club.[/quote]

Holy crap.  I just keep hearing worse and worse things about that Club.  [/quote]

It's the parents.  As clear in this thread of late, if DC doesn't make one of their top two U9 teams that play in CCL 1, the sky is falling.  What other club has parents discussing what field their DC is on at tryouts and comparing their 7 or 8 year old DC to players in some U8 academy or who play Travel already.  Just nuts.[/quote]

No, it's the club.  The parents' anxiety just reflects the awareness that they are dealing with one of the most corrupt clubs are the area.[/quote]

Then choose another club and don't give them the money!  Tryout somewhere else.  Tryout season is just beginning.

But, by not doing so, then the problem is truly YOU, the parent.  The club is there to take your money and WILL take your money and put your kid on some irrelevant team sharing a quarter of a field with another irrelevant team.

You folks act as if you have no choice in the matter.[/quote]

We know a few kids that were offered top spots here and didn't accept.  I used to wonder why until I came upon this thread.  These people sound batshit crazy.

I'm guessing complaining is easier than having to commute somewhere else for some people.  But at what point does all this craziness not filter to the kids?

It sure seems like a lot of stressing over what is supposed to be fun for the kids.[/quote]

[b]Most, not all, Arlington parents know little about soccer development before 13U.  Very few are knowledgeable, have played the game, or have coached young children for any measure,[/b] and just throw their child into these massive organized carpools and don't come watch the trainings or various coaches.  So they substitute team color, jersey#, and other team placement factors, like what tryout field a child is on, for their inability to gauge what they are getting for their money, particularly on the boys side where you see their ugly side come out in forums and they compare players in their quest to move up in the system, whether it be at tryouts now, or next year on a team.  This continues as parents overly dwell on moving up to a higher color team and lobby coaches and TDs against other players and never question the organization.  Making one of the top two teams of course doesn't mean their player is better, but it does confer some sort of social status that you see relfected even in the kids at school with their ASA patched Travel jackets.  If these parents ever stepped back and studied what makes a player better come 13U, they would stop worrying about this bullshit, stop brown-nosing the TDs, and start doing some of the hard work outside the club on their own that actually makes a child love the game and get better at soccer.[/quote]

I think you've described one of the main factors that leads to parent unhappiness at a lot of clubs, not just Arlington.  Add in the fact that a lot of the parents who don't know much about soccer are also highly successful in their careers, and are used to commanding respect and pulling strings to get their way if need be.  This type of parent often has a lot of trouble with the notion that some un- or under-educated coach is (in their view) promoting other kids above their own.  They see a conspiracy where none exists because they don't have the knowledge or experience needed to accurately assess their child's abilities.   At more than one club, I've seen parents join the board just so they can be sure their child is placed on a top team.

On the flip side, I've seen knowledgeable parents pull their kid from a club's top team to play for a lower level one because they think the lower level coach is a better fit or  shares their values on how the game should be taught and played.  This behavior causes a lot of consternation among parents who think the end goal of all their striving is making the top team. 
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