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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry for your Achilles experience last weekend, OP. That is really disheartening. My son is one of the really little guys at Achilles so I think he's oblivious to any preferential treatment.  He LOVES the club:  the coaches have a great balance of loving on him and being hard on him.  He's improved tremendously, has made good friends, the coaches all know him well and give him high fives and hugs, and they've offered really constructive feedback about his progress. I don't know a ton about soccer but the training seems top-notch. I get the sense that the club went from being a really small, tight-knit group of soccer families to something much bigger and more diverse, and it seems like it has grown too big too fast. There is so much to love about the club that I hope they figure out a way to self correct.[/quote]

That's great that your son is having a good experience, that is the most important thing.  (But didn't Sal withdraw all the young guys from league games after the fall without warning?  I've heard some parents were pretty upset about that, although perhaps the weekend scrimmages have turned out to be ok.  The fees you paid to Achilles included league fees so curious if there was any acknowledgement of that.  I assume not.)

I do have respond to your suggestion that the issues with Achilles described here and in other threads in this forum are one time events (not true by a long shot), or are the result of growing too big too fast.  If that were the case, you would not expect the issues to continue.  You also would expect an apology or explanation, or at least acknowledgement.  That does not happen and the issues continue to occur.  I can't think of any explanation for the club not acknowledging the repeated and ongoing issues for certain teams other than that it (he) does not care.  That certainly is the impression given.  It is really outrageous that some teams' practices were reduced from 3 (in the fall) to 2 for the rest of the year (despite what was is stated in the offer and what continues to be stated on the website) and that winter indoor practices were cancelled with no acknowledgement or indication of what will be done to make it right (since fees presumably are calculated based on 3 practices; certainly they were paid on that basis).  Even outside Achilles, I now understand Sal has a pretty terrible reputation as a person and businessman.  Treating players and families like this eventually will catch up to him at both Achilles and SJC.  [/quote]

Op here - I’m glad your son enjoys it. I hope this continues as he gets a few seasons under his belt.  And I also understand the outrage of some of the posters, from both a morale and financial standpoint.  I can’t say that all of our experience there has been all negative. We love the coaches and our son has gotten great technical training. But this can only get you so far - there are many talented coaches in this area despite what you may have heard from Achilles management. There are certainly clubs where parents are treated with less disdain and committed players are not completely ignored. The disparity between how the couple of favorite teams and everyone else has been treated is inexcusable and myopic. As PP noted this will catch up and has already started to do so as players begin to leave for other clubs. The coaches do their best within the current framework but unless something changes at the top, I really wonder whether the club can survive. [/quote]

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