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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I realize the OP on this thread was several months ago, but I wanted to address a couple of the recent posts which are a thinly-veiled effort to ruin the club simply because their daughter(s) didn’t get enough playing time in their (small) minds. My only point is that these posts should be taken with a grain of salt and I have personal knowledge of the situations that gave rise to these posts, as I am another parent in the club who has been here for the past few years. Specifically, the post listing pros and cons is that of an embittered parent who recently left the club after not even one year (and that year being COVID) because he believed his daughter was a superstar that was being held back by the club, coaches, and other girls on the team whom he believes to be far less capable than his own kid. Classic case of someone who thinks he knows more than the coaches (and everyone else for that matter). Bear in mind, these coaches have trained and played professionally in Europe so I’d say they know a thing or two about the game. These coaches have spent countless hours with the girls they coach, sometimes playing scrimmages that are not part of official training sessions, and going way past training hours simply because they love what they do. They care very much about the girls, their development and their well-being, which is not something that can be said about a lot of other clubs or coaches. The club is not without its problems, but I would say the biggest problem of late has been toxic parents like the one who posted the subject post, who are arrogant and driven to madness by the cost of education, recruiting/scholarships, COVID, mid-life crises, etc. If your highest priority is your child’s development in the game of soccer, this is by far the best club in the area. If you believe that ECNL is the be all end all, then this club is NOT it for you, because FCGB does not play in ECNL, which this parent knew when they joined.

I know the club has lost a number of players for the aforementioned reasons, but the coaching is not to blame. The armchair quarterbacking, the talk on the sidelines and after the games where parents complain about playing minutes and positions that their kids “should” be playing in tend to stir up other people as well as the kids, and this leads to toxicity, resentment and stress across the board. It’s a shame because it is the kids who bear the brunt of it in the end, and the parents are sucking the joy out of the game for their kids. [/quote]

I want to be sensitive to the players and parents at FCGB but it is worth noting that though the team does tons of technical training at the younger ages, something is not translating. Outside of the 06 team, the teams are mediocre at best. If individual technical training is such a key factor in development of a player yet the teams can't compete against serious competition, then you have to question the club development strategy. You have to ask why the team is not making the top brackets at the top tournaments and why players aren't heading to elite college programs or getting YNT training invites. The coaches are dismissive of high school soccer and college yet no one trained by them is playng overseas. [/quote]

The 06s are not successful any longer. [/quote]

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