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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are some spiteful people commenting here. My son plays travel at GFR and is happy with his team and coach. It’s not perfect but for the regular family not involved with whatever the board drama is, it’s a nice program. [/quote]

There really is no board drama now.  It was one guy who resigned (after 6 months) who created a lot of drama with the help of the oh so bitter RP.  He had 2 other board members roped in with him but one has since also resigned and the other seems to be on board now with the other board members.  If you speak to the ED or TD there are lots of positives happening for the club despite the fact that they have been sued (unsuccessfully) several times.  They will get through the bumps in the road but [b]they will likely never play above the regional level[/b] and that is fine.  There are plenty of neighboring GA/MLS NEXT/ECNL clubs for those who want them.  [/quote]

You make it sound so casual that they will never play above RL as if that's fine and the club will great. Wrong! If they don't fix their pathway problem, the club will fall into irrelevancy. It will end up being no better than a Sterling Soccer or FPYC. [/quote]

Depends what the club wants to be, I guess. They will likely continue to be the smaller, neighborhood club that it always has been.  Will never have the numbers to compete at the national level unless they merge with a neighboring club. Some age groups only have 1 or 2 teams.  They compete well in RL but even their best teams struggle against ECNL and other national leagues.  Not every club has to be Arlington or Loudoun, most parts of the country are not as oversaturated with National League teams and have smaller clubs that are more similar to GFR.  And GFR coaches can, and should, tell their players who want to play at a higher level to do so.  Even if that means leaving GFR.  [/quote]

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