So GFR is falling apart just because they fired a couple of coaches? There must be more to the story than this or there’s not much of a story to begin with.

If the past couple of months are any indication, I'm afraid the PP who said GFR would turn into a rec club might be right. The people getting paid to run the club now seem to be in radio silence mode. Rumors of legal maneuvering related to the firing of a couple of coaches might be part of the reason. But do they realize that there's a lot of upheaval going on with other area clubs right and tryout time is nearly upon us. If leadership doesn't start communicating to families, people will start looking at other clubs. And when enough players leave (and the revenue with them), then what are the XD and board going to be "in charge" of? The husk of a burned out non-profit?

Anonymous wrote:To answer the original post….it dies slowly and painfully going back to a glorified neighborhood recreation soccer club

Yeah, very rec mentality coming out of leadership over here!

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Anonymous wrote:GFR will enter into a "pathway partner" with FVU. Along with several other area clubs. Doesn't mean much but establishes "a Pathway."

Because they benefited so much from the same thing with NVA?

+1

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Anonymous wrote:GFR will enter into a "pathway partner" with FVU. Along with several other area clubs. Doesn't mean much but establishes "a Pathway."

Because they benefited so much from the same thing with NVA?

Right. And now that the dumpster fire with McUnion politics is in full play, does GFR even want to deal with that as a small club? What would the benefit be? NVA clearly didn't play in their favor. Why would a McLean/Fairfax/Vienna partnership? And are they even interested?

Anonymous wrote:GFR will enter into a "pathway partner" with FVU. Along with several other area clubs. Doesn't mean much but establishes "a Pathway."

Because they benefited so much from the same thing with NVA?

GFR will enter into a "pathway partner" with FVU. Along with several other area clubs. Doesn't mean much but establishes "a Pathway."

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Anonymous wrote:Not knowing coaching slate forces us to try out elsewhere. Thats bad for business. Once that happens most will churn away and go elsewhere.

What clubs have announced RL coaching slates? None. What RL teams have started tryouts already? None. RP - It’s time to move on, bud.

We will see soon enough what impact all the turmoil at GFR will have on tryouts. There are at least a few teams that may struggle to have more than 10-12 players next year because of player attrition to other clubs. That doesn't seem to be a concern for the GFR leadership, however. When all that's left of the club is a smouldering ash pile, what will they do then? Maybe they can all move over to MYS and help destroy that, too?

Anonymous wrote:Not knowing coaching slate forces us to try out elsewhere. Thats bad for business. Once that happens most will churn away and go elsewhere.

What clubs have announced RL coaching slates? None. What RL teams have started tryouts already? None. RP - It’s time to move on, bud.

Not knowing coaching slate forces us to try out elsewhere. Thats bad for business. Once that happens most will churn away and go elsewhere.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what happens next with GFR, but there are 5-6 people - love them or loathe them - that seem to know how to effectively navigate their way around NOVA soccer - QP, The Maldonados, Mark Ryan, Oscar, NM, maybe CC. I’d be surprised if GFR isn’t more than fine, as long as they let NM do his thing.

As a GFR parent, I hope you're right about that. But so far, despite NM being named the TD, I haven't seen or heard of anything that he's done for the benefit of the players/teams/club. And knowing that he, ML (the GFR Director of Coaching) and a few other DMV FC coaches are supposed to be working at GFR next year all while still working for Fairfax Virginia Union and, presumably DMV FC, does make me wonder how it's all going to work.

DMV FC is merging into GFR.

When?

Next season (2024-25)

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what happens next with GFR, but there are 5-6 people - love them or loathe them - that seem to know how to effectively navigate their way around NOVA soccer - QP, The Maldonados, Mark Ryan, Oscar, NM, maybe CC. I’d be surprised if GFR isn’t more than fine, as long as they let NM do his thing.

As a GFR parent, I hope you're right about that. But so far, despite NM being named the TD, I haven't seen or heard of anything that he's done for the benefit of the players/teams/club. And knowing that he, ML (the GFR Director of Coaching) and a few other DMV FC coaches are supposed to be working at GFR next year all while still working for Fairfax Virginia Union and, presumably DMV FC, does make me wonder how it's all going to work.

DMV FC is merging into GFR.

When?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what happens next with GFR, but there are 5-6 people - love them or loathe them - that seem to know how to effectively navigate their way around NOVA soccer - QP, The Maldonados, Mark Ryan, Oscar, NM, maybe CC. I’d be surprised if GFR isn’t more than fine, as long as they let NM do his thing.

As a GFR parent, I hope you're right about that. But so far, despite NM being named the TD, I haven't seen or heard of anything that he's done for the benefit of the players/teams/club. And knowing that he, ML (the GFR Director of Coaching) and a few other DMV FC coaches are supposed to be working at GFR next year all while still working for Fairfax Virginia Union and, presumably DMV FC, does make me wonder how it's all going to work.

DMV FC is merging into GFR.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what happens next with GFR, but there are 5-6 people - love them or loathe them - that seem to know how to effectively navigate their way around NOVA soccer - QP, The Maldonados, Mark Ryan, Oscar, NM, maybe CC. I’d be surprised if GFR isn’t more than fine, as long as they let NM do his thing.

As a GFR parent, I hope you're right about that. But so far, despite NM being named the TD, I haven't seen or heard of anything that he's done for the benefit of the players/teams/club. And knowing that he, ML (the GFR Director of Coaching) and a few other DMV FC coaches are supposed to be working at GFR next year all while still working for Fairfax Virginia Union and, presumably DMV FC, does make me wonder how it's all going to work.

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know what happens next with GFR, but there are 5-6 people - love them or loathe them - that seem to know how to effectively navigate their way around NOVA soccer - QP, The Maldonados, Mark Ryan, Oscar, NM, maybe CC. I’d be surprised if GFR isn’t more than fine, as long as they let NM do his thing.

It’s okay to be a club with an organized rec program for littles and a respectable travel program that gives local kids the chance to play competitive games in ecnl-rl and ncsl - but to not have a clear pathway to the absolute best leagues at the oldest age groups. As long as you own that, then it’s great. More clubs should just own it. So yes, gfr is going to be okay.