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Anonymous wrote:The players and coach for the 2003 team were from the 2003 Red Benfica team from Frederick Md. The coach was a Benfica coach who told them all to jump ship to this new club. He told them the whole team was going and no team would be left for them to play on if they stayed with Benfica. He really poached the entire team. Very disruptive to the players. Not a good move. Don't think I would trust this club.

How is disruptive to the players?

They stole many players and the coach in the middle of the year. Left many kids without a team to play on. It was very disruptive!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure one of the coaches was from Achilles originally.

Not great news

Not great new for achilles.... I've been told alot of players chose to leave and follow that coach to paragon. Says a lot

+10! Exactly the opposite of Achilles.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst club in Maryland.

Agree! What I’ve seen from them in games is terrible. Poor sportsmanship all around... coaches, parents, and players.

That is not the case for all age groups. Coaches are great and from what I've seen, parents and players are supportive and pleasant, at least for the higher age groups.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We moved from a “big” club to PFA for my 09 son and could not be happier. Above all, the coaching is excellent, focused and customized for the kids. I’ve seen my son grow exponentially since joining. It *is a newer, smaller club and that’s probably not for everyone. The other visible difference is that the players are extremely committed. There’s no one there because their parents want them to be soccer players (and ppl are starting to see that commitment on the field).

Any idea how to contact and get a response from them? I've written them a couple of different ways (including to the email address posted earlier in the thread) to find out more about the club (their website has nothing on it) and how to schedule a tryout but get nothing back, just crickets.

Tells you a lot right there. I'd stay away.

There may not be any open spots. Teams seem full at practices. Odd you have had no response but maybe the focus is on the current players.

Anonymous wrote:We moved from a “big” club to PFA for my 09 son and could not be happier. Above all, the coaching is excellent, focused and customized for the kids. I’ve seen my son grow exponentially since joining. It *is a newer, smaller club and that’s probably not for everyone. The other visible difference is that the players are extremely committed. There’s no one there because their parents want them to be soccer players (and ppl are starting to see that commitment on the field).

We moved as well but a different age group. Much better training and commitment from coaching staff and players. It is far greater than the yelling and berating experienced than son experienced in previous club. Some of the teams, despite just forming, are having great success and enjoying the game again! Team's parents are also great...have not experienced anything but supportive behavior.

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Anonymous wrote:We moved from a “big” club to PFA for my 09 son and could not be happier. Above all, the coaching is excellent, focused and customized for the kids. I’ve seen my son grow exponentially since joining. It *is a newer, smaller club and that’s probably not for everyone. The other visible difference is that the players are extremely committed. There’s no one there because their parents want them to be soccer players (and ppl are starting to see that commitment on the field).

Any idea how to contact and get a response from them? I've written them a couple of different ways (including to the email address posted earlier in the thread) to find out more about the club (their website has nothing on it) and how to schedule a tryout but get nothing back, just crickets.

My understanding is that they are not really doing tryouts at the moment. The club isn’t even a year old and the spring season is already well underway. Their success so far is that they’ve been able to build 6-8 *competitive boys teams in a short time. When/if they have tryouts, I would imagine that they would post to their Instagram, as that seems to be the most active account at the moment. Having said that, there are frequent outside players that will come for a training here and there, because of the coaching, while still staying at their own club. This is a chance for both parties to get to know each other without the fakeness of “tryouts” or trying to get Jimmy’s parents to shell out money quickly to join a team they don’t know.

Hope that helps.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst club in Maryland.

Agree! What I’ve seen from them in games is terrible. Poor sportsmanship all around... coaches, parents, and players.

I saw the 2006s play and parents seemed okay. Do you think that parents mellow as the years go on?

Remember that these parents could have been the same ones at Achilles. Those parents and kids are nuts.

Anonymous wrote:Worst club in Maryland.

Agree! What I’ve seen from them in games is terrible. Poor sportsmanship all around... coaches, parents, and players.

Coaches get in fights with other coaches. Kids fight with other kids on the field. Parents fight with other parents. Very obnoxious to watch. Looks like very toxic environment. And very disorganized. I was impressed with them at first and tried to contact them for a tryout. No response ever. Bad look for a club. Heard there are a lot of unhappy parents there too.

We played on the field after them a few weeks ago, not sure if 09 or 10. Kids seemed good, played well and fair. Coach seemed fine. Parents crazy! Yelling at refs nonstop, kids on the other team ( 10, 11 year olds), taking off their masks to do it. They were winning the whole time I was watching, no need for the insanity. I'd run based on that. Really really inappropriate and unnecessary.

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Anonymous wrote:We moved from a “big” club to PFA for my 09 son and could not be happier. Above all, the coaching is excellent, focused and customized for the kids. I’ve seen my son grow exponentially since joining. It *is a newer, smaller club and that’s probably not for everyone. The other visible difference is that the players are extremely committed. There’s no one there because their parents want them to be soccer players (and ppl are starting to see that commitment on the field).

Any idea how to contact and get a response from them? I've written them a couple of different ways (including to the email address posted earlier in the thread) to find out more about the club (their website has nothing on it) and how to schedule a tryout but get nothing back, just crickets.

Tells you a lot right there. I'd stay away.

Anonymous wrote:We moved from a “big” club to PFA for my 09 son and could not be happier. Above all, the coaching is excellent, focused and customized for the kids. I’ve seen my son grow exponentially since joining. It *is a newer, smaller club and that’s probably not for everyone. The other visible difference is that the players are extremely committed. There’s no one there because their parents want them to be soccer players (and ppl are starting to see that commitment on the field).

Any idea how to contact and get a response from them? I've written them a couple of different ways (including to the email address posted earlier in the thread) to find out more about the club (their website has nothing on it) and how to schedule a tryout but get nothing back, just crickets.

We moved from a “big” club to PFA for my 09 son and could not be happier. Above all, the coaching is excellent, focused and customized for the kids. I’ve seen my son grow exponentially since joining. It *is a newer, smaller club and that’s probably not for everyone. The other visible difference is that the players are extremely committed. There’s no one there because their parents want them to be soccer players (and ppl are starting to see that commitment on the field).

sounds community-oriented and family-friendly to me