Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:59     Subject: Riverbend FC
Sterling? Sterling doesn't a team to call their own. Their girls play for Herndon and boys for West VA. Soon they'll won't be any Sterling as they've already rebranded their indoor/futsal
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:52     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People here complain that the current youth soccer system and all the clubs are terrible. They want change. They want more options. Then when someone tries to start something that might be different or give options, they trash it. Some people are just never happy about anything.


How can you trash something that is just vaporware at this point? There’s no there there yet.

Could be change, could be more of the same. No way to know because they’ve put out zero information of substance, just platitudes.

A dose of skepticism is understandable but I think we should be more encouraging, welcoming, and positive towards anyone who is trying to bring something new to the market.


What "something new" are they bringing?


a handful of disgruntled former and current GFR parents, players and coaches it sounds like.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:49     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People here complain that the current youth soccer system and all the clubs are terrible. They want change. They want more options. Then when someone tries to start something that might be different or give options, they trash it. Some people are just never happy about anything.


How can you trash something that is just vaporware at this point? There’s no there there yet.

Could be change, could be more of the same. No way to know because they’ve put out zero information of substance, just platitudes.

A dose of skepticism is understandable but I think we should be more encouraging, welcoming, and positive towards anyone who is trying to bring something new to the market.


What "something new" are they bringing?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:49     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sterling doesn't have any pathways or teams in higher leagues. They play NCSL .


Sterling has fields though.


In a different county which means higher fees if the residents are Fairfax.


but that's still cheaper than trying to rent fields
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:45     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People here complain that the current youth soccer system and all the clubs are terrible. They want change. They want more options. Then when someone tries to start something that might be different or give options, they trash it. Some people are just never happy about anything.


How can you trash something that is just vaporware at this point? There’s no there there yet.

Could be change, could be more of the same. No way to know because they’ve put out zero information of substance, just platitudes.

A dose of skepticism is understandable but I think we should be more encouraging, welcoming, and positive towards anyone who is trying to bring something new to the market.


We need less soccer clubs, not more. The talent is getting diluted. The fields are getting diluted.


This. 100%. Why leave instead of try to fix what's broken where you are?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:44     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People here complain that the current youth soccer system and all the clubs are terrible. They want change. They want more options. Then when someone tries to start something that might be different or give options, they trash it. Some people are just never happy about anything.


How can you trash something that is just vaporware at this point? There’s no there there yet.

Could be change, could be more of the same. No way to know because they’ve put out zero information of substance, just platitudes.

A dose of skepticism is understandable but I think we should be more encouraging, welcoming, and positive towards anyone who is trying to bring something new to the market.


We need less soccer clubs, not more. The talent is getting diluted. The fields are getting diluted.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:42     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People here complain that the current youth soccer system and all the clubs are terrible. They want change. They want more options. Then when someone tries to start something that might be different or give options, they trash it. Some people are just never happy about anything.


How can you trash something that is just vaporware at this point? There’s no there there yet.

Could be change, could be more of the same. No way to know because they’ve put out zero information of substance, just platitudes.

A dose of skepticism is understandable but I think we should be more encouraging, welcoming, and positive towards anyone who is trying to bring something new to the market.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 12:18     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sterling doesn't have any pathways or teams in higher leagues. They play NCSL .


Sterling has fields though.


In a different county which means higher fees if the residents are Fairfax.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:51     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:Sterling doesn't have any pathways or teams in higher leagues. They play NCSL .


Sterling has fields though.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:50     Subject: Riverbend FC
Sterling doesn't have any pathways or teams in higher leagues. They play NCSL .
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:49     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:They're building a complex indoor/outdoor

any more questions?


Are you serious? With who's money?
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:48     Subject: Riverbend FC
Well, someone should email them and find out where they will be practicing and playing games, what league they are joining, who their coaching staff is, etc.

Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:47     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People here complain that the current youth soccer system and all the clubs are terrible. They want change. They want more options. Then when someone tries to start something that might be different or give options, they trash it. Some people are just never happy about anything.


+100000000

The very fact the parents went to the website and are venting means that they would like an alternative but are too impatient to wait to see if one appears. The harsh reality is that most really quality soccer people are probably not the most savvy business and techy people so you may have to wade in the water a bit. The smart business people know how to give you turf fields, a bar, great kits, etc. but the development is s----. People will generally have to pick their poison from what I have experienced.



I think it was probably more monkey reflex than actual interest in an alternative. But I thought fame director ML was a business person not a soccer person, although not sure that was clear from his brief stint in charge during the putsch in the spring.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:37     Subject: Riverbend FC
Anonymous wrote:They're building a complex indoor/outdoor

any more questions?


Are you teaming up with Sterling Soccer Club? Just saw an FB post from Sterling with the RBFC hashtag.
Anonymous
Post 12/10/2025 11:29     Subject: Riverbend FC
They're building a complex indoor/outdoor

any more questions?