Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We switched clubs specifically to play for one coach. This coach was the best coach at the club and coached 3 of their first level boys teams (ECNL-RL level)

Mid fall that coach announced he is leaving and they are replacing him with some random guy with no experience for all three teams.

If we did winter tryouts and found another team, can we just stop paying the first club? We are on an installment plan.

Very unlikely - they won't release your card if you aren't paid in full

If pp goes and plays for a different carding system, for instance they were ecnl and switched to mls next, the card doesn't need to be "released", right?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We switched clubs specifically to play for one coach. This coach was the best coach at the club and coached 3 of their first level boys teams (ECNL-RL level)

Mid fall that coach announced he is leaving and they are replacing him with some random guy with no experience for all three teams.

If we did winter tryouts and found another team, can we just stop paying the first club? We are on an installment plan.

Very unlikely - they won't release your card if you aren't paid in full

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:commitment should go both ways. if coach says practices are important to determine rosters and many players only show up to one practice per week because of private school soccer and those players are still the starting players, coach does not follow through on his own words. warning: do not go to baltimore armour mls next u17 and u19 boys teams. only 11 play, only one goalie plays, and 3-4 get 10 minutes at end of second half

We are with SYC and they have kids who only come out to 2nd team practices 1x day per week, but they start and play most of every game. They are 'futures' players and get to attend both 1st team and 2nd team practices all they want and play double the games for the same price. We all pay 3k per year, but for 'futures' players, they show up 1x day per week and can play the whole game! Great for them, but it is a piss poor look for the club. "Practice attendance is important for play time!" Oh wait, you are a futures player? You can guest play for multiple team as possible! And play the whole game even though you only attended 1x practice this week! Mean while, everyone else who wants to get ahead has to pay for supplemental training, attend outside club practices, camps and clinics in order to keep up, while 'Futures' players get all the extra 1st, 2nd and playing up team opportunities as possible!

If my kid didn't like their teammates, we'd switch. It's a completely unfair, system. Oh wow, look at how much better the 'futures' players are getting! See, they deserve to be moved up. 'No, they work hard on their own, it's not all the 1st team practices and games they attend.' Your kid gets 2-3x 2nd team practices per week and they will never go any where; but look at the 'futures' kid! They get to practice 3-5x days per week with the 1st, 2nd teams and the older teams as much as they want! They should move up because they put in the work for the same price!

Yeah, sour grapes here, but SYC has a completely lopsided development program. I heard a lot of clubs have more of an open Academy program with equity. SYC has a closed/ segregated development program and unless you are on the 1st team, you will never get better in their program. #Readytoleavemidyear

Anonymous wrote:We switched clubs specifically to play for one coach. This coach was the best coach at the club and coached 3 of their first level boys teams (ECNL-RL level)

Mid fall that coach announced he is leaving and they are replacing him with some random guy with no experience for all three teams.

If we did winter tryouts and found another team, can we just stop paying the first club? We are on an installment plan.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:commitment should go both ways. if coach says practices are important to determine rosters and many players only show up to one practice per week because of private school soccer and those players are still the starting players, coach does not follow through on his own words. warning: do not go to baltimore armour mls next u17 and u19 boys teams. only 11 play, only one goalie plays, and 3-4 get 10 minutes at end of second half

We are with SYC and they have kids who only come out to 2nd team practices 1x day per week, but they start and play most of every game. They are 'futures' players and get to attend both 1st team and 2nd team practices all they want and play double the games for the same price. We all pay 3k per year, but for 'futures' players, they show up 1x day per week and can play the whole game! Great for them, but it is a piss poor look for the club. "Practice attendance is important for play time!" Oh wait, you are a futures player? You can guest play for multiple team as possible! And play the whole game even though you only attended 1x practice this week! Mean while, everyone else who wants to get ahead has to pay for supplemental training, attend outside club practices, camps and clinics in order to keep up, while 'Futures' players get all the extra 1st, 2nd and playing up team opportunities as possible!

If my kid didn't like their teammates, we'd switch. It's a completely unfair, system. Oh wow, look at how much better the 'futures' players are getting! See, they deserve to be moved up. 'No, they work hard on their own, it's not all the 1st team practices and games they attend.' Your kid gets 2-3x 2nd team practices per week and they will never go any where; but look at the 'futures' kid! They get to practice 3-5x days per week with the 1st, 2nd teams and the older teams as much as they want! They should move up because they put in the work for the same price!

Yeah, sour grapes here, but SYC has a completely lopsided development program. I heard a lot of clubs have more of an open Academy program with equity. SYC has a closed/ segregated development program and unless you are on the 1st team, you will never get better in their program. #Readytoleavemidyear

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:commitment should go both ways. if coach says practices are important to determine rosters and many players only show up to one practice per week because of private school soccer and those players are still the starting players, coach does not follow through on his own words. warning: do not go to baltimore armour mls next u17 and u19 boys teams. only 11 play, only one goalie plays, and 3-4 get 10 minutes at end of second half

We are with SYC and they have kids who only come out to 2nd team practices 1x day per week, but they start and play most of every game. They are 'futures' players and get to attend both 1st team and 2nd team practices all they want and play double the games for the same price. We all pay 3k per year, but for 'futures' players, they show up 1x day per week and can play the whole game! Great for them, but it is a piss poor look for the club. "Practice attendance is important for play time!" Oh wait, you are a futures player? You can guest play for multiple team as possible! And play the whole game even though you only attended 1x practice this week! Mean while, everyone else who wants to get ahead has to pay for supplemental training, attend outside club practices, camps and clinics in order to keep up, while 'Futures' players get all the extra 1st, 2nd and playing up team opportunities as possible!

If my kid didn't like their teammates, we'd switch. It's a completely unfair, system. Oh wow, look at how much better the 'futures' players are getting! See, they deserve to be moved up. 'No, they work hard on their own, it's not all the 1st team practices and games they attend.' Your kid gets 2-3x 2nd team practices per week and they will never go any where; but look at the 'futures' kid! They get to practice 3-5x days per week with the 1st, 2nd teams and the older teams as much as they want! They should move up because they put in the work for the same price!

Yeah, sour grapes here, but SYC has a completely lopsided development program. I heard a lot of clubs have more of an open Academy program with equity. SYC has a closed/ segregated development program and unless you are on the 1st team, you will never get better in their program. #Readytoleavemidyear

Anonymous wrote:commitment should go both ways. if coach says practices are important to determine rosters and many players only show up to one practice per week because of private school soccer and those players are still the starting players, coach does not follow through on his own words. warning: do not go to baltimore armour mls next u17 and u19 boys teams. only 11 play, only one goalie plays, and 3-4 get 10 minutes at end of second half

Anonymous wrote:everyone I know- including this family- switched clubs midyear because it was a terrible fit- either kids, coaches or both. Kids continued to play and the switch was the best decision.

One of my kids is on their 3rd clun at u16 and has no regrets- one was a mid season switch