Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 13:09     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Herndon has full on tryouts for all age groups starting Monday. All current teams practices are cancelled all week for tryouts to happen.

The coaches and the parents are supposed to find out Monday the coaching assignments.

NA promised parents coaching assignments 2 weeks ago, and still nothing.

Coaches upset because even last year they were assigned teams formed by other coaches.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 13:05     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:GFR has tryouts starting this week?


No Herndon and I think they are just ID sessions not full fledged tryouts
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 13:03     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
GFR has tryouts starting this week?
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 12:53     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:The owner gets a $100k plus salary on top of his real full time job. How can this be? Pretty smart business man if you ask me. Great side gig generating lots of personal income.


What club is this?


Great falls. Look it up.


They aren’t owned by anyone. Who has a $100k plus salary and a full time job?
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 12:49     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Herndon huge change? No no no… the people at Herndon are stepping up and showing up this month and next until people make that first payment and tie themself up with the club… then they’ll go back to doing what they’ve done the past 3 years I’ve been around the club which is NOTHING!
They had a coach meeting yesterday to let them know they don’t have any idea what teams the coaches will be coaching. Everyone is leaving Herndon! People at Herndon don’t care about anyone who lives and is from Herndon to start with. The only thing they care about is making up the numbers so they can get paid


+1000
Been around 10 years and this is EXACTLY what will happen. Herndon will never and I mean NEVER put any effort and focus on the girls program as long as NA is around. They have been falling apart since before Covid and everyone who tries to speak up and actually makes an impact disappears within a few months.


They have tryouts starting Monday and don't know who is coaching which team? Who will evaluate the players at tryouts?
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 12:48     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Most of the players and families at Herndon loved the DMV coaches and that’s why they followed them from Herndon to DMV to GFR. It’s the board members who don’t like them. I have no idea why. If I could guess I would say it has something to do with them not liking the structure of the TF contract. That and some TDs feeling threatened by coaches who are actually better at coaching than them.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 12:48     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The owner gets a $100k plus salary on top of his real full time job. How can this be? Pretty smart business man if you ask me. Great side gig generating lots of personal income.


What club is this?


Great falls. Look it up.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 12:40     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:Herndon huge change? No no no… the people at Herndon are stepping up and showing up this month and next until people make that first payment and tie themself up with the club… then they’ll go back to doing what they’ve done the past 3 years I’ve been around the club which is NOTHING!
They had a coach meeting yesterday to let them know they don’t have any idea what teams the coaches will be coaching. Everyone is leaving Herndon! People at Herndon don’t care about anyone who lives and is from Herndon to start with. The only thing they care about is making up the numbers so they can get paid


+1000
Been around 10 years and this is EXACTLY what will happen. Herndon will never and I mean NEVER put any effort and focus on the girls program as long as NA is around. They have been falling apart since before Covid and everyone who tries to speak up and actually makes an impact disappears within a few months.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 12:02     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:He worked at McLean for like 10-15 years. McLean didn’t want to work with Union which was financial or boys related.


And now Union has parted ways with him, too?
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 11:55     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:With all that is going on with ECNL, GA, MLS Next, etc. it’s a really good time to have coaches and directors like NM and ML on your side


It seems like not many clubs want NM "on their side" - ask GFR or FVU or Mclean how that worked out for them.


Who are you going to ask at GFR? The 3 soccer dads who are now running it?


Ok, so your preference is to discount GFR. Fair enough. How about FVU or Mclean or Herndon? Why don't they want to work with NM? Or should we discount those, too?


I’m not familiar with FVU. But I wouldn’t use Herndon as an example of a great youth soccer program. They’re an even bigger mess than GFR - although that is almost debatable now.



It's not about whether GFR or FVU or Mclean or Herndon should be considered "great youth soccer programs". The point is, why do none of them want to work with NM anymore? Now, if you are of the opinion that none of those clubs constitute "great youth soccer programs", that's actually even worse because that would mean that not even "bad" programs want to be affiliated with NM anymore. Why is that if he's such a great asset?

He worked at McLean for like 10-15 years. McLean didn’t want to work with Union which was financial or boys related.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 11:43     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Which teams showed up for games this morning with no coach? That's nuts. Who coached?


Only ncsl games this morning. ML and NM don’t even coach those teams and they were the only ones let go. So either you’re making this up or you’re just guessing.


Not making it up. It was U11, Haytham showed up halfway through the game to coach.

Haha get used to that with Haytham. Was he still drunk?

He's with GFR?


Yep, brought some of his ac Milan teams to GFR
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 10:55     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:With all that is going on with ECNL, GA, MLS Next, etc. it’s a really good time to have coaches and directors like NM and ML on your side


It seems like not many clubs want NM "on their side" - ask GFR or FVU or Mclean how that worked out for them.


Who are you going to ask at GFR? The 3 soccer dads who are now running it?


Ok, so your preference is to discount GFR. Fair enough. How about FVU or Mclean or Herndon? Why don't they want to work with NM? Or should we discount those, too?


I’m not familiar with FVU. But I wouldn’t use Herndon as an example of a great youth soccer program. They’re an even bigger mess than GFR - although that is almost debatable now.



It's not about whether GFR or FVU or Mclean or Herndon should be considered "great youth soccer programs". The point is, why do none of them want to work with NM anymore? Now, if you are of the opinion that none of those clubs constitute "great youth soccer programs", that's actually even worse because that would mean that not even "bad" programs want to be affiliated with NM anymore. Why is that if he's such a great asset?

That brings up an interesting debate with US youth soccer especially in this area. Families clearly want to work with him and follow him but non soccer board members do not. Do those people make the best decisions for the club by saving money that ends up leaving anyways? I guess we will find out with GFR if they get a better return on investment.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 10:52     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:With all that is going on with ECNL, GA, MLS Next, etc. it’s a really good time to have coaches and directors like NM and ML on your side


It seems like not many clubs want NM "on their side" - ask GFR or FVU or Mclean how that worked out for them.


Who are you going to ask at GFR? The 3 soccer dads who are now running it?


Ok, so your preference is to discount GFR. Fair enough. How about FVU or Mclean or Herndon? Why don't they want to work with NM? Or should we discount those, too?


I’m not familiar with FVU. But I wouldn’t use Herndon as an example of a great youth soccer program. They’re an even bigger mess than GFR - although that is almost debatable now.



It's not about whether GFR or FVU or Mclean or Herndon should be considered "great youth soccer programs". The point is, why do none of them want to work with NM anymore? Now, if you are of the opinion that none of those clubs constitute "great youth soccer programs", that's actually even worse because that would mean that not even "bad" programs want to be affiliated with NM anymore. Why is that if he's such a great asset?


He left Herndon. The people who fired him at GFR don’t know anything about him and if he’s an asset, he was fired because they decided they didn’t want the contract with TF anymore and terminated it. I don’t know what happened at McLean.

There are a lot of girls from the DMV playing D1 college right now who think he’s a great asset and coach. It’s his business practices that some have had issues with.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 10:49     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:It’s funny how much people love NM. I bet Herndon staff would say different.

Why would the Herndon staff love him? He left and half the club followed him and his coaches.
Anonymous
Post 04/05/2025 10:46     Subject: GFR Falling apart?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:With all that is going on with ECNL, GA, MLS Next, etc. it’s a really good time to have coaches and directors like NM and ML on your side


It seems like not many clubs want NM "on their side" - ask GFR or FVU or Mclean how that worked out for them.


Who are you going to ask at GFR? The 3 soccer dads who are now running it?


Ok, so your preference is to discount GFR. Fair enough. How about FVU or Mclean or Herndon? Why don't they want to work with NM? Or should we discount those, too?


I’m not familiar with FVU. But I wouldn’t use Herndon as an example of a great youth soccer program. They’re an even bigger mess than GFR - although that is almost debatable now.



It's not about whether GFR or FVU or Mclean or Herndon should be considered "great youth soccer programs". The point is, why do none of them want to work with NM anymore? Now, if you are of the opinion that none of those clubs constitute "great youth soccer programs", that's actually even worse because that would mean that not even "bad" programs want to be affiliated with NM anymore. Why is that if he's such a great asset?