Ive spoke with many who know the club well and please don't fool yourselves. this is simply another club (franchise) here to simply make money. no shock they set up in a well to do area and most of the families can afford it . If they want to really develope the talent then why not set up where talent lives silver spring , Alexandria , etc . they kept almost all if not all kids that went to their tryout/ evaluations . the whole idea of walking out in a line behind coach isn't making a soccer player better. this club is no different than the loudons Arlington bryc mclean etc. its just in its beginning stage. lets all take a picture of the entire u9-u10-u11-u12 teams of theirs along with the same teams at the other premier clubs I mentioned . In 6-7-8 years lets look at the same kids . results will be the same maybe out of all the total clubs together 6 or 7 elite college.kids and if they get lucky 1-2 kids will play some level of pro soccer. That fact that this "miracle" of a club set up shop in an area where they know the club will profit financially whether they produce talent or not . is a red flag. why not setup shop in a more poverty stricken area to look for talent to develop like they find in the favelas of Brazil . this is simply another pay for play club only with a franchise plan set up shop in several us cities and collect $$$.

“Are you saying that after 4 months of training you were expecting zero progress? Doesn't sound logical.”

Who said zero progress was expected? And who zero progress has been made? All we have is questionable post of one overreacting or trolling parent and some tourney results. I can’t manage the over expectations of some parents or people in the community who believe that a club name and four months will transform a group of kids into an elite, unbeatable squad then your expectations and timelines are flawed.

Frankly my kid is learning and enjoying the training and that is all I care about. The OP’s opening rant does not match my observations or experience. If you are interested in what those observations are I’d be happy to share them. If you want to just trash the program go ahead, I just happen to think it is far to early to asses the program one way or another after four months. I have seen enough so far to be encouraged but I can’t sit here and say “it is amazing and fullproof.” I can say the Training is well run, highly organized with clear objectives. That alone may make it a large upgrade for some kids.

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Anonymous wrote:There's more than one person that has an opinion about the program, and we all have our reasons to opine about the program, the PP talks about the style of training, which is not team-based and here in the US by local clubs, from what I have seen, is done terribly.

There is usually not enough trainers, the kids do get distracted, they group with their friends, a few get lost in the melee as to what they are supposed to be doing, some groups decide they're not going to do a drill the right way and that may leave one or two players trying to cope with what their group is doing. It certainly is done much efficiently at Barcelona in Spain, I can only assume it is meant to be mimicked here in the states.

BTW, stop with this short time frame crap, FCB Escola has three other academies in the state, I think FL, AZ, and NY, not entirely sure, and they are bringing over their tried-and-true training methods. They are not new to the academy style training!

Wow, you have never been to a FCB practice then. There is a strict 1:12 coach player ratio that I have never seen broken. Players walk in single file behind their coach to and from the field. Players are not even released unless the child acknowledges their parent. There is no chaos, no kids not doing the drills. You truly have no clue what your are talking about.

It doesn't matter how long they have been training elsewhere, elsewhere is not here and not these kids. What magical transformation do you expect to take place in four months time? WTF, do you somehow think FCB is bringing some kind of Matrix technology where they just plug soccer knowledge, touches and training into these kids heads? you are the type of moron who thinks "I took my kid to a shooting a finishing clinic for two weeks over the summer and now I expect my kid to be the teams leading scorer. There are no shortcuts or quick fixes in anything so to judge how a program is doing after four months is ludicrous.

If you read the entire post, i was talking about how other local clubs handle their academy style training sessions.

Based on reading the posts from parents that said they were part of FCB Escola, I would have expected better. If you're training 2-3 times per week, let's say 1.5 hours per session, assuming 4 weeks in 1 month, that is 36-54 hours of training. Not a lot of training, sure, but certainly enough that the teams would look cohesive. Some parents said the kids came from all over the area and had already done travel soccer, so you can assume some level of competence. Are you saying that after 4 months of training you were expecting zero progress? Doesn't sound logical.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Did you read the complaints the FCB Escola parents said about their team in the past pages? They are the ones talking about the lack of style, competitiveness, teams looking lost on the pitch.

And as another poster mentioned, that doesn't sound like any of the parents in that group. Other parents mentioned the kids played well, just couldn't finish. I think the grinding axe just looked up some scores and posted some fiction. This whole thread has been a troll fest.

Plenty of people take to troll-like behavior in anonymous setting, but plenty others speak the truth that they otherwise wouldn't feel comfortable saying on the sidelines or to the coach.

Well, my take is the OP was either the most over reactive parent to a tourney result ever or just a flat out troll. Either is pretty sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you read the complaints the FCB Escola parents said about their team in the past pages? They are the ones talking about the lack of style, competitiveness, teams looking lost on the pitch.

And as another poster mentioned, that doesn't sound like any of the parents in that group. Other parents mentioned the kids played well, just couldn't finish. I think the grinding axe just looked up some scores and posted some fiction. This whole thread has been a troll fest.

Plenty of people take to troll-like behavior in anonymous setting, but plenty others speak the truth that they otherwise wouldn't feel comfortable saying on the sidelines or to the coach.

Anonymous wrote:Did you read the complaints the FCB Escola parents said about their team in the past pages? They are the ones talking about the lack of style, competitiveness, teams looking lost on the pitch.

And as another poster mentioned, that doesn't sound like any of the parents in that group. Other parents mentioned the kids played well, just couldn't finish. I think the grinding axe just looked up some scores and posted some fiction. This whole thread has been a troll fest.

Anonymous wrote:There's more than one person that has an opinion about the program, and we all have our reasons to opine about the program, the PP talks about the style of training, which is not team-based and here in the US by local clubs, from what I have seen, is done terribly.

There is usually not enough trainers, the kids do get distracted, they group with their friends, a few get lost in the melee as to what they are supposed to be doing, some groups decide they're not going to do a drill the right way and that may leave one or two players trying to cope with what their group is doing. It certainly is done much efficiently at Barcelona in Spain, I can only assume it is meant to be mimicked here in the states.

BTW, stop with this short time frame crap, FCB Escola has three other academies in the state, I think FL, AZ, and NY, not entirely sure, and they are bringing over their tried-and-true training methods. They are not new to the academy style training!

Wow, you have never been to a FCB practice then. There is a strict 1:12 coach player ratio that I have never seen broken. Players walk in single file behind their coach to and from the field. Players are not even released unless the child acknowledges their parent. There is no chaos, no kids not doing the drills. You truly have no clue what your are talking about.

It doesn't matter how long they have been training elsewhere, elsewhere is not here and not these kids. What magical transformation do you expect to take place in four months time? WTF, do you somehow think FCB is bringing some kind of Matrix technology where they just plug soccer knowledge, touches and training into these kids heads? you are the type of moron who thinks "I took my kid to a shooting a finishing clinic for two weeks over the summer and now I expect my kid to be the teams leading scorer. There are no shortcuts or quick fixes in anything so to judge how a program is doing after four months is ludicrous.

Did you read the complaints the FCB Escola parents said about their team in the past pages? They are the ones talking about the lack of style, competitiveness, teams looking lost on the pitch.

Anonymous wrote:There's more than one person that has an opinion about the program, and we all have our reasons to opine about the program, the PP talks about the style of training, which is not team-based and here in the US by local clubs, from what I have seen, is done terribly.

There is usually not enough trainers, the kids do get distracted, they group with their friends, a few get lost in the melee as to what they are supposed to be doing, some groups decide they're not going to do a drill the right way and that may leave one or two players trying to cope with what their group is doing. It certainly is done much efficiently at Barcelona in Spain, I can only assume it is meant to be mimicked here in the states.

BTW, stop with this short time frame crap, FCB Escola has three other academies in the state, I think FL, AZ, and NY, not entirely sure, and they are bringing over their tried-and-true training methods. They are not new to the academy style training!

The program has been training here for FOUR MONTHS!!! What possible conclusions could anyone have especially an outsider?

There's more than one person that has an opinion about the program, and we all have our reasons to opine about the program, the PP talks about the style of training, which is not team-based and here in the US by local clubs, from what I have seen, is done terribly.

There is usually not enough trainers, the kids do get distracted, they group with their friends, a few get lost in the melee as to what they are supposed to be doing, some groups decide they're not going to do a drill the right way and that may leave one or two players trying to cope with what their group is doing. It certainly is done much efficiently at Barcelona in Spain, I can only assume it is meant to be mimicked here in the states.

BTW, stop with this short time frame crap, FCB Escola has three other academies in the state, I think FL, AZ, and NY, not entirely sure, and they are bringing over their tried-and-true training methods. They are not new to the academy style training!

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Anonymous wrote:This happened 10 years ago but it was called the "Brazilian Way" of training. What happened to all of those Brazilian camps and coaches?? they used to be everywhere.

Soccer the Brazilian Way is a training company not a club and they are still around.

Gus Donolo, who owns STBW, was a trainer for FCV at least through last year. I think STBW still offers their camps/clinics, but agree that they seem to have a lower profile than before.

Anonymous wrote:ugh, academy style... pack 'em all in like sardines...

Obviously you have an axe to grind. Lord knows what Escola did to you and your family in the 6 whole months they have been here but the schict is getting silly.

ugh, academy style... pack 'em all in like sardines...

FCBEscola seems to draw unnecessary criticism based on misinformation.

Myth 1:
FCB is a training only model and does not play games outside of some tournaments:

Fact:
FCB, in their initial year is a training only model and currently does not play in any leagues. Their plans are to play in Super Y and join local and regional leagues starting next fall.

Myth 2:
FCB is overpriced or more expensive than other clubs.

Fact:
FCB is priced in line with other while providing the same number of training days. FCB also has two tiers, the Full Priced Escola (3 practices a week plus an internal friendly) and the greatly reduced Technical training. The technical training is once a week and is priced competitively with other private training companies.

Myth 3:
The talent at FCB is not very good and therefor kids are not properly challenged.

Fact:
Like any club there is a wide variance in skill but unlike other clubs who have teams playing in leagues FCB is able to place kids based on skill not solely on age/gender/team. Kids train in a true academy style. How they achieve this next year when they do participate in leagues is anyone's guess but for now not playing in leagues affords them this luxury.

Myth 4:
The model will never work

Fact:
They have been in place for less than a year, who knows how it will work out.

Anonymous wrote:This happened 10 years ago but it was called the "Brazilian Way" of training. What happened to all of those Brazilian camps and coaches?? they used to be everywhere.

Soccer the Brazilian Way is a training company not a club and they are still around.