Anonymous
Post 05/25/2026 15:58     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Anonymous wrote:Were they on the roster submitted to the tournament ahead of time? If not: cheating.

Were they playing down from a higher level team? If so: highly unethical and most people would avoid a coach with such questionable morals.

Did he bench the girls on the team and play the ringers in order to win 8-2? Yes, yes he did. Again, highly unethical.

Is he coaching next year for GFR?

team couldnt even field a full roster for ncsl games without guests. lower age GFR teams were in different tournaments this weekend. most guests were GFR B team players because these C team kids were begging for a tournament even though only 1 or 2 are returning to travel soccer.
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2026 15:31     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Were they on the roster submitted to the tournament ahead of time? If not: cheating.

Were they playing down from a higher level team? If so: highly unethical and most people would avoid a coach with such questionable morals.

Did he bench the girls on the team and play the ringers in order to win 8-2? Yes, yes he did. Again, highly unethical.

Is he coaching next year for GFR?
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2026 15:27     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Anonymous wrote:Apparently coach GL on the girls side cheats at tournaments and is terrible at developing his own players. A word to the wise if you are thinking about playing for him next year.


he did not cheat, he had guest players - he's been with gfr like 3 months, calm down.
Anonymous
Post 05/25/2026 15:23     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Apparently coach GL on the girls side cheats at tournaments and is terrible at developing his own players. A word to the wise if you are thinking about playing for him next year.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2026 10:05     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Anonymous wrote:What was wrong with the previous locatoin?

nothing- amazing campus! I overheard him tell another parent that at girls tryouts. sad because my DD loved it!
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2026 16:32     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
What was wrong with the previous locatoin?
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2026 16:22     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Anonymous wrote: I’m moving my son to GFR next year and had a few quick questions:

- How many kids are usually on a blue team 11 v 11 roster?
- When does practice start for the season?
- Do they do anything organized over the summer, like free play?
- I see they have an overnight camp, how would I know if my son’s team attends? For this one I’m guessing the answer is to ask the coach lol.

Thanks!


no residential camp this year sadly. NM is looking for a new location.
preseason camp starts in August. Super Y registration is still an option-info on gfr website
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2026 13:35     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Anonymous wrote: I’m moving my son to GFR next year and had a few quick questions:

- How many kids are usually on a blue team 11 v 11 roster?
- When does practice start for the season?
- Do they do anything organized over the summer, like free play?
- I see they have an overnight camp, how would I know if my son’s team attends? For this one I’m guessing the answer is to ask the coach lol.

Thanks!


As to how many kids on the roster, it depends entirely on the age. My son’s hs aged team has 18 with an additional 3-4 dual rostered guest players if needed.

Practice typically starts in August

Never been to anything organized over the summer except if you are registered to play Super Y

Reach out to Coach about camp but you will certainly get an email about it. My son went twice and said it was mostly good only to bond with his team, so if the majority of the team isn’t going (which is likely) then it’s not worth it.
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2026 12:38     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
I’m moving my son to GFR next year and had a few quick questions:

- How many kids are usually on a blue team 11 v 11 roster?
- When does practice start for the season?
- Do they do anything organized over the summer, like free play?
- I see they have an overnight camp, how would I know if my son’s team attends? For this one I’m guessing the answer is to ask the coach lol.

Thanks!
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2026 01:11     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Anonymous wrote:Do GFR travel teams generally practice at Nike Park?


Nike park and lake Fairfax
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2026 00:38     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Do GFR travel teams generally practice at Nike Park?
Anonymous
Post 04/18/2026 21:28     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Do current team players all have offers by now? Or are any still in limbo?
Anonymous
Post 04/01/2026 02:12     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
Also some kids are being looked at for probably up to 3 teams across 2 age groups with the age change when they are a post Aug bday . If bubble 1st team player currently in older group . They are being considered for 1st or 2nd team in older age group or 1st team in younger group. Lots of coach communication needed especially when some coaches are new to club
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2026 15:48     Subject: Great Falls Reston Soccer
My u-little got her offer this afternoon which is exactly what we were expecting. The coaches told us on Thursday at tryouts it would be “early next week” before offers were sent so Tuesday certainly fits that. Are the people who are concerned, boy parents, or girl parents?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2026 15:33     Subject: Re:Great Falls Reston Soccer
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Anonymous wrote:GFRSC Admin and uLittle Girls Coaches, we are excited about the new coaching slate but help us help you…some kids have gotten offers while others haven’t. There has been no communication about timelines and next steps for offers so it is becoming harder to convince people to stay when most girls tried out at multiple clubs and have multiple offers in hand with 48 hour acceptance windows. You can only keep interested clubs waiting for so long. If you are unsure of performance, PLEASE speak to existing coaches who have known our girls/families for multiple years or come to practices to see the girls in the scrimmages. But something needs to be done soon if you want to keep families.

A club that can’t get its act together with getting offers out should be the only red flag you need.


Oh stop. Tryouts just ended late last week. It is TUESDAY. An as mentioned, with the age change things are more complicated than they usually are. Reach out to a coach if you have a question about your individual kid.


Did tryouts end? I see that there's a 3rd session late April also for U15 and under


No, they didn't even actually end. That's why this is kind of crazy to be freaking out because in the middle of spring break people aren't getting offers after 2 tryouts. Our coach warned us it would be a few days with the weekend and spring break on top of the age group change and several coach changes. They don't want to just start sending offers, they're making careful decisions. Opposite of the red flag to me.


Most of the kids got offers on our team and there are many handfuls that have not. That is why people are frustrated.


well, if most of my kids "top" team got offers and mine hadn't I'd guess it's less of an administrative issue....