She mentioned the abuse starts with favoritism at these clubs. MFA and pda all play favoritism. It’s so sad but none of these clubs care about you if you are not a top player. I saw it with my Ds old team and see it again with her new team. Both big name clubs. Makes me want to go back to town travel in all honesty. But don’t want to make the wrong decision. I can’t stand these clubs yet I still put my daughter there. No one is developing at pda with two practices a week. Nor will you develop at MFA with only scrimmages. Development comes from outside training. So really you can play anywhere and still develop with outside training. As mentioned in the podcast…when your kid is old enough to say they want to showcase their skills …that’s when you go to the big name academies because that’s where you will showcase yourself.
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Her comments are spot on with our experience. Now that we are in it, I don’t see any upside of being at one of these clubs at the pre showcase ages. The biggest argument for was practicing with high level players but you should be able to find that in a training group. An excellent trainer will do far more for development than your club coach.Comment
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Join a higher level boys team. Your D will play quicker and tougher. There are creative ways around this. If you have relatives abroad many great programs and coaches that don’t want a penny. They actually refuse to take money.Comment
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My D was kicked off a MFA team because we as parents asked too many questions. Literally.Comment
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"Ask too many questions?" You sound like a pain in the ass and if your kid is marginal, why would they want to put up with that if there are plenty of others who aren't a pain in the ass. Actually pretty shocking you told on yourself for being such annoying parents your kid lost a spot.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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True story- got kicked off MFA team because we trained outside of MFAComment
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Agree 100% and people wonder why MFA struggles to retain talent. I really hope parents start outing the coaches and leadership for their actions. These kids deserve so much better out of the people who are supposed to be teaching and mentoring children. This kind of behavior would never be tolerated in professional settings. Meredith if you are listening please continue to expose the things that these so called elite academy’s are doing and keep fighting for the children. This is totally unacceptable behavior. For all I’m concerned the clubs that know of abuse and continue to perpetuate and accept this kind of behavior from coaches and leadership should lose their ECNL and tax exempt status.Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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Match Fit encourages mental abuse, they are nothing but bullies.Comment
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The podcast is 2 years old. Nothing changed. Move on. The system is here to stay with helicopter parents.Comment
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I’m no lawyer but it sounds like a potential negligence case could be brought on the clubs if they know about the abuse and are not taking corrective action. Any club soccer parent lawyers out there that could advise of potential legal action parents could take?Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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it doesn’t have to be here to stay if the consumers who drive the system work together to fix it.Originally posted by Guest View Post
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Awful to hear of these allegations. What did MFA do to girls on social media? Anybody recall?Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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easily predictable response and I'm glad you fell for it. The point is I'm sure there's more than just "asking too many questions".Originally posted by Guest View PostComment
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MFA is full of lies. I’ve seen it and heard about it at Morris and shore location. They tell the parents what they want to hear, when in reality, none is true. The only ones who stay are the idiots who don’t know any better, or haven’t experienced lieing yet, or who can’t make a better team.Comment
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