Match Fit is a DUMPSTER FIRE

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Not the poster, but which parts aren’t true?

Outside of most of that post being fabricated bologna, the entire college part is completely made up in this persons head. Everything college related is right there on their website. This person didn’t even try to make the post look legitimate.

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This is the best line:

"in general, you compete on the team for playing time, so you hate your team if you are outside of the top 8"

LOL.

Yeah what’s wrong with that? LOL.

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Here is another beauty:

"pay for every itemized add-on which is not clear in your contract (I guess) such as travel, extra sessions, winter stuff etc"

Travel.....LOL

Also, winter is included in the annual fee.

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Probably just best if someone pulls up the original thread.

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Here is another beauty:

"pay for every itemized add-on which is not clear in your contract (I guess) such as travel, extra sessions, winter stuff etc"

Travel.....LOL

Also, winter is included in the annual fee.

Yeah. Same guy acts like two different people. Spreading fake news on MFA. MFA is t perfect but that list is totally bogus. Drop it, coach.

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Yeah. Same guy acts like two different people. Spreading fake news on MFA. MFA is t perfect but that list is totally bogus. Drop it, coach.

Which coach are you referring to now?

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Yeah. Same guy acts like two different people. Spreading fake news on MFA. MFA is t perfect but that list is totally bogus. Drop it, coach.

All the posters here need to get a clue, there are bench players on all teams, rec, travel, town club, academy, high school, college, pro. Having a bench is important. Can your son or daughter handle sitting, because they will if they continue playing beyond 18 yrs old. If they can’t handle it, then there’s an appropriate level where they will never sit, and improve slower.

Do you want to play 80-90% of time on a team playing EDP 1 or 2?

Or, do you want to challenge your child to play on top level team beginning with 20-40% of time, and rising to 80-90% after 1 year?

Rising to the top means the child is spending time with ball on off days. And will get much much better over time.

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The dude expects the club to pay for travel. Does he think this is HS or college?

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The dude expects the club to pay for travel. Does he think this is HS or college?

The guy is a clown .. why give him the time of day. His daughter was busy riding the pine and it’s the clubs fault .

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Just because its just hard to go through the 200 pages of posts, here is a quick summary of the complaints, if you would like to address them. Please note that not all of these may be applicable to YOUR team, but are just the general practices for MF trio of "Leather, Raper and Boochie".

Coaches/Development
- they definitely have ton of experience and certifications
- they are lazy and never go above and beyond and 40-60% of practice is scrimmaging
- 2 practices a week are the max
- if you are looking for development - you wont find it here
- external practices/games are discouraged (eg at younger groups) and people received nastygrams

Tryouts/Team morale:
- teams roster starts at 18 after tryouts
- teams are at 23 by the time season starts
- teams are at 30 by the time season ends
- lots of kids replaced each year
- at younger age groups kids from other teams are brought in for free from other clubs or satellites
- during tryouts kids are offered spots on "ECNL" and find out they are "ECNLR"
- in general, you compete on the team for playing time, so you hate your team if you are outside of the top 8
- since coaches are lazy and wont rotate or train players you are really competing for the 1-2 spot for that position
- you can't leave for another "US CLUB" because MF will not release your player card
- DB will rat you out so that you can be blackmailed to your club if you come mid season to a practice
- pay for every itemized add-on which is not clear in your contract (I guess) such as travel, extra sessions, winter stuff etc.

College process:
- 3-4 players make it into decent colleges (these are coincidentally the "happy parents")
- many end up playing for colleges where neither soccer not academics are really that awesome
- 50%+ of the graduating MF class ends up not doing anything after MF
- there is no real "college liaison" and there were many rumors that MF coaches would not forward emails between players and college coaches
- typically MF coaches pitch the players to the college coach they already have an established pipeline (so that's probably the 3-6 players at most)

Some people say "try harder" at practice, but everyone knows its about volunteering for the club and sucking up. Paying for privates, filling up the generator tanks and writing up positive posts about MF on Facebook is the X factor no one wants to admit to.

Personally I know more kids who quit soccer after MF than kids who went on to play in a great college.

A lot of truth in this post. Club is well known for the ECNL bait and switch. Also known for playing favorites to kids with mediocre talent, but parents have the money to fly out to meaningless tournaments. A big part of the reason that World Class and PDA routinely destroy MFA teams... so many better options in the area for a player...

Definitely more than one person’s experience in the following thread:

http://talking-soccer.com/TS4/showthread.php?t=155533

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Outside of most of that post being fabricated bologna, the entire college part is completely made up in this persons head. Everything college related is right there on their website. This person didn’t even try to make the post look legitimate.

Looking at the college commitments for the last 2 years the list is spot on. There are ? Match Fit teams? 18/19 age group:
- ECNL
- ECNL Composting
- ECRL
- Mercer
- Montclair
- Shore
That’s probably like 100+ Kids right? There are only 2-3 decent colleges on the list. It was more in the past but the last 2 years have been going down the drain. How many of these 2-3 kids from each year “just join in the U17 mid season” and bumped the kid that has been with MF for 10 years?


Q: Who the heck wants to send their kids to a crappy college?
A: Super hyped MF parents who spent 70K on match fit and want to live their glory years on the sidelines by forcing their kids against their will.

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Looking at the college commitments for the last 2 years the list is spot on. There are ? Match Fit teams? 18/19 age group:
- ECNL
- ECNL Composting
- ECRL
- Mercer
- Montclair
- Shore
That’s probably like 100+ Kids right? There are only 2-3 decent colleges on the list. It was more in the past but the last 2 years have been going down the drain. How many of these 2-3 kids from each year “just join in the U17 mid season” and bumped the kid that has been with MF for 10 years?


Q: Who the heck wants to send their kids to a crappy college?
A: Super hyped MF parents who spent 70K on match fit and want to live their glory years on the sidelines by forcing their kids against their will.

You are a bitter fool and an idiot to boot. They have two older teams. This years group the ECNL is mostly 2021s and the Composite 2022s. Kids are going to Penn State, Georgetown, Indiana, Villanova, Penn, Purdue, Fairfield, Manhattan, Richmond, and a bunch of other schools. Match Fit adds very few kids to its rosters after say U14. 1-2 per year on most teams. Clearly you have no clue if you are asking about Mercer, shore and Montclair which is an affiliate.

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You are a bitter fool and an idiot to boot. They have two older teams. This years group the ECNL is mostly 2021s and the Composite 2022s. Kids are going to Penn State, Georgetown, Indiana, Villanova, Penn, Purdue, Fairfield, Manhattan, Richmond, and a bunch of other schools. Match Fit adds very few kids to its rosters after say U14. 1-2 per year on most teams. Clearly you have no clue if you are asking about Mercer, shore and Montclair which is an affiliate.

So 3 kids out of 60-80 made it to a decent programme? Give us the real data, please! All we see is Drew Drew Drew university. Also share how many of the kids on the above list joined after U14 I would say 6-7, correct mate?

http://www.matchfitacademy.net/girls-alumni

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So 3 kids out of 60-80 made it to a decent programme? Give us the real data, please! All we see is Drew Drew Drew university. Also share how many of the kids on the above list joined after U14 I would say 6-7, correct mate?

http://www.matchfitacademy.net/girls-alumni

6-8% of athletes go play college soccer. So 80-90% of these kids went to play somewhere. That’s seems pretty good. You can hate on the field situation, coaching, rosters, whatever.

Your opinion of a “decent program” is worthless. Not every kid wants a division 1 soccer experience. Not every kid wants to go 1,000 miles away to play soccer. This is the stupidest argument ever made on here and 90% of these topics have people posting with an IQ under 80.

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A lot of truth in this post. Club is well known for the ECNL bait and switch. Also known for playing favorites to kids with mediocre talent, but parents have the money to fly out to meaningless tournaments. A big part of the reason that World Class and PDA routinely destroy MFA teams... so many better options in the area for a player...

Definitely more than one person’s experience in the following thread:

http://talking-soccer.com/TS4/showthread.php?t=155533

"A big part of the reason that World Class and PDA routinely destroy MFA teams... so many better options in the area for a player..."

Really? https://public.totalglobalsports.com...ules-standings