Concorde and AFU

Concorde, especially platinum, is historically the highest ranked local club for both boys and girls. Has nothing to do with development they just have a very large base to pick from and are bound to have good players. I would assume most clubs want to knock them off. Doesn’t mean as much to Concorde because they will still be on top win or lose. When you don’t win as often(assuming winning games means something to you) knocking off the top dog can at least make you feel good.

I’m glad someone asked this because on the academy side earlier this year AFU spring matches with CF Central were all canceled last minute. This fall AFU and CF is not on the schedule at all for Academy, which is a shame in my view because I always enjoyed the competitiveness of those matches.

GSA is a rival for sure for one of my kids teams. Concorde seems to be an across the board rival.

I asked one of my kids about GSA and she said a few of her friends used to play there.


Thanks for your response! I was a gymnastics mom for the past few years so I’m trying to transition into soccer mom mode and learn the who’s who.

Take a look at the directors at AFU and where they came from. You will quickly see why they want to beat Concorde so badly. There is also a rift between the clubs at the moment, for various reasons, though I think the issue is mainly on the AFU side.

In regards to the AFU / GSA "rivalry" mentioned above, that seems to be more one sided at GSA. This stems mostly from the former Dacula Soccer Club Directors who are now at GSA.

If a book were ever written about youth soccer in Metro Atlanta, both of these topics would receive multiple chapters each.

Okay. I knew there had to be something going on between staff. That’s interesting.

My daughter did say that her teammates left GSA and Concorde so maybe that refueled former issues at least on her team.

Maybe the rest of the teams are trying to do right by their bosses?

Thanks for your response!

IMO AFU is on the outside looking in at the the rest of the Big 5. As such, I don't think they are really much of a club rival to any of them.

I started this because I don’t really know anything about the clubs and wanted to know what if anything was going on.

I’m nosy and it’s kind of fun for them to have a youth team rival. I just wasn’t sure if it was one sided.

From what I read it probably is and I’m totally okay with my kids being the underdogs.

I don’t actually care if the rivalry is real or if my child wins or loses outside of selfishly wanting my children to be happy on the drive home.

From what I have seen everybody has been straightforward and I didn’t see anything that is disagreeing with personal development being super important.

I could have missed something because I’m viewing it on my phone.

Calling people a bunch of losers because they answered my question is mean. (Which btw is the most pc way I could think of to ask “what’s the tea?”)

It says wayyy more about you than anyone else.

Maybe I’m unpopular but I think competition can be fun and an important part of developing. So even if a parent does prioritize it it doesn’t mean they are a bad person.

I don’t believe you have to have one without the other all the time growing up.

Anyway. Have a nice one. Be well ☀️

The only club that’s truly on the outside looking in these days is TH (no shade just facts). Every other club (Top 5) is a toss up based upon age group and at the older age groups injuries YOY take a toll. With the constant movement in metro atlanta that trend won’t change anytime soon.

The real rivalries these days are within parents heads. Who have a vendetta with a club or coach they felt did lil Mia wrong. Once they’re in HS it’s about a friendly level of competition with a little personal beef here and there but club rivalries, nah. TH and CF killed that opportunity years ago.

The reason is simple. Both AFU and CF expanded their practice fields to the newly opened Cauley Creek Park.

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