Coaching Projections 2024 - 2025

Assistant Director of boys ECNL I meant.

So was Alex better than Garth? Garth's teams haven't produced results in the last couple of seasons. Is that due to constant turnover or coaching? Another person replied that he brought in a bunch of new players for the 07 team. On paper it looks like they went from being competitive in the previous season to only 1 win this season. I would think that reflects on the coach and his evaluation of talent. So the question is: if you had a boy that was 06 or 07, would you consider AFU with Garth coaching? Thanks in advance.

Depends. I mean he’s better than a lot of coaches but is he better then other options or your current coach?

Garth is a good coach. Winning record doesn’t mean anything. The sport is all about showcasing individual talents in a team environment. Players can develop and play high level post club soccer without being part of a winning team.

Certain parents/players can have tremendous power. There was a coach (who also was a college coach) that was at UFA that allegedly was removed from a team due to the request of a small number of people. He now coaches D1.

I am 💯 aware of a coach removed from a top academy girls team a few years ago due to parent complaints. Good coach too. Just not a fit for those parents. We had this coach in the past and were very happy but these parents weren’t. Some parents have power. Some don’t. Depends on who you and your kids are.

Thank you. I understand your point but if you have a group of talented individuals, wouldn't winning be a by-product? I think one aspect of coaching is to get a team to gel and get the best out of your players. Reading a previous post, it sounds like Garth brought in new teams, basically.

From an outsiders perspective– If you are cutting current players for new ones and the teams become less competitive then what's the issue? If it's not a "coaching" problem, then it would be a player evaluation issue. And I would think a good coach would be better at player evaluation. While trying to do my research, as everyone suggests, I looked at this past season compared to the previous one.

His 06s went from 3W-19L-2D 0.45PPG to 5W-10L-1D 1.00PPG, a slight improvement. (Mentioning PPG since it's a 24 game season compared to a 17 game season.) And while it does look like a bit of improvement, some of those players were also on the 05/04 team that went 13W-8L-3D 1.75PPG. Going from 13W to 5W looks rough even though it's not an apples-to-apples comparison.

However, the downward trend seems to be there- the 07s went from 7W-11L-6D 1.12PPG under a different coach to Garth's 1W-13L-3D record.

Again, I understand a winning record doesn't mean anything but 1 win? Is that due to coaching or bad player evaluation considering he brought in a lot of new players whereas the previous coach seemed to have a decently competitive team with players Garth cut.

It's a lot to take in. Just want to get all the information I can so I can share that with my player.  Cluelessparents - do you have a player with Garth or would you want your player to be on a Garth team? Thank you.

Edited to add: If he does take a lot of new players, seems like a fairly good shot at getting selected. But would it be worth it?

Ismael came from Ambush. I think he’s good, I’ve heard he expects a lot. His bio is impressive.

GSA Girls ECNL Coaches

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GSA Girls ECNL/RL Coaches

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He's coached U10-U19, usually he had a couple of younger teams and a couple of older in the fall. He's good with pretty much any age group.

Heard this week that AFC Lightning has decided to part ways with Glen Fox.  Glen coached and developed the 2007 and 2009 girls GA teams to successful seasons, including a prior NPL National Championship.  Apparently, rumors say that Club Exec Dir now wants to take over coaching these teams, which is his right, but Glen didnt agree and thus walked away.  They also have now terminated Glen's access to training their goalkeepers.   So AFC is not also losing a successful and popular coach but also a strong GK training resource.   

Other AFC parents arent happy about this development.  Some leaving, others still considering doing so.  Heard from another parent that Glen is deciding to whether now take a break from club coaching for a while or otherwise accept another coaching opportunity from any number of other clubs now reaching out to him.

I didnt know, until now, that AFC was obviously so deep in pool of quality, high level coaches and gk trainers that they are okay in letting Glen walk away to possibly join other competing clubs.

Got a question for GSA people (not including the people in the club formerly known as RYSA or EADL). Does anyone have a female coach? I find it very disappointing that they have do not have any female coaches at either the ECNL or ECRL level. I am curious if there are any, a few, several, or what at the club as a whole?
It is also a disappointment that AFU doesn’t have one at a high level anymore either now that Mary is not coaching.
UFA hired a predator as the ECNL director but thankfully they got rid of him. They have Renata and NK has coaches for ECNL and ECRL respectively.
I am not saying women are better coaches than men but it is not right to be that disproportionate.

I have not seen any news about him being fired.  Is he being replaced but kept on staff?   Has UFA made a formal announcement either way on this?

I spoke with Renata this weekend. He is gone. Iggy is Girls ECNL director. Not sure why no announcement about this. Maybe because they do not want anyone to think about it???