New soccer club in BR

LA United was a bit of a disaster. Only had 2 "practices" and one tournament in Houston where the girls teams got smoked for most of the weekend, although I believe one of the younger boys teams did well. Very disorganized, and compared to LA ODP it was light years behind in structure and what you got for your money.

They are applying to be part of something called the Premier Soccer League, which are teams from LA and MS. The LA teams seem to be the ones that aren't in LSA, although it looks like Ascension is doing double duty.

As a BRSC parent, I hope that this is a viable club that at the least will shake some things up at BRSC and get them to reassess how they are ultimately developing players and maximizing talent. I think any kid not on a Black team at BRSC should at least keep an eye on what Orlando is doing. Maybe not jump the first year, because it could wind up crashing and burning, but if he can make it work for a season or 2 it will be interesting to see how it hits the numbers at Burbank.

That’s what I was thinking. Those kids who don’t make BRSC Black May go over there. But I’d give it two years minimum before making any move to make sure it doesn’t crash and burn. Like you, I have a kid in BRSC and welcome the competition hoping it’ll light a fire under BRSC.

The PSL may be a good spot for GCT to start.

To play LCSL they would have to meet some sort of qualifications to be eligible to have teams and then start at the bottom I believe.

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Louisiana United didn’t have much of a chance due to Coronavirus cancellations.....so I won’t hold those against him

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Eh, it was not good way before the virus. Little to no contact/info, no real practices, coaches basically meeting their teams the day of the games in Houston, it was rough. If it wasn't for a few dedicated parents half of the teams wouldn't have had uniforms to play in. There may be another tournament end of June, but I'm certainly not betting on it happening

I think Orlando bit off way more than he could handle with United, trying to do everything himself. I'm assuming that with the Texans, there will be a support staff in place to handle the details, leaving him free to work on coaching and development, which should be his strengths.

Does Orlando know soccer? I assume since he was a college coach he does but his recent history looks shaky as hell. Starting a new club even with backing will be difficult unless he can get some really strong coaches on staff.

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He knows soccer and is a good coach. He is not that organized or detail oriented, which was part of his downfall with LSA. ODP was a mess under him.

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Ding ding ding

Shreveport plays better competition than BRSC...no real way to fix that. Cabosa isn’t the best team in every age bracket...though they may just not compete in our same systems. There are a tons of ways to make ‘regionals’ and ‘nationals’ and even multiple of those. LCSL is like MSA in Mississippi?

I would need to know:

1) Where are you going to train? Where are you playing games? I know BRSC has burbank and indy on lockdown.

2) Who are your coaches? If the quality of coach is not higher than what's currently at BRSC, I'm not sure how or why anyone would jump.

3) Will I get to see my coaching assignment before I am forced to accept/reject an offer?

4) Will I get to see the list of invites for the team I've been offered for my child before I'm forced to accept? This one is a big one for a new club like this.

Yikes. One field so far? This could be their biggest issue, nowhere to train or play. They’d be smart to try and get a deal done with BREC to utilize the smaller parks in the system.