AYSO Daly City AYSO – Region 146

Today was the first day of practice for my lil girl and she has a blast. My girl just turned 4 and her bday just made the cutoff so we were 2 weeks late into the season but Elaina made an exception. All the parents were nice and Elaina made the entire process very easy. Only prerequisite was that we come with shinguards. We picked up her uniform and picture day is next week so right now we’re very pleased with our first soccer experience

I was so exited for my daughter to play soccer this season. We usually play for Pacifica AYSO, but because my daughter wanted to play with some friends we joined Daly City. That was a decision I’ll live to regret. The season started off great but we realized the organization is very disorganized. Don’t get me wrong, my daughter had fun playing with the girls and she made some lifelong friends, but the organizers were not prepared for this season and that was very obvious. Although there were signed that we should have left the organization, we do not quit.
One thing I couldn’t get over was that some of the coaches lacked training and couldn’t seem to get along with the other coaches. I am very disappointed that we had to play a team where the parent coach was rude to our coach and did everything to win, including cheating. Our last game was cut short because the opposing coach was unhappy his team wasn’t ahead and he called the game! Our poor girls were so looking forward to their last game of the season, which was cut short due to his own issues and our girls (both teams) had to end their game on such a sour note. Needless to say we won’t ever sign up for Daly City AYSO as I would be horrified if my daughter had to play for or against that coach. I also sent the director a massive email explaining what happened and letting her know how it made my family and others on the team feel and she didn’t respond initially. When the email was sent to her twice more, she finally responded by saying «thanks for your email». Now if that wasn’t a punch in the face, I’m not sure what is. Like I said this came from a lady on the board, who’s also a coach and runs Daly City AYSO (Elaina) I’ve never been more disappointed and dissatisfied. I gave them two stars because my daughter did have fun during most of the season and she did make long lasting friends.