Originally Posted by Anonymous
It is a good point Hoco has obviously gotten better. Would you not want to be on an improving team? Which team would you go join where you would be in a better situation? It is good for all the teams, parents and players to have more good programs in the area not less. I am sure the coaching has played a role in them getting better. You can always walk away, tryout elsewhere etc. I would think people should consider clubs like Hoco, especially if you are "trapped" on a power B team or a bench player on one of the power clubs. Also Coppermine, Md United, 3d Frederick, and NEMS etc. The grass is not always greener but the opportunity is there to be a big part of a rising club rather than a role player on a big club or a star on their B team. Very few girls move from B to A on the big clubs. Getting meaningful minutes in close games on a "lesser" improving club> being bench player/ only playing in blowouts/ star of the b team on the big clubs. It does sound like someone has an axe to grind against Hoco.

As a family that left another club to come to HoCo, and since left for another club, we thought the families great on the team, however, we felt the coaching staff, their methods and their philosophy to be sub par for what we wanted for our daughters. So we we tried out for other teams when we could.

In our opinion, it was not just one coach (as someone else mentioned), but rather their entire staff to be subpar as compared to current team we are on. Almost like they were just checking the box for practices or games.

The style of play that was coached was more for recreation level than what you would expect from a club team.

We had to bite our tongue on a lot of issues while there but when we had the opportunity for some better coaching, we took it and are quite happy with our decision. No team is perfect, but our goal was to get best coaching possible.

Would say that HoCo does serve its purpose of a landing spot for decent players from other teams, but the coaching staff’s philosophy leaves something to be desired.

Hopefully they will improve given feedback and make the area more competitive!