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FCA is a mixed bag of coaches and players. What they do well is convince people to drink the Kool-aid like many other teams. The difference is their kool-aid is said to have a splash of holy water. They are not different than what other teams do. If you are religious person you may feel differently about how they use religion as the forefront for building winning lacrosse teams. Marketing at it's best. Religion can be seen as a business as well by some.

You sound like a happy person.

The "F" in FCA stands for fake.

Watch the behavior of the coaches on their sidelines and at FCA High.

I’ll pray for you.

...And then belittle kids and berate refs just for making a call you don't like.

Good example is worth more than hollow prayer.

I know it varies from coach to coach, but our experience with FCA on the boys side has been exactly what we were looking for. Maybe it is not for everyone though. Our daughters experience has been a little different though. Again, varies on the coach leading the team.

Not all the teams are the same. Some coaches are good and some are bad. You can not judge and entire program by one age groups coaching. I have a kid on the 2028 team and one on the 2030 team and have nothing but good experiences

You must be new to the club. Give it time. They will get rid of you, or you will end up leaving.

There is a reason there are tons of shiny orange helmets playing at other clubs. And it doesn't have to do with lacrosse ability.

It's a weird cult.

FCA has the highest retention rate of any club in the area and it's not even close. Sorry your son got cut.

Are there numbers you can share to support your declaration? Is this information published somewhere?

Jesus has those #'s

The guy who mows my lawn?

Their retention rate i

Their retention rate is high because they don't cut kids, just move them to their b teams.

FCA keeps all the kool aid drinkers and CH wannabes down there, paying dues.

HILARIOUS! Because you are the chosen team you nimwit

It's been perfect for our family and our coaching staffs for 2029 and 2031 have been exactly what we were looking for. I'm sure it does depend team to team though.....like all clubs.

Stay away from the girls side, especially as you get close to high school. Poorly run and only exist to be a fund raiser for the boys side. They only have two high school teams that are mediocre at best. Extremely limited recruiting resources since they’ve never done this before. Overrun with parent coaches half of which are only there so that their kid has a team to play on. Their 25’s team folded after half the team couldn’t make their high school team last year.

Stay away from both sides unless you are family/friends with the Kelly family and/or go to CHC. And even then I would still stay away.

You sound angry. If you don’t want your kid to play there don’t take him. It’s been great for our family. Not sure what upset you so much. I’ll reach out to the big guy for you.