Almaden Futbol Club

★Brandon Leong

Played Almaden FC at Quakes Spring Cup and Almaden FC parent tried to fight one of our teams parents and needed to be restrained and game stopped. Another parent cussed out one of our players as he was taken off the field. The competitive nature in place at the club is toxic and has no place in kids sports.

★Ernest Plat

Concerns regarding competitive placement, coaching, and value Our family’s experience with AFC Soccer raised concerns related to organizational decision-making, coaching execution, communication, and overall value. The team was advanced two competitive levels despite observable gaps in player readiness. This resulted in repeated uncompetitive matches, inconsistent playing time, and limited development opportunities. No clear development rationale, transition plan, or success criteria were communicated in advance. Coaching lacked defined objectives, measurable development benchmarks, and effective in-game management. Communication with families regarding expectations, playing-time philosophy, and development criteria was limited and often reactive. At the youth level, accepted best practices emphasize age-appropriate competition, structured development, and consistent player engagement. In this case, those standards were not consistently met. As a direct outcome of this experience, our child no longer wishes to continue participating in the sport. Given the program fees, the value delivered did not align with the cost. Families should be aware that there are multiple local clubs offering stronger development models, more appropriate competitive placement, clearer communication, and comparable or lower pricing. Prospective families are encouraged to evaluate alternatives before committing.

★Tim V

At the end of the season the club is tossing kids around the team completely disregarding the sense of community. They advertise that they are bringing coaches from Britain, but none of the coaches are from Britain, they are just college kids. After all - this is a money making machine with very little regard for kids feelings and sense of belonging. Not recommending it.

★Jaey kk

We enrolled our kids with lots of expectation, but the organization is really poor, the new coach is just a college kid, don't know what parents want, there is no drill/training, just let kids play soccer with other kids. Don't see any improvement on our kids or other kids skill/capability. Horrible organization, after paying one year fee of $3000, there is no one contacting us for any feedback, or support. For another example, they put 13 kids on a single team where 6 plays in game (6 v. 6). If you see the picture, there are 7 kids(gray) sitting in the chair while the other team has only 2 kids sitting. Kids has less than 50% chance to run on a game. Other Rec team was even better.

★★★★★Keith Ostendorf

My son has been on a competitive team for about 6 months...so far so great. I've heard there are rises and falls with clubs but this one seem to be in a renaissance. The more I learn about other clubs the more I think we are in the best one.