Florida Elite Soccer Academy

★★★★★Micah Ricardo

Me and my friends used to go every friday night but the light are always off messing up our games

★★Steven Corbo

These reviews seem a little strange as this is supposed to be an elite League I remember playing an elite league as a young boy and we had tryouts and you had to make the team this is not intramural. And if kids I'm not good enough to make the elite team they shouldn't play on it . Elite teams or traveling teams are there to develop the kids who have abilities and bring them to the next level. If that's not what an elite league is then what's the difference between the elite league and the intramural League

★Rise Up

FLORIDA REFEREES BE AWARE** Imagine stepping onto a soccer field, whistle in hand, only to find yourself in the middle of what feels like a reality TV show gone off the rails. The kids? They’re just trying to figure out which way to kick the ball. But the parents? Oh, the parents are in a league of their own. Picture this: A dad, face painted like it's the World Cup final, yelling instructions at his kid who’s more interested in picking dandelions. Meanwhile, Mom's decked out in team colors from head to toe, wielding a megaphone and shouting strategies that would put professional coaches to shame. And let's not forget Grandma, who's ready to throw down with anyone who questions her grandson's offside call. You know you've truly arrived when the "Soccer Dad" yells at you to get glasses from a distance so close, you can count the veins in his neck. Then there's "Hockey Mom" who thinks this is the Stanley Cup, charging onto the field to dispute a call with the intensity of a linebacker. And just when you think it can't get any wilder, one parent starts a chant that turns into a full-blown musical number, complete with choreography. It’s less like a soccer game and more like a cross between a Broadway show and a gladiator match. As for the staff, well, calling them a joke would be an understatement. It’s like they’re running a circus, and you’re the lone lion tamer trying to keep everything from falling apart. Professionalism? Safety? Those concepts are as foreign as a unicorn in a football field. Now let’s talk about the coaches: Ever seen a grown adult throw a tantrum that would make a toddler blush? Welcome to the FLORIDA ELITE world of youth soccer, where some coaches take "passion" to a whole new level. Picture this: a coach, veins popping, face redder than a tomato, yelling instructions so loudly that even the birds in the nearby trees are taking notes. These coaches have a unique talent for turning every game into a dramatic performance. One minute, they’re channeling their inner Shakespeare, delivering soliloquies about the injustice of a missed call. The next, they’re doing their best impression of a drill sergeant, barking orders at kids who are just trying to remember which goal is theirs. And let’s not forget the classic move: the clipboard slam. Nothing says "I’m in control" like smashing a clipboard to pieces because a 7-year-old missed a pass. It’s like watching a live-action cartoon, complete with exaggerated gestures and over-the-top reactions. Thanks a lot Florida Elite Soccer Academy, I now understand why referees do not want to get involved in your program. RUN REFEREES RUN!

★Bobby Steely

The volunteer coaches are the ONLY reason we came back. Every game reminds us why wish the coaches would move to another league. Te referees and paid staff are rude. These kids are playing for fun and to win and learn. The referees that are beyond reproach due to shortage. Most of them you cannot even talk to to under stand the calls or lack of calls. Some refs aren't trained, some aren't even watching the feild. If you ask something, they will threaten you with harassing them. If you are a paid program, don't make up rules or pick and choose what to enforce on the feild. There are a few good ones but that barrell of apples is spoiling.

★Robert Lawry II

Lots of room for improvement. If you join your child, be prepared to have a coach on another team call your team “dirty cheats” during a tournament game simply because one player accidentally tripped another player or a coach to have a “beat them into the ground” lack of sportsmanship for kids. Also be aware that some other parents and teams cheat by enrolling a child on two teams. Then, during a tournament, you will suddenly have 15 kids on an apposing team and 10 kids on your team. Does 15-on-10 sound fair? Especially that team can sub players 4 at a time right and left to have fresh players against your tired players. As a result of this way of cheating, don’t be surprised when an opposing team doesn’t even have matching jerseys because they are hopping teams. It can really take the fun out of what it is supposed to be and disappoint the kids. Shame on Fl Elite. And that doesn’t even get into the incompetent referees that many time seem to be high school kids. Very inconsistent refs.