Lake Highlands Soccer Association

★★★★★Mason McPike

I have had kids in this league for 8 years, it is a recreational and non profit organization run by volunteers (including the president) . Most parents complaining on this site apparently have forgotten that. If you don’t like something, join the board and contribute your time to make improvements. If you don’t like switching teams because you have not formed one, start a team for your child and coach it. All of these suggestions take more effort than posting rants on this page.

★Michael Roberts

Both of our kids (10 and 5) have played here for years and I've coached both teams. We've fought through the flooding, the atrocious parking/traffic situation, the City's mis-management of the fields, but we will no longer stand for the LHSA's leadership or lack thereof. On Nov. 4, 2023, myself and another coach were approached during a game by the "president of the league" who never gave us his name, and told us we weren't allowed to stand on the opposite sideline from the parents for "safety reasons." With no refs at that age level, we had been doing this for at least the last two seasons to keep the ball from rolling onto the adjacent field, call who's ball it is when out of bounds, and keep the game going. He didn't want to hear about that logic, nor did he care. He walked away, we stayed where we were and kept doing what we were doing. After the game, on the way to the car, I saw him again near the concession stand and decided to revisit the conversation. Right away, he was extremely confrontational, interruptive, and before I got myself into some real trouble, I walked away, but not before he said "I don't have to take anything from you", to which I responded, "we don't have to pay money to play here anymore", and with a smile on his face, he said, "we don't need you, go play in Plano." (exact quote) And again, this was near the concession stand where many others were walking by, so this was not a private conversation, which did not bother him at all. I laughed and just walked away. The parents on the team agree that this was very likely our last season with LHSA and this incident certainly made the decision easy. Being nice to people isn't difficult, but can make a huge difference. This is really sad for the kids. LHSA claims it's all about the kids having fun, but their actions loudly and clearly prove otherwise. Best of luck in the future, "president of the league".

★Chanel Castillo

Recently experienced two young refs attempt to enforce park rules. They were very unprofessional and used inappropriate measures to delay the game and caused me to miss both of my kids play at the same time. Total disgrace and don't recommend using those two to ref!! One of the refs was having a power trip and suggest you get someone whom wants to do their job correctly! If it weren't for our family friends on the team, I would remove them and never use this organization! This is supposed to be community fun!!

★Deanna Robertson

We love our TEAM but it's hard when the league is poorly run and leadership is rude to parents/coaches. We cannot have practice on the playing fields and have experienced on multiple occasions the refs are rude/unsure about game rules. Aside from these issues with LHSA, the fields are on a flood plain so any drop of rain and all games cancelled, and the restrooms have been unusable for going on a year. We are on a great team but the league admins need a major attitude adjustment.

★Brandi Parks

I registered and paid for my daughter. I was never contacted by anyone for a team she was assigned to, so I called them. They said someone would call me back and 2 days later, a man texted me and asked if my daughter wanted to play for their team at a game that coming weekend?!?…. I called and we spoke and I said that since the season had already started and she didn’t have a uniform, had never practiced with the team, the answer was no. He offered to have her come and practice with them that following Monday, so I said sure. Even though I had paid for a SEASON of soccer, I was told she had only missed a few games and it was a big deal (to them). A few days later, the guy called back and said they had a game scheduled for that Monday night and practice was canceled. I have never heard from anyone else from that association since. I will be demanding a refund, as I paid for a season of soccer with a team and no one there seems to care - I guess bc they got their $$ and they just don’t care past that. I do NOT recommend this association whatsoever.