Michigan Wolves Soccer Club

★Bobby

I've been in soccer for a long time with multiple clubs. The Michigan Wolves has a good reputation with old school coaches and it's earned it based on what youth soccer used to look like. Now, its age and outdated methods are showing. They train their own so don't expected it to change. In modern times, this club is too expensive but if you want soccer with high level players there are few choices in their area. It's an old technique that's been around forever. Draw talent you can use to feed the others or feed your new talent with your core players. Promote out those who thrive in this system. Let others fall. Call it development. If your kid falls and feels like a complete failure on the way down, they'll tell you that's just soccer and give you examples from their own time as players or other kids they poured their effort into. If you argue, you will look like someone putting another child down, while listening to someone attacking your own. They might also be right about some it, so listen and learn. It's not personal. Remember your job is to parent your child and ask every year if they are getting out of it what they need. No matter what the club will advertise the success stories it paid for with your dollar and your child's work. Vicious cycle. Be ready, because either way, your child will need to learn how to survive outside of that artificial environment. In actuality, it's truly a private boys club with dues, not an academy, not a school. Some people do well and enjoy this environment. If you and your child are not one of them, that education alone is priceless, but can leave resentment from yourself that you should absolutely should not pass along to your children. Either way, don't hold on to the dreamland the Wolves sell themselves and you for too long. Decide why you're there, whether the extracurricular education is worth it, and if you do it well, your child will still thrive by your standards no matter what happens with the Michigan Wolves. They're a business and if you have something they want, you can make anything happen. If you have choices and are not bound by geography, look around for the best fit. It might be the Michigan Wolves. If they are not a perfect fit, move on. They work one way and have trouble outside the box. I'll post on other clubs as well, so this is just an outsider's view.

★R. A

This club does not even deserve a 1 star. My son, a talented athlete started off playing a full game of soccer then it went down to a half lastly, we got to the point where he was not playing him at all regardless of how far we had to travel for games. Whether he attended practices or did really well in the previous games it did not matter. This coach did a great job at destroying my son’s confidence in the sport he loves and is passionate about. Instead of him taking time to identify my son’s strengths and weaknesses, setting goals, and creating steps to achieve them he did nothing but put him on the side. After multiple attempt of trying to communicate with the coach we got nothing in response. We were ignored and not acknowledged at all. In the end it’s all about money. This was the worst mistake we have ever made. As an educator and a coach I’m beyond saddened to see this. We are the ones who are suppose to have the greatest impact and positive influence on our students and athletes.

★Leza Kessler

We played against a team in the rec league and the kids had terrible sportsmanship and the parents and coach did nothing. They were winning by a lot and continued to tell our players how bad they were, making fun of their appearance, and one player even stopped the ball on the goal while our goalie was down and waited for the goalie to get up and then tapped it in. I would be so embarrassed if these were my kids. I would rather my kid lose than act like that. Do better!

★★★★★ganya vano

The Wolves organization and the Coaching staff have been amazing during these unpredictable times. Our son’s soccer skills have grown and thrived from both a tactical and technical perspective. The soccer, futsal, and training facilities are incredible.

★★★★★Stacey Fifer

My son Eric has played for the Wolves since the youth academy and is now a U17 player. We have had a great experience with the club. My husband and I have volunteered a lot through the years and have many close bonds with families in a bunch of different age groups. The support staff at the club are amazing and I could never say thank you enough for what they do behind the scene! Our son has had many different coaches along the way and they have all helped mold him into the player he is today!!