SF Vikings Soccer Club
SF Vikings Soccer Club
Background
The SF Vikings Soccer Club of Massachusetts is a premier youth soccer club located in the North Shore area of Massachusetts with players from numerous cities and towns of northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
The SF Vikings Soccer Club was created in 2005 when the Force Athletic Club merged with the Soccer Union of the North Shore. The SF Vikings play in the Northeast Soccer League (NSL). Players are selected at an open tryout each year with talent, skill, and commitment to club soccer the primary criteria for selection.
Club Composition
The club is composed of teams of boys and girls in each group from Under-11 through Under-18. SF Vikings also operates a U-10 development program for 9 and 10 year old boys and girls.
SF Vikings’ mission is to create a strong and enduring institution which will guide, promote, encourage and support the long term development and commitment of boys and girls. The club offers the opportunity for players train year round and to compete against the best players in the state, region and country.
Facilities
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Website
- Horrible website; lots needs to be populated!?
I don’t know how often these comments are read or updated – I don’t think I’ve seen anything recent since I began looking into this club last year when I began to question their functionality. However I must warn you to STAY AWAY FROM THIS CLUB! Like their website, the organization (if you can call it that) is in total disarray. Basically it is being run by one person who seems incapable of creating and running a soccer club organization on a par with other local clubs.
After joining for a few games near the end of S’17 by way of a current team mate we took the plunge and registered for the Fall/Winter U11 Girls 2017/2018 season, although we (and many other parents) were wary of the way the club was being managed and by the consistent lack of communication at that time. This was our first time being involved with a club so we were unsure of exactly what to expect (except to get reasonable value for the near $2000 that they were asking).
After experiencing one fiasco after another from July through November – training site movements/uniform ordering snafus/near forfeitures when our best players were being “moved up” to play on the principal club manager’s own team), and a total lack of communication – such as being refused a parent/club management meetings all season long, we notified the club in November 2017 that we were leaving – as did several other parents – including the team manager!
We have just recently been contacted by the club president who is trying to extort FULL payment – right through Spring 2018 even though we have not participated since November. I say “extort” because they have found out that we went to another club, and are withholding the release documentation so our daughter can play until we pay in full! This is an 11 year old girl that they are punishing in order to extort payment for services that were not rendered from the parents.
Although we had extremely satisfactory experiences with the coach, the club is being operated by heartless bullies who are desperate for cash – STAY AWAY FROM THIS CLUB!