Vitoria FC
Vitoria Soccer Club
Background
Vitoria Soccer Club (SC), formerly know as Vitoria FC Boston, is based out of their indoor facility in Stoughton, Mass. called Vitoria Place.
They have academy training for u6 to u14 and a handful of teams that compete in the Northeast Soccer League (NSL). I you do not want to tryout for a team you can opt to be an Academy player (no tryouts, no games, etc.).
In December 2015 they became an affiliate program of Valeo Futbol Club. Vitoria trains boys U6 to U14 at the West Roxbury Athletic complex during the fall and spring seasons; they have an indoor training facility in Stoughton, MA.
This new relationship will afford both clubs a wider geographical base; another benefit to the increased size is that it will strengthen the player pool, talent, and coaching staff.
Guess what?
Vitoria Soccer Club is not related to, or have any association with Victoria FC Soccer.
Club Composition
Vitoria SC accepts U6 to U14 boys and girls.
Three ways to be part of the club:
- team
- Academy
- camp
Team
Teams play in the NSL league in the Fall and Spring; train two times a week; compete in tournaments a few times a year.
The team player fee is $1,975; does not include uniforms or tournament fees. Want to just play half the year? Then you pay $995.
Academy
Academy players get the same training as team players.
Highlights:
- open to anyone
- no tryout
- no participation in games
- join as a full academy player: 2 or more trainings per week most of the year or
- or join “part-time”; attend 1 training per week most of the year
Camps
The club holds a bunch of great camps/clinics during school breaks in December, February, April and in the Summer.
Facilities
Indoor Practice Facility – Stoughton
Outdoor Practice Facility – West Roxbury
Website
- Good site; gets confused with others so make sure you’re on the right one.
- Has the information you need; good bios on coaches, camps (along with costs) and tryout information.
Being in Victoria changed my whole perspective about soccer because of coach Carlos and the players. Carlos pushes us to our limit, he believes that the kids he train can develop skill but you must commit to push yourself harder than before. The players there are kind and motivating to their own teammates, they encourage others to do the best of their ability. Carlos once told us that he’s not only our coach, he”s our friend and we trust our friends to courage us and to care for us.He sticks up for us and he has a warm heart. A team does work with a single person, it works as a group and that is what Victoria is. Being in this team makes me want to push and strive to greater goals in life. If Carlos didn’t care about us, then why would he pick us to represent him, why would he make the team so players can develop. Being in this team made my life change and I’m glad Carlos is here to guide us as players to the goals we all strive for in life. And I would like to say thank you coach Carlos and my teammates for everything they did to help me.
Vítoria is a great club. Carlos is an amazing coach and an even better person. The training facility in Stoughton is perfect. Unlike any other club experience there is almost a family atmosphere there. Even after players have moved on to other clubs they return for Carlos’ unrivaled training and coaching on a regular basis. If it’s time for your son or daughter to stop playing soccer and start playing football this is the place for you! My son has played for a few different clubs through the years and the only coach he ever begs to go back to is Carlos. I won’t waste my time responding to the couple of negative comments because they obviously don’t know soccer or Carlos. There is nothing but a positive, motivating atmosphere at Vítoria and the kids are great! If you want to develop your child, you will not find a better club!
Some people may know me as Carlos’s son but im going to comment as a player carlos is a great coach that develops children in soccer not teaching kids how to behave that should be the parents job, The facility is about an 11v11 if you have been there recently because it has been made a bigger place and Vitoria has about 6 teams. Carlos has had a lot of experience playing soccer in Europe and in the us.
Carlos is a coach who teaches kids to have sportsmen ship, play good soccer and be a better person if the parents don’t finish the other half of the bargain then the child will not turn out to be amazing. I can almost guarantee if the student/player is trying there 100% carlos can make them better but its all up to the kid. Yet other parents thing the facility is small what does that have to do with the fact that you go to learn soccer to pass, shoot, to do skills not to play a full out game remember you can learn soccer in a back yard but all you have to do to learn soccer is to be dedicated which clearly your child was not if you care about how big the field is.
Carlos has many connections in Portugal academy’s to make your child become a pro but all your child has to do is prove he is good enough. Vitoria teams are just as good if we work together to compete with any other team in mass and for the parents that say the managers aren’t so great (not trying to be rude) but you try it its not that easy. If your child is getting made fun of its not Carlos’s fault teach your kid to prove them wrong this is the real Vitoria you just have to know it al well as I do.
Also we have many parent that will disagree with the parents that complain.
There was a disregard for good sportsmanship across the board. The manager was clearly dishonest, unlikeable and had little respect for the kids and probably less for the game itself. He had difficulty finding a consistent field and typically would have a very small surface to play on. Player skill an game development was below average and the coaching was inconsistent with XXX showing up either late or not at all for the majority of the games. The win loss record was poor but in our minds never the most important thing which were consistent tutelage, development and sportsmanship. My son has played for and is being coached by superior coaches and management now and at a much higher competition level. it was a breath of fresh air to move on to superior coaching and sportsmanship at a much higher competition level. Several other parents and players feel the same way as we do
You must have confused Carlos Vitoria with another similar name club as he is always there and is absolutely THE best coach anyone could possibly have!!!
I will say he must be confused about who is talking about it..I cant see Carlos no be on time.
un likeable and had little respect for the kids and probably less for the game itself?
Yes find out who U are talking about, that is NOT Carlos Semedo, the U reference to.
This club gets confused with Victoria FC. The website is http://www.vitoriafcusa.com. This is the third club we’ve tried and we’ve finally found a home. Carlos Semedo runs the club. He’s a former Revs player. My kids love him. He’s terrific. Carlos is involved with every team. And they just opened their own indoor practice facility in Stoughton so they can offer camps all year long.
The good. Carlos devotes his teaching to the concepts and method by which HE was taught. IF the child and parent are serious about learning and improving their soccer AND your son or child has a passion for the game, the sky is the limit and Carlos is the right teacher.
The bad. Carlos is Carlos, he is a character for sure whom I think ultimately has his heart in the right place. Expect the tardiness, drama with parents, poor to non existent communication.
If you want your son or daughter to become a technical player I honestly think he is unrivaled in the area.
Anyone who spends five minutes at NESA knows there are ill behaved parents and children….I think one issue here is that I don’t consider NESA a drop off facility period. This is from experience. I stay and watch my child and make sure IF anyone swears or misbehaves toward my child which HAS happened. I address this with kid,coach, and parent.
I would mention also that these “clubs” are in flux, in my experience MOST of these soccer kids are good kids and MOST parents are excellent people. This is a case where a few bad apples do not spoil the bunch.
And YES. Indoor field is too small.
Great review – hit the nail right on the head with this one! Thanks!
I echo that the kids are just plain rude. They insult other children telling them they “suck” at soccer and are just plain mean. Terrible, terrible sportsmanship shown among the kids. The coach, Carlos, is really amazing and pushes the kids and when a kid can actually get his attention for five minutes, they learn something. Problem is, he is mixing his club team with a bona fide clinic on the same site at the same time, some days mixing in his players with the other kids and then other times just shunning and ignoring the clinic kids. Yet, he is supposed to be responsible for all the kids. The facility should make SURE the club team is NOT practicing and running drills at the same time as the clinic kids. The clinic kids feel like lousy leftovers and are off playing with toddlers who are siblings of the club kids and allowed to run all over the practice fields and jump in to clinics whenever they feel like it. A disorganized mess and unfair to the parents paying monthly to develop their child’s skills. Will be choosing another club team in the future as a result.
Whoever this is they obviously don’t know Vitoria. The coach is great and kids attitudes are perfectly fine. I don’t know why you would say something like this.
Amazing coach. This club is all about fútbol! If you want big club experience with a big name this is not the club for you. If you want to teach your child how to play fútbol you may want to consider this club. If they can ever get Vítoria FC USA off the ground this will be a club to be reckoned with.
They have a U12 and a U10 team, coached by Carlos Semedo, a former player for the Revolution. The believe in building strong endurance conditioning, as well as technical skills and game strategy.
Our son has been a part of the club for one year, and we’ve been happy with his development into a better player. I’d be hesitant to pay attention to nasty remarks made anonymously online. If you don’t have the courage to put your name on your opinion, you shouldn’t be writing it.
Great coaching and management, very good player development as well as team bondage. Kids seem like great sports and goalie is stellar. Great defense as well as good shooting.
Coach is amazing;however, the kids are all rude and abnoxious along with their parents. Doesn’t have a proper place to practice and when they do it is very small. The team managment is poor at best, and the team players are very unaccepting of others, as it shows in their games like not passing enough or fights on the team. Barely consider this as a club team, more of a place to practice some skills.
Coaching is fair to good – management of team is poor and lackadaisical. Practices on a very small surface and has poor sportsmanship when beating other teams handily. Inconsistent passing shown, and personal insults yelled at by coach and manager. Players development is fair at best. Players best interest is clearly not #1.
Coaching is amazing Carlos the head coach played for the Portuguese U18 national team.
Vey small club – one team I think, coach is John Gonzalez and very expereinced, think he’s good though may have his hands full buidling a club!
There are five teams, and the head coach is Carlos Semedo.