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    FTBL Academy

    5.0 (8 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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    Becky G.

    This review was way overdue. I just wanted to say how grateful my family is for Coach Rafa & his Academy. Steven attended as many sessions as he could while we were in Pasadena. He learned so much from Coach Rafa. Coach Rafa built a beautiful community & the kids love him!!!! He has a huge heart & truly cares about his players. If your a soccer family and your child needs training I highly recommend FTBL Academy it's simply the best!!! P.S Unexpected bonus lol I loveeeee how he always takes awesome action pictures & cool videos!!!!l Thank you for everything coach! Looking forward to many more sessions!

    My 7 year old son going one-on-one with Coach Rafael :)
    Tay T.

    Coach Rafael and his team have have been coaching my 7 year old since last year. Before joining FTBL academy, I'd describe my son's skill level as beginner with no confidence in his offense skills. Now, just weeks later, with the help of Coach Rafael's program, my son has enough skill and confidence to go head-to-head with kids much bigger then him.....even against the Coaches! Being that parent that pulls up a chair to get front row seats of the action, I've notice the same improvement for the other students in the program as well. This team of Coaches definitely know how to make soccer training fun. My son doesn't even want to leave at the end of the session ahahahah. If you are looking for an effective soccer program for your child, I'd highly recommend FTBL Academy.

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    Excellent program my kids love it! Organized, professional and rigorous soccer program in East LA area

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    Super disorganized AYSO league. We are past game 4 and some teams are playing without an uniform…read more There are no referees for the smaller kids so coaches have to referee and coach at the same time and then kids can even be bullied by other kids. Imagine, at that age when they are starting with their love for the game then be bullied in the field? Some teams have 5 players while other have 10 players so kids may have to sit half the game due to this level of disorganization. When you bring up your concern to the league then instead of an apology you get shamed for not volunteering (what if you have no time to volunteer?). I am grateful to the parents that volunteer but then the league needs to only absorb the kids they can pay referees for and for whom there are enough volunteers. In any case, I'm not sure where the dues went (over $100) if there are no proper referees and so many delays in uniforms. I will not return to this league and highly recommend that if you can look for a traveling team instead. Maybe look around and see if the other AYSO leagues are better, although I think this has to do with AYSO in general. If you join expect it to be very disorganized and poorly staffed.

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