What is going on at Solar?

Heard Andro merged with Solar and some Solar coach/coaches are no longer with club? To much expansion too quickly? Talk about a puppy mill.

Which coaches?

Don't know for sure. Just rumor at this point until verified.

email that was sent from Andro


Hello everyone,

I'm excited to inform you that Andromeda FC will be merging with Solar Soccer Club effective July 1st, 2016.   Bob Reeves is the Chairman and President of Solar and has been actively running the club over the past 12-18 months.  Bob moved into the leadership of the club when Solar had fallen on difficult financial times in early 2015.  He donated funds into the club and coordinated a volunteer core that was able to get the club moving efficiently forward.  Of course, as I certainly know through my own experience at AFC, there are always unforeseen challenges, but I commend Bob and their team for getting Solar back on the right track.  Bob will be Chairman and President of the combined club and I will serve on the Board of Directors through the first year of the integrations to make sure everything goes as smoothly as possible.

AFC was created 5 years ago when Andromeda Soccer Club(different legal entity) folded.  I donated funds into the new entity, transferred the remaining teams of ASC into AFC(7 at the time) and set out to build the club through mergers and a renewed focus on building out the Juniors program.  With the help of our coaching leadership(Charles Grado, Adam Wells, and Grant Sawyer) and our Administrative/Operations leadership(Stephanie Landreneau and Jennifer Pivnick), we've build AFC into a club we can all be proud of.  We've had a great run and it's time to expand our horizons which is enabled through this merger.

With the merger of AFC and Solar under the Solar brand, we will now have well over 100 teams spanning the Metroplex and the ability for our players to compete at the highest level possible.  In essence, the DFW Metroplex will have 3 very large clubs(Solar/FC Dallas/Texans), of which we will be the only non-profit soccer club managed by an independent Board of Directors of successful business leaders.  Our soccer and administrative leadership will join the leadership of Solar and will help Adrian Solca, Solar Director of Soccer Operations, develop Solar into one of the best clubs in the country.  We have a very stable financial situation with significant cash in the bank, are cash flow positive, and have an independent leadership of volunteers on the Board of Directors - clearly the right structure for a non-profit soccer club.



Regards,

John P. Watters
Andromeda FC Chairman

sounds lovely. more cattle equals more burgers

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