Storm was a terrific club for many years the Rapids merger was not so good as the Rapids only care about the best players only ! Not every player can reach the highest level unfortunately the Rapids club only cares for the top players where STORM worked with ALL PLAYER at all LEVELS and Coaches at the Rapids is like a revolving doors here 1 season gone the next season it's been a sad day since the Rapids took over the Storm soccer club !!! read more

My son has been involved in Storm soccer for two seasons now. The first, when he was four, went well, since the team just met on Saturdays for about 45 minutes and they had combination practice/games with the kids once a week (perfect for a 4 year old). This season he played on a U6 team, where they have a practice during the week and a game on the weekend. First, the fee of $175 (on top of the uniform I have to buy) is really expensive for what you get, given that they don't have professional/trained coaches for the team. But on top of that the nature of having volunteer coaches leads to missing practices/games with no backup plan. We ended up missing two games this season with no make-ups! For the high fee you pay for this league there should be professional coaches and set plans in place if a coach can't make a practice/game. read more

I was involved in Colorado Storm from a very young age where i played in both recreational football and competitive football. Rec was where my love of football was created with great teammates and amazing coaches that helped me a lot outside of football and competitive was even better. After moving to Ireland where I'm now 18 looking back with no regrets but i have read a lot of these reviews seeing the darker side of the club. Too be honest I'm not surprised they were bought out by Rapids Youths fee's were way too expensive especially in competitive. I really got lucky with what coaches I got put with as well seeing how most peoples experience with coaches aren't the best at all. But from my personal experience this club will always be in my heart and the reason I still love and play football to this day. read more

Significant parent influence $$ on coaching decisions. I cannot emphasize this point enough. Some players were offered a spot on the academy team and their parents refused the spot because of this dynamic. Others were kicked off the academy team because certain parents did not want those girls in it. Director of coaching does not know the players and does not watch them play. This year they lost a lot of players to other clubs. Worst communication ever. read more

We moved here from California where our daughter played AYSO soccer just like I did growing up for 12 years. Coming out to Colorado they have no AYSO so we signed her up to try out for the Colorado Storm competitive program. WHAT A MISTAKE!! The coaches are rude, the parents are snobby and let's not even get into how much it costs. Soccer should be fun for kids and it should not be a business. We are paying 3 times as much for her to play soccer out here as we were in California and she's in recreational now. Your choices are somewhat limited as to where they can play soccer so I suggest you look around and choose wisely. We are kind of stuck with Storm since they are right down the street and we're not going to be driving all over town. read more

I desperately wish we had other soccer options in Castle Rock. This is our 3rd year with them. This association is incredibly poorly run in terms of logistics around team set up and the lack of communication of logistics to parents and players. However, if there is a camp or additional training that costs extra, parents are bombarded with emails to encourage kids to sign up. The website isn't any better. It is confusing to navigate and provides almost zero need to know information for participants. Furthermore, last year our son was on a team where the coach refused to change positions for players. I thought this was a recreational league where the love of the game was to be cultivated. I struggle to find the benefit in this assocation. read more

My experience with Colorado Storms has been pretty frustrating. My daughter wants to play soccer recreationally and for fun. I didn't sigh her up early enough one season so she missed playing the fall season. Meanwhile, trying to contact the main office and speak to a real person was also challenging. When I did reach a "live" person, they weren't able to anwer my questions. My biggest dissappointment and most frustrating experience was the team she was placed on. The team had been together for a full year. She and one other girl joined the team during the spring season. The coach decided he was going to rotate positions as he was preparing them for the competitive league. Therefore, the coach assigned positions from the previous season. My daughter was stuck playing the goalie position as no one else on the team wanted to play goalie. The coach would make her play goalie position the entire game (a pretty stressful position). The team lost every game as no goals were ever scored. I beleive that our next experience (or season) will depend on the coach (volunteer) and how fairly he will play the team members. If my daughter is willing to try another season. Does the coach put his daughter in the most favored positioned ? Will he be fair? Will he be able to teach skills? Or will he just yell? And good luck if you need to reach someone in the main office! Kris W read more

I hope I did read these reviews before joining storm. They are amateurs depending solely on volunteering parents and cost way too much. If you are paying that much then you better pay for more proficient one and get the best for your hard earned bucks. They are not organized always canceling practices due to lack of fields or not getting permits , changing locations and times without even asking parents if it is suitable or not!!!!. This was so devastating for my boys. Definitely not going to join them again for the coming seasons. Think twice before wasting your time, energy and money. read more

I'm hoping the Storm calls me ack because I've already put in about 10 request. For boys competitive tryouts they said we would be notified on Wednesday of what team our kids would be on them no feedback, no communication and then it became Friday they said for feedback. Friday rolls around and no communication yet again. Saturday they send out a note via the coach rather than from the actual Storm organization with another change that some of the kids now have tryouts so they change the policy four times within one week and no apologies for the confusion and no communication. I hope they do the right thing. Crushing boys spirits at 12 years old is not cool. Do what you say. For profit companies should not alienate existing multi year players with such poor management and lack of communication. The fields are nice and a good location so they have that going for them and they have about 150 teams so it's very easy to get lost in the shuffle. Competitive boys is about $1,600 per year. Pricey with lack of communication. read more

Seriously what a unorganized, and financial irresponsible soccer league. Joined my son up for the competitive league and what a lot of cost. Not only to sign him up for competitive, but extra cost like uniforms and practice jersey. Seriously they are practicing what does it matter what they wear. Than to find out tournaments are extra and supposedly required and guess what more cost. Its a competitive league yeah right still ran by the parents who keep track of the finances yeah right and who coach so whose kids end up playing more their kids. I understand its a competitive league the idea is to win so the great kids are the starters but seriously my son got no play time what a big waste of time and money, so never doing this again and so not recommending this sorry excuse of a company to anyone. Oh and try to get finance numbers from storm good luck they won't give it to you. If you are looking for a league look at your county's recreation center as it is cheaper and parents are rarely the coaches, or look at others teams like the Colorado Rapids, RMSA Cougars, Real Colorado, or the Colorado Rush. Don't waste your hard earned money on this company-its for the adults not those that should matter=the kids. read more

We have been playing with Storm for 2 years and are not impressed. We came from an out of state club where the priority was the players and player development. The first priority of Colorado Storm is making money. In the competitive division, they move players around to different teams in the MIDDLE OF THE SEASON! This means, they take the best players, move them to another team and replace them with not very good players. The teams are constantly having to start over and revamp in the middle of the season. Why are they not waiting until the end of the season to move players around? MONEY. They don't care about player development. Competitive soccer is expensive and they don't even pay for linesmen at the younger age games. I'm not sure if Storm employees the referees or not, but the Storm games have some questionable refs. There are some real extremes as far as the quality of the refs. I have seen refs that allow kids to get fouled left and right, shoved to the ground from behind, tripped, high kicks to the head, etc, and refs that DO NOTHING. Unfortunately, it is going to take a kiddo getting seriously injured before they will do anthing about it....and their waiver they make you sign is going to go up in smoke. read more

The fee is now $185 without the uniform, shoes and ball. Yes, they do not provide ANY soccer balls, its completely up to each parent to provide a ball including for the games. So, where does that $185 go? I wished I would have read these reviews prior to signing up. This is an all parent volunteer coaching staff. You will find coaches that have great discipline, but they are hard to spot. Our coach for U* was female and had her son on the team. Not a good idea. He was always to example and always playing. Other kids sat out for most of the game while her son played the entire game. But moving on, she had no control over her kids. Parents started telling their own kids to pay attention and listen to coach K. One practice she lost a kid. He wandered off to pet a dog. She then asked the parents through and email to stay in their cars during practice because it was distracting the kids. She even told the kids to NOT listen to their parents. But there is no rhyme or reason to how she coaches. Even the other female coach told some of the parents that she would never coach this way. Its extremely disorganized, and you pay too much for what? You would be better off going to your local rec center and signing up. At least its safer. read more

Colorado Storm Soccer is not about an individual player or team, it's about the money. Our daughter was recruited from another club by a Storm coach for a competitive team (which she was on) who ended up telling our daughter and us flat out lies to our faces. She was left with a team that was no where near her level or the level the team was playing at. Addressing concerns to anyone at the club from coach, to director, to regional manager, to the president will get you no where. We have several promises that were made in black and white, which I have and wanted to share with the president. He was completely uninterested in even listening to what we had to say after requesting an opportunity to share with him. They are all one in the same and are taught from the very top to be lying, shady people. Please don't believe ANYTHING ANYONE at that club tells you. Do yourself and your children a favor and go to a club that is in this business for the right reasons! read more