Franklin Blackhawk Soccer Goal 9'x5' 6"

We bought two of these to hold rec soccer practice at a park with no goals. We figured if we could get through a season or two of practices, it would be worth the balance of affordability, portability, and having two 12x6 goals to hold 7v7 scrimmages. At the time of purchase, we coached two teams: u12 boys and u10 girls, so they received HEAVY use. We have now used these goals for 6 seasons, now entering our 7th season with them. Here are some pros and cons: Pros: -They are durable enough for the price you pay. As I said, we got much more use from them than we ever intended. -They hold up to pretty heavy use. We had two teams playing with them on a weekly basis (the boys have since aged out of rec) but the girls still use one of the goals. One of them was trashed after poles cracked at the ends to the point duct tape was no longer feasible. -We even used these goals a few times for adult pickup games and they held up just fine. Remember though they are portable goals and the ball will bounce harmlessly to the ground of you strike a post or the crossbar so if you are ultra competitive you will not get the performance out of them you desire. We have played competitive adult leagues on "high-end" portable goals, and the performance was actually quite similar in-game. The portability of the better product was far superior though. -Overall, these were serviceable goals and I feel like we got well beyond our money's worth from them. Cons: -As it has been mentioned in a few other comments, it takes some imaginative engineering with duct tape to keep them in service if you use them as portable goals. Before each season we would patch cracks in the fiber glass with duct tape and even tape the lengths so they wouldn't some apart, leaving on the corners as collapsible. We could still fit them in our SUV this way, but they wouldn't be able to collapse enough to fit into as sedan or smaller once we taped them to keep them usable. -The fiber glass WILL dig into your hands after the first few uses. I put leather work gloves in my gear bag for the purpose of putting the goals up. -They are cumbersome to put-up/take down. They would be best serviced to be left in place for longer periods of time, and we found ways of partially taking them down and rolling them up without completely breaking down the poles and taking them out of the net's framing. It helped set-up time, but it was still kind of pain. It was even easier to do this when we taped the joints, but at the sacrifice of staying compact when disassembled. Overall, these are fine. They are less portable than you would think as the set up-up/take down can be cumbersome, especially when the poles start shedding fiberglass slivers. If you are a temporary coach volunteering to make sure there are enough teams for all of the kids, or if you only have a season or two left before the kids age out or go competitive these are perfect. If you are in for the long haul or are coaching a competitive team, you would be best served investing in a better product that will last and be easier to move. If you are looking for something for the backyard, buy something more stationary because these are neither TRULY portable and are certainly not durable enough to withstand the elements for long stretches.