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[quote=Anonymous]I have three kids in travel soccer and I have never noticed the favoritism you and others mention. Never. I have been on teams where the manager's kid doesn't start. I have a manager friend who's U14 kid has never advanced past the B team. I really haven't seen it ever over the years. What I see consistently across all the coaches and teams is that defenders come out a lot less than others players, sometimes not at all. I manage my youngest's team and he pretty much never came out of games when he was younger and played centerback. Now he's a midfielder and rotates with others.

My kids are on two different clubs. One has a much larger overhead and fewer volunteers. The other has very little overhead and parent volunteers do almost everything. Smart managers delegate but sometimes one person does it all. We have a few roles on the team that I manage but it is still A LOT of work and a lot to keep track of. I don't mind most of it and I like the feel of this club more than the other.  I will say that the absolute worst part of being a manager, hands down, makes me want to quit it all, is dealing with certain parents: especially the ones who sit on the field with a timer and then come and complain to ME about their kid's playing time.[/quote]

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