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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You are trying to decide if you should subject an 8 year old child to emotional suffering and make "her life worse" so the recreational team can win more games? Do I have that right? Surely you can find some middle ground like "we want to give everyone on the team a chance to play all positions so we are going to rotate everyone through different positions". You don't need to be honest with her about her playing. Just come up with a policy that is the same for everyone on the team and doesn't single anyone out. [/quote]

I agree with this. I would rotate other kids into goal and have her play only half the game (at most) in goal. If she pushes back about being "the goalie", just remind her that nobody on the team has set positions and that everyone should be learning how to play all positions.

She probably likes to play goalie because she doesn't have to run as much and it is clearer where she should be on the field.

And while I agree with PP that winning in 8 YO rec soccer isn't important, I do understand that her teammates likely get frustrated with the situation, which doesn't help her make friends. And no kid wants to be on a team that never wins.  As a rec coach, you do have to balance giving kids the opportunity to do what they want to do with having a functional team on the field so that everyone is having fun.  It is not fun at all for players to have a goalie that can't make saves.  
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