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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“they love the sport, they have fun with it, it is great exercise and they like being on a team” these are the reasons kids play rec soccer. Perhaps adjust your expectations and let them play rec again. [/quote]
When a kid is past the rec level it’s not that easy. My kid was cut and left rec years ago  as he was scoring 3goals a half and the coach put restrictions on him for second half. For rec, that’s the right move - sportsmanship and not blowing out the other team is also a part of rec.  so it’s fair to all but our kid. So we moved on. And could never go back[/quote]

There are better rec leagues than that. All my years coaching and reffing in rec leagues (and being on the losing end of some beatdowns), I haven't seen a lot of first-half hat tricks.

Vienna's rec league isn't completely balanced, and some teams do some recruiting whether it's condoned or frowned-upon, so you may occasionally have one dominant team or one team that's overmatched (often with the kids who don't show up or have some physical limitations). But even then, the rest of the league has competitive games. NCSL-Rec seems to be reasonably competitive as well.

Rec leagues also get better as kids get older. A lot of players quit playing travel as they start focusing on other activities -- maybe they're also good basketball players or lacrosse players, or maybe they just see that they're not going to play MLS Next and figure NCSL travel isn't worth the time and money -- so you have players who've had 3-4 years of more serious training under their belts. The players who are being pushed out on the field by their parents generally disappear by U13 or U14, if not sooner. as their parents finally recognize that this just isn't the activity for them, and there's nothing wrong with that.

If you left rec a few years ago, your kid must be at least U13. They're playing full field now, so it takes more than a couple of big boots to score a goal. Give it another shot.[/quote]

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