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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old?  My son is 12, and there are some kids he is friendlier with on his team than others, but he gets along with everyone fine.  I can't imagine him deeply caring, but for him, the relationship is more akin to a work friendship.  He would pass the ball to the more open player, regardless of who he would prefer to hang out with outside of soccer.[/quote]

Yeah, my 9 year old is the same. He played futsal for a different club this winter, and mentioned how much more "friends" he was with those boys than he is with his travel soccer teammates ... for no apparent reason that I can figure out.  He gets along with his soccer teammates just fine, but it's more of a workmanlike relationship, and not so much a "friends" relationship with anyone on travel soccer; never had a "playdate" with anyone on the soccer team (he's never asked).  It hasn't affected gameplay at all, not that I can see at least.

Just seems that some kids click better than others.  As other posters suggested, maybe try out a few different practice sessions with different clubs in the area?  [/quote]

The fact you are in travel soccer still using the term "play-date" shows you baby him. competitive soccer is about success of a team the focus isn't on friendship. That is a bonus but not a requirement.[/quote]

LOL touchy touchy ... I used the term because other posters above me mentioned it ... and I put it in gheyquotes to show that I think the term is pretty silly.  We've never used the word in our household.  [/quote]

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