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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s 5th grade rec soccer.  The adults make sure everyone plays about the same amount.  It wiggles a bit given team numbers and substitution opportunities.

No one gives a crap whether they win or lose.  Everyone who does not play, and their parents, think the coach is a jerk who does understand this.

Having had kids play travel soccer at medium and very high level - coaches and clubs understand that continued existence requires lots of playing time.  The alternative is folding teams because you lack numbers.  The reality is no one gives a crap whether you win or lose at the highest levels.  That apparently is a rec thing.  High level youth soccer is all about making the players as good as they can be, and getting them to the next level.   No one recruiting an athlete for any sport gives a xxxx whether they played for a winning team.

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My kid plays in EDP and generally, they care about winning tournaments because they like medals and they care about promotion and relegation in league play. It's EDP, so it's pretty likely that no one on the team will be playing at the next level. This whole endless developing the player for the next level that clubs like to sell assumes that every kid can be developed for the next level. For some, this and high school will be as high as they play, the develop now and then care about winning at some point in the future makes no sense because these kids won't be playing anymore at that point. The kids just want to win. Developing works for kids at the very highest level and as an excuse for losing below that, and that's about it. [/quote]

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