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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]CAN everyone agree now that this was all a nothing burger?![/quote]

Yes, if OP wasn't a travel soccer novice he/she never would have posted the OP.[/quote]

It amazes me that so many people seem perfectly OK with this. 
I guess "winning is everything" trumps sportsmanship and development for most of the parents are around here. [/quote]

In addition to all the other explanations that make complete since, it was a TOURNAMENT.  Good sportsmanship doesn't require you to not to do this, anymore than it means you must play your reserve players for the exact same time as your starters in order to ensure you don't have some "unfair, unsportmanlike" advantage.  The rules allow this, and teams even pick up players outside of their club and add them on as guests.  You clearly know nothing about soccer tournaments. This is a nothing Burger.[/quote]

+10000.  Every single tournament rules I have seen allows a certain number of guest players -- EVEN PLAYERS FROM OUTSIDE THE CLUB AT ISSUE -- so bringing A team players from the SAME club to play with the B team is not only NOT unsporting, it is often perfectly developmentally appropriate for both the A team player and for the B team players who get to play with a better player than they typically do.   [/quote]

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