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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let’s be real though. Coaching from the sidelines is only part of the toxicity of youth soccer. The moms who chum up to the coaches to get special advantages for their kids are also just as toxic. They just aren’t out in the open like the sideline dads. [/quote]

I have experienced this on our team this year. We moved at to bigger club this past year with a pre-national pathway teams.  The tiger-mom game is at another level.  Barely 2 weeks will go by without one of the moms talking about what the coach had to say about something when they met with them to discuss whatever.  I think 4-6 moms text the coach directly about soccer stuff.  And it shows.  Their kids are always getting extra coaching and encouragement, from always being called upon to show an example of skill, to playing the center-mid neutral, to getting on  the spot corrections and guest player invitations.  It wasn't apparent last fall so much, but this spring with tryouts right around the corner, the effects of sucking-up are obvious. [/quote]

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