10-06-2023, 09:00 PM
I genuinely don't understand it. Professional soccer clubs have extensive scouting networks and regular events that ensure they see the most talented players at a young age. If you're going to make it, they will spot you and get you in the system. If you're not in the system, you're not going pro. So grassroots football should just be about fun. Yes, it should be competitive, but at the end of the day whether you lose 10-0 or win 10-0, the kids have forgotten about it by lunchtime. It's the volunteer adults who are still seething about it in the evening. If my boy didn't love having me as his coach, I'd have jacked it in long ago.