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so do all of these kids soccer leagues not keep score anymore? i'm not THAT old am i? but when i played we kept score, kept records, had playoffs, championships, trophies to the winners... what the hell happened?

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From my experience (FL and PA), the U-8 (7-8 year olds) is where they starting keeping score. The 4-6 year olds just go out and kick the ball around with no goal keeper and no 'official' score keeping (of course each kid knows the score and the team record)..

I have a 14 year old daughter who plays on a co-ed rec soccer team and the parents are very cool. Everyone knows each other and there are no issues even though the games are very competitive with an average of someone getting a yellow card every other match (usually for rough play).

My other daughter plays on a club team that is a bit more serious, but the parents are no where near as bad as some of the Pee Wee football and Little League parents that I saw when I played close to 30 years ago.