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Win at all costs? Sure..Who wants to lose? But I think coaches work with what they have to get that win. Not all players have the same ability or are fundamentally sound in their game..It's not just here..World cup games were played with over the top balls for ninety minutes this summer..As far as development of kids..It's alot better than it was six years ago and I believe the results will come..Change takes time..



From my experience, the coaches that are "playing with what they have" chose those players over others. I've said it on other posts, the coaches in my sons age group admitted he had more skill but was "smaller and not as fast". Didn't matter that he was one of the best 3 or 4 players on the field. These coaches either want to win at all cost or think they can make these other kids into players. For the past 5-6 years I have not seen this happen. Funny thing is, when my son and the other small kid that was dropped were in the middle of the action and getting the ball a lot, the team played better. And as for the comment on World Cup teams, Spain won playing ticky-tack soccer.