Keeping Our Sidelines Safe Requires Safety Measures

On January 12, 2020, at the Albion Development Showcase tournament in Temecula, California, two BU11 teams (Albion SC and InterAmerica ) were in the finals of their bracket.  The game was reportedly

Gratitude Matters with Richard Shorter

Richard Shorter joins us to kick of Gratitude Week at Soccer Parenting!!Richard is the founder of The Non-Perfect Dad -  enabling coaches and parents to work together to produce winning character

Gratitude Week

Clubs Winning Culture: Chicago Fire DA on Parent Engagement & Education

The Chicago Fire DA is truly setting the standard when it comes to Parent Education and Engagement in their Academy.  In this conversation, Brian Roberts - the Chicago Fire PASS Director - and I talk

Dr. Jerry Lynch Joins Soccer Parenting for Free Webinar

We are so excited to welcome back Dr. Jerry Lynch to the Soccer Parenting community as we enjoy an hour-long conversation with him, free and accessible to all soccer parents and coaches, on Tuesday, February

New Jersey Youth Soccer & Soccer Parenting Announce Partnership

PRESS RELEASE FROM NEW JERSEY YOUTH SOCCER:We are proud to partner with the Soccer Parenting Association to make youth soccer better by providing clubs an important opportunity to educate and engage with

Picking Up Momentum – United Soccer Coaches Convention Recap

From the very beginning, the culture change we are attempting to accomplish with the Soccer Parenting movement has felt simultaneously exhilarating and overwhelming. Exhilarating because the upside of

2019 Annual Soccer Parent Survey Results

Below are the results, in graphic format of the responses to the 2019 Annual Soccer Parent Survey.  I welcome your comments and feedback!  If there is a question not included it is because the

Our European Soccer Adventure – The Impact on My Child and Family

An interview from our partner GoPlay Sports Tours with Jody Kahoalii - a parent of four young soccer-mad children from Boston, Massachusetts, all of which have been brought up playing the beautiful

Parents Must Feel Empowered to Make Youth Soccer Better

The mission of Soccer Parenting is to Inspire Players by Empowering Parents. While I understand this can be a confusing statement for parents and a potentially objectionable statement for coaches, I was