Dads can be Team Moms, too

I never played soccer. Growing up when and where I did, there was none even to watch, until I went to college. After college, the next soccer game I saw was when my 5-year-old daughter played in Southern California AYSO. I wanted to be a part of the support, but could not coach, could not referee, and did not want to work in the snack bar. Coach sez, "We need a Team Mom." I sez, "I'll do it!". Coach sez, "Great!" I ask, "What does a Team Mom do?". So they sent me to a meeting where I met all the others and we learned what to do and what not to do. It was a great gig and I did it with both of my daughters' teams, regular season and all-star for a decade. And I was pretty good. Even wrote the manual for team parents that our region (AYSO subdivision) uses.