Man, do I hate girls sports. I wish I had sons, because the drama was eating me alive when my girls were much younger and I was experiencing it for the first time. The posters that advise you to take the high road are absolutely right; you will never win (or even get any real satisfaction) by getting down in the mud with the few nasty soccer moms that perpetuate this stuff. The soccer moms (and it is more often moms than dads in my experience) that do this stuff are pros. They are watching out for their little Mias, and by creating a small core in the middle of the team they are protecting their place on the team.
They often think (and are sometimes right) that by creating a block like this, they can bully the coach into keeping them on the team and trying to keep them happy. At a smaller club, this is a big threat. From my experience, the ringleader will be the parent of a kid that used to be the stud and is now in danger of being passed by more talented newcomers. Her forward is being moved back to outside back, or her center mid is now playing holding mid, or her daughter is now only playing half the game, and she is consolidating power as best she can. Her mindset is that "This is OUR team. We've been here since U10 and have won lots of games together. We don't need new players. We just need to keep the gang together until they graduate..."
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