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Mixed teams or girls-only at U8: how to know which is right for your daughter

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Two small-sided junior football games on a community pitch, one mixed-gender and one all-girls, both at MiniRoos level.

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Your daughter just finished her U7 season in mixed MiniRoos. She loves football. She loves her teammates. The club registrar has just sent the season-end email mentioning that next year, U8, they have a new girls-only stream. Most of the boys she played with are staying in the mixed competition. Most of the girls are moving to the new stream.

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