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Line-up & Substitution Planner
Equal playing time, worked out before you get to the field. Type in your squad, choose the format and how many periods you want to split the match into, and the planner assigns every period so that no child plays more than one period more than any other. Print it and put it in your pocket.
1 · Your squad
One player per line. Mark a name with * if they should not play in goal.
2 · The plan
Minutes
Substitutions happen at the end of each period. If your league plays quarters, use 4 periods; if it plays halves with a drinks break, 4 still works — you just make two changes per half.
Why equal playing time
Youth soccer's own development guidance is blunt about it: children improve by playing, and the ones who most need minutes are usually the ones who get fewest. Most recreational leagues require roughly equal time, and many require a written plan. This is that plan.
It also removes the hardest conversation of the season. When a parent asks why their child came off, the answer is a sheet of paper you wrote before kick-off.