TIME Magazine Europe | September 4, 2017
HOW KID SPORTS TURNED PRO
Relentless training is essential for a top player who suits up for nationally
ranked teams based in Texas and California, thousands of miles from
home. “It’s definitely taken over everything,” says Magali Sanchez, a legal records clerk from San Diego whose daughter Melanie Barcenas, 9, and son Xzavier Barcenas, 8, play travel soccer. To help pay for their fees, Sanchez’s husband Carlos, a gas station attendant, will spend 12 hours on a Saturday carting supplies at tournaments. Practice and tournaments overtake nights and weekends like kudzu, Sanchez says they often have to skip family weddings and kids’ birthday parties. “This sports lifestyle is crazy,” she says. “But they’re your kids. You do anything for them.”
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in TIME Magazine Europe September 4, 2017.