THE SOCCER PARENT COACH
I almost ruined soccer for my son.
Not on purpose. I was doing what most competitive soccer parents do — pushing, projecting, planning his future before he’d asked me to. It took a real conversation with Dante to wake me up. And after that conversation, everything changed.
I’m Buford Mobley. I spent 17 years on the sideline. I got a lot of it wrong before I figured out how to get it right. Now I translate this world for the parents who are in the middle of it — the ones who love their kid and just don’t always know the right move.
The Soccer Parent Lifestyle community is what I built so you don’t have to figure it out alone.
Buford Mobley · The Soccer Parent Coach
Free · about 10 minutes
Not sure what development looks like in your child? Start with the snapshot.
Answer a few questions, get a six-area snapshot of where your player is now, and see what’s worth watching next.
SOUND FAMILIAR?
Nobody prepares you for what competitive youth soccer actually feels like as a parent.
The politics. The playing time. The coach you can’t read. The car ride home when your kid is crushed and you don’t know what to say. I didn’t figure this out quickly — but I figured it out. And that’s what I’m here for.
“Why isn’t my kid getting more playing time — and is it okay to ask?”
“Am I pushing too hard… or am I not pushing hard enough?”
“Should I say something to the coach, or will that make things worse for my child?”
“Is this club actually developing my kid, or just taking my money?”
WHY I DO THIS
My son played competitive soccer for 14 years. Then he chose not to pursue it in college — and that decision changed everything for me.
I’ll be honest: my initial reaction wasn’t great. I had visions. D1 camps, college offers, the whole thing. It took Dante sitting me down and telling me what he actually wanted for me to realize how far I’d drifted from what this was supposed to be about. After that conversation, I stopped watching his soccer career and started watching my son play soccer. Those are not the same thing.
That’s the moment The Soccer Parent Lifestyle was born. Not from expertise. From experience. Seventeen years on the sideline, one kid, and enough mistakes to know exactly where the landmines are — and how to help you avoid them.
“I’m not here to coach your kid. I’m here to coach you — the one who loves them most and sometimes doesn’t know what to do with that love on a Saturday morning.”
Buford Mobley, The Soccer Parent Coach
Most soccer parents can’t answer one simple question: is my kid actually developing?
Every club website says they focus on development. Almost none of them show you what that actually looks like.
Your kid’s club has a badge and a locker room. This one is yours — including the Development Guide, the one tool that answers the question above, and that you can’t buy anywhere else.
- Development Guide — members-only, can’t buy it separately
- All nine advisor tools in one dashboard
- Monthly magazine — answers to no club, league, or governing body
- Private parent group and biweekly Q&A calls
AI advisors built for soccer parents. By a soccer parent.
Each custom tool is built around a specific situation you’ll actually face — playing time, coach conversations, recruiting, mindset, development. Start with the one that fits your moment.
Not sure what development looks like in your child? Start with the snapshot.
Answer a few questions, get a six-area snapshot of where your player is now, and see what’s worth watching next.