Snacks for the Soccer Team?

Updated on December 21, 2011
T.M. asks from Tampa, FL
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My two kids have just started playing soccer. As such, the team mom has asked everyone to volunteer to bring snacks one week. Since I have two kids on the same team, I will be bringing snacks twice. This morning they gave out Cheezits and bottles of water. It appears that they want pre-packaged snacks and that is fine. No one has mentioned any allergies. This is for 7 kids. I was thinking of goldfish one day, but I am at a loss for the other. Does anyone have anything in mind? The kids would get the snacks about 10 a.m.

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K.I.

answers from Los Angeles on

I played soccer all my life and my kids have also played...the favorite has been either orange slices and Gatoraid or granola bars and Gatoraid.

Fruit roll-ups or fruit leather and water was also done a lot.

When we moved from California to Washington State and discovered that soccer in the fall is FREEZING we did a couple BIG thermoses of Hot Chocolate and got the coffee cups w/lids at Costco and granola bars. ~Just read you are in Florida, Ha-Ha! Disregard the Hot Chocolate idea :)

Truly whatever you find that is not super sugar filled and on sale will be fine! Just remember a snack AND a drink!

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J.B.

answers from Los Angeles on

do it as healthy as possible. carrot/celery packs, cracker packs, fruit (apples, bananas, oranges), granola bars and caprisuns, water etc

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L.M.

answers from Dover on

When my son played soccer, the kids loved orange slices.

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K.C.

answers from Cleveland on

Pretzels, anything that gives you protein. Look up soccer team snacks online.

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C.C.

answers from Washington DC on

Granola bars, trail mix, cuties, apples, fruit leather, yogurt covered raisins, mini muffins, popcorn, string cheese, whole wheat pretzels, peanut butter cracker sandwiches, frozen go-gurts, nutrigrain bars, dried fruit. Drinks could be water, gatoraid, caprisuns, powerade.

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A.H.

answers from Dallas on

When my son had an early soccer game and we were in charge of snacks we did granola bars, gogurt, and the sunrise capri suns (they are flavored like Sunny Delight but cheaper). The kids LOVED it!

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E.B.

answers from Beaumont on

Cheese and crackers?

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N.W.

answers from Eugene on

rice krispy treats, indiv. pkgs or string cheese, fruit leather, granola bars.
capri sun juices or juice boxes.

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K.C.

answers from Los Angeles on

If it doesn't have to be packaged, definitely fruit. We got fruit at every single game, both at halftime and after the game, on my son's team this year. You could do something like oranges or bananas that they don't eat the outside of.

Other things we got:
GoGurt (or other Yogurt tubes)
Pretzels
Teddy Grahams
String Cheese
Sunbutter & Jelly sandwiches

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C.R.

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When my daughter had a cheer game that ended at 10am, one of the parents brought them individual packs of powdered donuts. You could even do the minnie muffins that come pre-packaged.

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M.B.

answers from Austin on

Long ago, when my daughter was in soccer (she was 6, I think, and she is now 25...), we brought orange wedges for team snack. That was what just about everyone brought....

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G.B.

answers from Oklahoma City on

We do the prepacked cracker with various stuff in them like cheese or PB. We also do oranges, gold fish, cookies, one parent did a pizza party after the game, we have just taken what we normally have around.

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B.R.

answers from Tampa on

My twins have always been on the same team, so bringing snacks twice is no big deal. Bananas, cereal bars, Goldfish, Teddy Grahams - you'll see that some parents don't bring the healthiest snacks - some weeks you'll end up with Doritos, brownies, etc. I usually bring water, but others bring Gatorade or Capri Sun. Do your best to make it healthy (if that's your thing), but make it fun too. This year's coach discouraged parents from bringing the snacks, but he gives them lollipops! :(

A.M.

answers from Kansas City on

We've done the pre-packaged: Cheez its, pretzels, granola bars, trail mix. As a group we nixed the fruit at half time as the kids just didn't want to eat it. But we like to go with water or some sort of 100% juice drink...my husband is a big NO Gatorade guy (I am too though).

As a coach I hate seeing cookies, donuts, candy bars...especially when our girls have more than one game a day or weekend.

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