Play With the Boys or Don't Play - Is Separate Really not Equal?

Recently, I was elected to my local youth soccer club's board of directors and one of my primary goals has been to improve the club's offerings for girls.

A few seasons ago, the club added to it's offerings an off season scrimmage.  It has been a huge plus conceptually and I the club puts a lot of emphasis on the context of these scrimmages to be a 'show up and play' format with a low degree of adult interaction.  

As one of my first actions as a board member, I set out to attend a few of these scrimmages and brought my daughter and some of her team mates to get a girl's perspective.