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Fall soccer sideline gear for parents under $25
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items Fall season starts in about a week, and a lot of you reading this are in Green Bay, Toledo, Concord, Sterling Heights, and Springfield, where the 8am September games are already cold. I have two kids in fall sports and I have spent three seasons work...
I sat on bare aluminum bleachers for two seasons before I finally bought one of these, and my back stopped aching by halftime. The hard arms are the part that matters, because I can actually push myself up while holding a coffee. It is bulkier folded...
Ozark Trail Collapsible Hard-Arm Stadium Seat, Black
I keep four pairs in the side pocket of my chair bag from September on, and I hand them out constantly to other parents who forgot. They take a solid fifteen minutes to actually get warm, so you have to crack them open in the car on the way, not once...
HotHands Hand Warmer 20-Pair Value Pack
Coffee I pour at seven in the morning is still hot at halftime, which is the whole reason this lives in my car door from September to November. Twenty ounces is the right amount for a two hour game without needing a bathroom trip. The lid is splash p...
BUILT Torrent 20 oz Stainless Steel Double Wall Insulated Tumbler, Pebble
My ears were the only part of me that stayed cold once I had a coat figured out, and this fixed it for about ten dollars. The slouchy shape does not crush a blowout as flat as a tight ribbed beanie does, which is why I kept this one. It sheds a littl...
Zando Knit Beanie Hat for Women Thick Winter Slouchy Beanie Hats Ski Cap Black Grey Mixed
I film about forty minutes of game footage every Saturday and my phone dies before the last whistle, every single time. This is the Walmart house brand and it costs roughly half what the name brands do, and the little digital display tells me exactly...
onn 10,000 mAh Portable Power Bank with Fast Charging Output (20W), Dual USB-C ports, USB port, LED Digital Display, Black - Compatible with iPhone, iPad, AirPods, Samsung Galaxy, Note, Pixel & More
These go under my jeans for the eight in the morning October games and they are the single reason I stopped dreading them. They run true to size and go up to 4X, which is more than most brands bother with. This is a base layer and not a legging you w...
ClimateRight by Cuddl Duds Stretch Women's Warm Stretch Fleece High Rise Base Layer Thermal Legging, Sizes XS to 4X
Halftime orange slices used to come out of a grocery bag warm and sad. The gel panel freezes right into the lining so there is no separate ice pack to lose in the trunk, which is the part I actually care about. It is genuinely small, more of a snack ...
Cerbonny Mini Cooler Bag, Freezable Lunch Bag & Snack Bag, Insulated Bag for Travel/Work/School, Small Cooler Lunch Box with Detachable Gel Packs,Black Plaid
Scraped knees in the gravel parking lot happen far more often than anything that happens on the actual field, and I have been the parent with nothing twice. This one is flat enough to live in the bottom of my chair bag and I have restocked the bandag...
Band-Aid Brand Travel Ready Portable Emergency First Aid Kit, 80 Piece
The waterproof backing is the entire point, because a regular fleece throw soaks through wet bleachers in about a minute and then you are sitting in it. It folds into its own carry bag, which is the only reason it consistently makes it back to the ca...
URPRO Waterproof Warm Fleece Outdoor Blanket
Seven dollars, and the touchscreen fingertips genuinely work, so I can film a goal without yanking a glove off with my teeth. The knit is thin enough that I can still open a juice box wearing them. They are not waterproof at all, so a rainy game soak...
TRENDOUX Winter Touch Screen Thermal Gloves
I deliberately sized up to the big one so two of us fit under it, and it survived an October game that flipped three other umbrellas inside out. The vented canopy is doing real work there. It is heavy and long, so it does not live in a bag, it lives ...
ZOMAKE Large Windproof Golf Umbrella 72"
This sounds like overkill until you are crawling around a dark field at eight at night looking for one shin guard. Ten dollars, charges by USB so there are no batteries to hunt for, and the red mode means I am not blinding every other parent packing ...
Lighting EVER LED Rechargeable Headlamp L3200
Cold feet ended more games early for me than cold hands ever did. Wool keeps working even after my boots pick up damp from wet grass, which cotton absolutely does not, and five pairs for fourteen dollars means I am not rationing them. They are thick,...
EBMORE Merino Wool Women's Hiking Socks 5 Pairs
September sun on open metal bleachers still burns, and I learned that with a stripe across my nose at a nine in the morning game. The roll on means my kids can do their own faces without getting it in their eyes and without me chasing anyone down. It...
Banana Boat Kids Sunscreen Roll On - SPF 60+ - 2.5 fl oz: Whole Body, Sport Sunscreen, Scented, Homosalate 9%
Wind at an open field wrecks my lips faster than the cold does, and this is the one I keep actually replacing instead of losing interest in. SPF 30 in a lip balm is not standard and it should be, especially for the parent facing into the sun all morn...
Sun Bum Watermelon Lip Balm - SPF 30 - 0.15oz: Paraben-Free, Vegan, Moisturizing, Travel Size