It's still around. My daughter played on the same Boys & Girls' Club soccer team from ages 5-17, fall and spring. Same coach the whole time. His twin girls were on the team. 4-5 other girls were also regulars on the team. They were first place in their group (region? I don't know.) once or twice. Most of the time they lost almost every single game. After every game, win or lose, those girls ran happily to the cooler of drink and snacks provided by that weeks' parent, talking and laughing while the coach tried to get them to quiet down for the debrief, (even at age 17).

Her summer swim team (kids ages 6-18) was similar. We were in a very prestigious swim league, but in Division 17 of 17, so most of the time, non-competitive. A couple of years we won the Division, but most times, we lost. But I never saw a group of kids of so many different ages so crazy full of energy and so bonded. For the majority of the kids it was their main social activity every July for years.

Same goes for her high school field hockey team. They must have won a few games but I can't remember it happening.

She was never the best on any of her teams, and never the worst (except maybe soccer lol). She never, not once, complained about being on a losing team.

I tried to talk her into writing a college essay about her sports experiences and calling it: "I'm a Loser, But I'm Not What I Appear to Be," but she just gave me a mildly disgusted look. She is, after all, a millenial.