soccer camp

ok, so soccer camp started yesterday......and my spouse is already concerned.....not about the actual field play....but about the body language......when he arrived our child was sitting apart from the team....a strange place to be when your team is playing a game......and during dinner she spoke of spending her break with an 8th grade player rather than anyone on her current team...she is the sort of person who takes younger children under her wing.....we have seen this over and over with swimming and with cross country...but now that she is the youngest,,,,,,there seems to be no older version of herself to look out for her....no idea how/when/why these dynamics got started....all we know is that the point of team sport is to be part of a team.....