For years I've been hearing about how great and powerful these "Atlanta" teams are.
After going up this past weekend, I got a first hand view of what's going on up there and it ain't pretty. It's appallingly bad.
In all my years watching youth soccer (about 8 years now) I've never seen such poor, one sided display of "home cooking" with these Atlanta officials.
When these same teams came to Florida...their "superior style" was on full display (without their referees in tow)...let's recap. At Veterans one player and the coach were given yellow cards after numerous warnings...and then the next day, a different player, same team, given a yellow for running over, and through a player, never even considered playing the ball (should have been a red because it was from behind and the intent was to clearly mug)...and finally after the Florida ref at Patton had heard enough verbal abuse from the Atlanta parents...they too were awarded a yellow card.
Not impressed with Atlanta...except how tightly they have everyone on the same page up there...my kid is home now, bruised, limping and in pain...but victorious. So what does that tell you about the Atlanta brand of goonball? With every advantage given...still lost.
And those garbage Atlanta refs allow this brutal sloppy dangerous style to only go one way, even allowing a play advantage after an obvious head injury and player down (whom had to leave the game)...dare touch an Atlanta player and their Atlanta parents erupt in horror, any penalty awarded, is neutralized by line infractions or other such technical mechanisms...conversely, their kids running top speed into players full force with the intention of knocking down, (unsuccessfully) stepping back two feet and again throwing their body into the same player, throwing elbows into ribs, kicking from behind...all celebrated as part of the game...until it's their kid with a bruised rib. This is Atlanta...and it only plays in Atlanta because they can't beat Florida with skill or speed...only when someone seriously gets injured will this negligence be resolved...because It can't be anything else...referees, as bad as some are...can't be this bad unless it's purposeful.
After going up this past weekend, I got a first hand view of what's going on up there and it ain't pretty. It's appallingly bad.
In all my years watching youth soccer (about 8 years now) I've never seen such poor, one sided display of "home cooking" with these Atlanta officials.
When these same teams came to Florida...their "superior style" was on full display (without their referees in tow)...let's recap. At Veterans one player and the coach were given yellow cards after numerous warnings...and then the next day, a different player, same team, given a yellow for running over, and through a player, never even considered playing the ball (should have been a red because it was from behind and the intent was to clearly mug)...and finally after the Florida ref at Patton had heard enough verbal abuse from the Atlanta parents...they too were awarded a yellow card.
Not impressed with Atlanta...except how tightly they have everyone on the same page up there...my kid is home now, bruised, limping and in pain...but victorious. So what does that tell you about the Atlanta brand of goonball? With every advantage given...still lost.
And those garbage Atlanta refs allow this brutal sloppy dangerous style to only go one way, even allowing a play advantage after an obvious head injury and player down (whom had to leave the game)...dare touch an Atlanta player and their Atlanta parents erupt in horror, any penalty awarded, is neutralized by line infractions or other such technical mechanisms...conversely, their kids running top speed into players full force with the intention of knocking down, (unsuccessfully) stepping back two feet and again throwing their body into the same player, throwing elbows into ribs, kicking from behind...all celebrated as part of the game...until it's their kid with a bruised rib. This is Atlanta...and it only plays in Atlanta because they can't beat Florida with skill or speed...only when someone seriously gets injured will this negligence be resolved...because It can't be anything else...referees, as bad as some are...can't be this bad unless it's purposeful.
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