Originally posted by Unregistered
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Younger daughter coming up and now in her 4 th year of Club.
We have been to a lot of tournaments and seen a LOT of soccer over the past 5-6 years, at a lot of different levels, areas of the state, regions of the NW and even on the West Coast (Bay Area, Sacramento, LA, Phoenix and Vegas).....seen it all.
Three things I have noticed:
1). Parents are MUCH more vocal at the younger ages. By the time your kid is playing U-15 or U-16--not hardly any parents travel and most don't even go to their own kids' games as the kid is old enough to drive and they either drive themselves or catch a ride with a teammate.
2). Most kids at those higher levels either play with passion and still play because they love the game or they are playing in High School---they are not living out mommy or daddy's dream....they are playing because THEY WANT TO PLAY. Period.
3). This summer, I have personally witnessed three of the worst fan bases/groups that I have ever witnessed, in all my years with youth soccer.
a). Yesterday---Washington Timbers.....Parents going absolutely ballistic about a yellow card should have been called. Relax red-neck trailer park Hockinson dad....these are 12 year olds. There was no intent, no injury and nothing happened to change the course of the game...A girl ran up another girls back.....plain and simple. No intent and no injury. Their parents were loud, obnoxious and just plain ignorant. Is life really that bad in Brush Prairie? The ref had to go over to the Wash Timbers coach and tell him/her to shut their idiots up. I talked to the Head Ref after the game.....she said very rarely does she EVER need to even issue a yellow card at U-10-U-12.....she said these girls are still playing and having fun and are NOT malicious nor do they play that way. She said she had to warn the coach to SHUT up their fans because they were being embarrassing and that 2-3 dads were using foul language. I would be embarrassed if I were those idiot's kids....
b). Two weeks ago, FC Salmon Creek---never heard so many ignorant morons in my life. You would have thunk it was a World Cup final. Cheering and hooting and hollering and such. Act like you have been there before...ooops, oh wait, you HAVEN"T......my bad. Seriously, LACK OF CLASS. No need to yell every time little Suzy gets a 'touch' on the ball or little Sally whiffs and whacks it out of bounds.
c). Rogue Valley Timbers (Medford??)---wow---just wow. Talk about a bunch yelling red neck fools. Get out of that part of the state much?? Is Applebees a treat? Never seen a Red Lobster? Seriously---they almost give FS Salmon Creek a run for their money as far as exuberance and stupidity........hate to say it but it's only gonna get TOUGHER from here on out folks. Enjoy your little dd's 'touches' on the ball now. Maybe the last she sees the ball.
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