Sore Winners
Last weeked, we started our tournament circuit. Generally, the tournaments are pretty fun. But occasionally you run across the worst species of soccer parent - the sore winner. You know the kind: the loudmouth who acts worse than a 6 year old on the playground, complaining when the ref calls the play as he should, loudly saying things like “look at them…we could beat them at half speed”.
Yep, that’s what we found in a team from the Daytona Beach area. One mother actually yelled, “Pathetic!” and she wasn’t talking about her team. The level of immaturity of these so-called adults was shocking.
And, the saddest part is, they were winning. Their girls had good skills and good team work. Ours were looking sluggish that morning. You’d think the parents would be happy for their girls and at least show a modicum of graciousness. But no, instead they showed their a**. These adults actually sat there making hateful comments about 10 year old girls – 10 year old girls! Now, that is what is really pathetic.
What makes it even more unbelieveable, is that we had played them just one week before, and tied. They seemed to have forgotten that this weekend.
I haven’t used the name of the team, because I’m not sure it’s the right thing to do, but I’m considering it. In fact, I think it would be cool to start a website where parents could rate the other parents of other teams. Perhaps some parents need to be shamed into acting their age.
That is so terrible! I hate when parents act like spoiled brats. And it ruins the fun of the sport for everyone else. I can’t believe they would make such rude comments about children – and especially when they’re winning and they’re making the comments about the other team! I’m surprised you didn’t get up and kick their butts – I know you could have!
Vivi
May 6, 2009
Thanks Vivi! I’ll bet you can imagine it now, after the latest this past Saturday. You can bet I’ll be blogging about that next!
sportsmomz
May 11, 2009