Did you remember the story about the college soccer player from New Mexico who got suspended for pulling a girl's ponytail during a game? Unfortunately that stuff happens in girls' soccer all the time, but most of it doesn't get shown on national television.
In Anna's game this weekend, a girl on the other team punched one of our players right in the face. And...that wasn't the first time she's pulled punches. She hit the same girl during an indoor game a few years back. She got thrown out of that game but this time the ref said he didn't see it so he couldn't call it. Everyone on the sideline saw it and you should have heard the uproar. I was really proud of our player. She showed integrity and a lot of self restraint by just walking away.
In Kayla's game yesterday, a girl on the other team got a yellow card for purposely sweeping the feet of a player and then... she got another yellow card for cussing out the ref when he gave her the first yellow. (2 yellows= 1 red so she had to leave the field.) The last time we played this team...the same girl got a red card for deliberately hurting one of our players. The worst part is that she is the coach's daughter!
My kids are not perfect and I'm sure they have done their fair share of pinching and elbowing, but if I ever saw them show behavior like that on or off the field that would be pretty much the end of their soccer career!
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