22-0 at U9
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SYC U-9 showing their “class” again, huh. Here’s a post I wrote about the one experience with the SYC U-9 boys team we had this fall — in short, this behavior isn’t surprising. And for the record, we lost to Bethesda by far more than the game we lost to SYC, so the post below wasn’t motivated by being thoroughly beaten. “ My son's U-little team player against SYC in the Capital Cup tournament this past weekend. I was impressed by the SYC players' physicality -- they clearly had been drilled on how to use their arms/bodies to push the other players away. There were some flagrant fouls, but I attribute that to the boys just not putting into practice correctly what they've been taught -- not to malice or bad sportsmanship. Whether those types of skills -- blocking and pushing and the rougher physical aspects of the game -- are whether the focus should be at U-little or not, I can't say. They don't seem like particularly technical skills to learn, and I'd rather my boys learn ball control and positioning/passing skills, but I certainly can't argue that getting those rougher skills down early doesn't yield results: SYC beat us and every other team pretty handily. We've lost to better teams, and we've lost to worst teams, and I don't take it too seriously with U-littles. However, I must add that the U9 coach for SYC was the most obnoxious coach I've ever seen in years of having my children play U-little. Constant, non-stop berating of his players for The. Entire. Game. I mean, his team was winning by 5 goals and they're playing well (obviously) but literally the entire game, the SYC coach was angrily screaming at his players, full-throated bloviating yelling and screaming about any single little lost 50-50 ball, or any successful move or passing by the other team. I have never in my life seen such an angry, unpleasant coach for such little kids. Again, he wasn't yelling at the ref or at the other team ... he was berating his own (very successful) players for any little perceived mistake. It was embarrassing and borderline abusive, in my opinion. It's a shame, because we have been considering other clubs in the area, but SYC is firmly crossed off of our list due to their U9 coach. There's no way I would want my 8 year old subjected to that kind of aggression and anger -- heaven help those boys when they are actually in a close game or on the losing side. Really not a good look, SYC. These kids are 8 years old.” https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/135/922120.page#top |
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In that case, seeing the opponent, I feel somewhat less badly. Richmond Kickers didn't feel any qualms about running up the score againt my kid's team an equallly ridiculous amount last year, though the kids were slightly older. Not much. |
Anonymous
| If you really had a problem with this, you’d demand a slaughter rule in soccer. |
Anonymous
| Was there a passing or touch restriction implemented by the coach when the games got out of hand? What did the SYC coach do to help his players continue to develop in these matches? |
Anonymous
And what did the opposing coach do? |
Anonymous
| I don’t see what’s wrong with it. Get better if you don’t want to lose by 22 goals |
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You’re saying this to 8 year old children. Wanker. |
Anonymous
| Sandbagging to win a tournament is about as SYC as it gets |
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Sandbagging? |
Anonymous
Entering tournaments below your level, or flights below your level to make sure you win |
Anonymous
It’s February, tournaments are slim pickings. They’re not in charge of their own selection into brackets. It is competitive. I asked earlier “what did opposing coach do?” |
Anonymous
And just to reiterate, you used the term “sandbagging” incorrectly, douche. |
Anonymous
USWNT won 13-0 in the World Cup? What’s the problem? There isn’t one. I’m sure those 8 year olds will be over it 5 minutes after the game |
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First of all it is a u10 tournament. There are u9 teams playing in it but they probably expected to run up against u10 teams..
if it makes you feel any better, the finalist from the other bracket, steel united, won their group games 22-0, 11-0, and 4-2. It would not surprise me if the tournament stops keeping score after 22 goals. It's suspicious that syc and steel both had 22 goals, that's too much of a coincidence so they must have stopped counting at that point. Steel United must have had a lot of confidence going into the final game with a 37-2 goal difference but then they got smashed 8-1. One team that shouldn't be in the bottom bracket? Shame on the coach for sandbagging. Two teams that shouldn't be in the bottom bracket? Shame on the tournament organizer and age group coordinator. |
Anonymous
| In a tournament like Ultimate Cup, with mostly B and C squads, I can easily see a U9 team getting beaten 22-0. Sad that a coach would let their team score that many, but U9s aren't known for their ability to just kick it around the back. |