Celebrations in youth soccer, what is acceptable

[Anonymous]

Our coach shuts down anything more than a kid running back down the field with his arms out. High fives are obviously fine.

The level of tolerance is also very different if it’s the kid who just scored for the first time after 3 years on the team or the star getting his 5th goal in a 5-0 game.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t the USWNT celebrate when they scored 13-0 on Thailand? BUT! Kids aren’t allowed to celebrate??

what world am I living in

People can’t teach their kids how to endure disappointment. They are constantly protecting their kids from disappointment

[Anonymous]

Teach your kid to have some class on both sides of the game. Celebrating isn't an issue as long as it's not disrespectful to the other team. Loosing takes class too. With that being said, there is a big difference in celebrating after scoring a goal in a 3-0 match up vs 2-1 win in a tournament finals.

All this crap about protecting kids, Hispanic kids....all BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teach your kid to have some class on both sides of the game. Celebrating isn't an issue as long as it's not disrespectful to the other team. Loosing takes class too. With that being said, there is a big difference in celebrating after scoring a goal in a 3-0 match up vs 2-1 win in a tournament finals.

All this crap about protecting kids, Hispanic kids....all BS.

You have to realize a blow out game.. the kids that never, ever, ever play are getting in the game and if they score their 1st time ever... they should celebrate no matter the score.

Stop worrying about other people. Kid need to learn to suck it up when they are losing and anything that is within FIFA rules is fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thats BS that its part of the hispanic culture. Doesn't make it acceptable one bit. However , rather than complain tell your kids remember the feeling and use it as motivation. Never allow another team to do that to you again.

Yeah. Where are you getting this "hispanic culture" stuff? Generally, the all-hispanic teams we play have very chill, very serious players and the only trend I've noticed is some (not all) scream-ier coaches. Definitely no over the top celebrations. I kiiiiind of feel like this PP was like "Oh! Hispanic culture has colorful decorations and stuff - they must celebrate goals!" Yikes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thats BS that its part of the hispanic culture. Doesn't make it acceptable one bit. However , rather than complain tell your kids remember the feeling and use it as motivation. Never allow another team to do that to you again.

Yeah. Where are you getting this "hispanic culture" stuff? Generally, the all-hispanic teams we play have very chill, very serious players and the only trend I've noticed is some (not all) scream-ier coaches. Definitely no over the top celebrations. I kiiiiind of feel like this PP was like "Oh! Hispanic culture has colorful decorations and stuff - they must celebrate goals!" Yikes.

I'm hispanic and when my son scores, we break out the Mariachi Band.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So where is the line or tolerance for celebrations after goals? We have played 2 really good teams 2 weeks in a row and noticed both did a lot of celebration that appeared to be scripted, meaning not your normal fist pump high fives, but actual NFL level celebrations. Is this a new trend? Refs didn't seem to mind or care.

Stop them from scoring. Why would the ref care. No rule against it as long as it doesn't delay the restart or directly taunting the opponent.

Our kids felt it was rubbing it in since we lost both games pretty badly. At least they both stopped celebrating after they were up by 3-5 points, I'd had not seen that level of celebration in the past which is why i asked for thoughts here. Our kids just normally do the simple jump and high five. The first team did a synchronized back flip with 3 of the players (not sure we have 1 player that could do that) and the other did some type of in the air shoulder bump with the the entire team at once.

No it didn't delay the game, but since we were irritated with loosing it was salt on the wound.

I think those celebrations sound awesome. And it's "losing."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thats BS that its part of the hispanic culture. Doesn't make it acceptable one bit. However , rather than complain tell your kids remember the feeling and use it as motivation. Never allow another team to do that to you again.

Yeah. Where are you getting this "hispanic culture" stuff? Generally, the all-hispanic teams we play have very chill, very serious players and the only trend I've noticed is some (not all) scream-ier coaches. Definitely no over the top celebrations. I kiiiiind of feel like this PP was like "Oh! Hispanic culture has colorful decorations and stuff - they must celebrate goals!" Yikes.

I'm hispanic and when my son scores, we break out the Mariachi Band.

Now that's a soccer game I'd like to attend!
If you could please also arrange for taco trucks on every corner on the way to and from the game, that would be great.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Were the teams majority Hispanic? If so, it's just cultural.

I personally find it a bit tacky in kids sports, but it is very normal coming from those cultures and hey, they generally produce much better teams, so they must be doing something right.

You're an ignorant racist.

Goal celebrations are not part of "Hispanic" culture, they're a part of the culture of the game - everywhere in the world.

If you see kids doing choreographed goal celebrations it usually just means they watch pro soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thats BS that its part of the hispanic culture. Doesn't make it acceptable one bit. However , rather than complain tell your kids remember the feeling and use it as motivation. Never allow another team to do that to you again.

Yeah. Where are you getting this "hispanic culture" stuff? Generally, the all-hispanic teams we play have very chill, very serious players and the only trend I've noticed is some (not all) scream-ier coaches. Definitely no over the top celebrations. I kiiiiind of feel like this PP was like "Oh! Hispanic culture has colorful decorations and stuff - they must celebrate goals!" Yikes.

I'm hispanic and when my son scores, we break out the Mariachi Band.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So where is the line or tolerance for celebrations after goals? We have played 2 really good teams 2 weeks in a row and noticed both did a lot of celebration that appeared to be scripted, meaning not your normal fist pump high fives, but actual NFL level celebrations. Is this a new trend? Refs didn't seem to mind or care.

It's not "NFL level".

Most soccer fans look down on eggball with it's silly rules about celebrations.

This is normal in soccer : https://youtu.be/n-Ahk8Vvlvg

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thats BS that its part of the hispanic culture. Doesn't make it acceptable one bit. However , rather than complain tell your kids remember the feeling and use it as motivation. Never allow another team to do that to you again.

Yeah. Where are you getting this "hispanic culture" stuff? Generally, the all-hispanic teams we play have very chill, very serious players and the only trend I've noticed is some (not all) scream-ier coaches. Definitely no over the top celebrations. I kiiiiind of feel like this PP was like "Oh! Hispanic culture has colorful decorations and stuff - they must celebrate goals!" Yikes.

I'm hispanic and when my son scores, we break out the Mariachi Band.

...while we do some bullfighting on the side.

[Anonymous]

Our team doesn’t really celebrate other than a general acknowledgement, some of the more extroverted guys might do something quick but they don’t do a dance routine. The game is always 0-0 and we celebrate at the end if we win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Were the teams majority Hispanic? If so, it's just cultural.

I personally find it a bit tacky in kids sports, but it is very normal coming from those cultures and hey, they generally produce much better teams, so they must be doing something right.

You're an ignorant racist.

Goal celebrations are not part of "Hispanic" culture, they're a part of the culture of the game - everywhere in the world.

If you see kids doing choreographed goal celebrations it usually just means they watch pro soccer.

While it is surprising that that poster would jump to a conclusion about what culture the team might be,
hispanic is not a race.
And anyone who watches international soccer is quite aware of the differences between goal celebrations in the Premier League v. La Liga v. Mexican Liga v. Italy v. Brazil and Argentina. None of those are races by the way - they are cultures, all subcultures of the soccer culture if you will.

Kids today emulate their heroes. Messi and Ronaldo are still the best but the kids emulate Neymar, GRiezmann, Rapinoe etc.
Rapinoe and Griezmann are very self-expressive. Not my preference but it is their game now. Long gone are the days Cruyf Pele and Best simply broke into a glorious smile.

[Anonymous]

Occasion fortnite emote is what I have seen. Never anything insane.