Celebrations in youth soccer, what is acceptable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Again, most of us think this is tacky. However, it is acceptable and encouraged by Hispanics and I honestly think the rest of us need to learn to suck it up. It's a good lesson for our kids because it accurately reflects the world they live in. Yeh, no one likes 'sore winners,' but they exist and you have to deal. For chrissake, we have a classic 'sore winner' in the white house.

So I guess all of MLS Next are filled with 'those Hispanics'
Because goal celebrations are normal in MLS Next league

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Again, most of us think this is tacky. However, it is acceptable and encouraged by Hispanics and I honestly think the rest of us need to learn to suck it up. It's a good lesson for our kids because it accurately reflects the world they live in. Yeh, no one likes 'sore winners,' but they exist and you have to deal. For chrissake, we have a classic 'sore winner' in the white house.

OP here, just to clarify.....they weren't hispanic clubs. Both clubs came from affluent ares in the DMV. I'd also a like to mention they both played cleaned games, nothing dirty about their play. Just hadn't seen that behavior in youth sports. These were U13 games.

Pull up videos of U13 MLS Next games.
Everyone celebrates goals.
Pull up U13 games with European clubs/academies, they celebrate goals.
This is normal soccer behavior in true soccer cultures.

[Anonymous]

Snowplow Parents trying to protect little Chad from the harsh realities and unpleasantness of the actual world.

Then send them off to college on their own 🤣

[Anonymous]

Below is the Law that the referee is responsible for applying. Otherwise, it is on the coaches to police. Also, please note that some leagues such as NCSL do not allow "noisemakers" such as drums, mariachi bands, etc. : ) Referees can enforce that.

Celebration of a goal
Players can celebrate when a goal is scored, but the celebration must not be excessive; choreographed celebrations are not encouraged and must not cause excessive time-wasting.

Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence but players should return as soon as possible.

A player must be cautioned, even if the goal is disallowed, for:
-climbing onto a perimeter fence and/or approaching the spectators in a manner which causes safety and/or security issues
-acting in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way
-covering the head or face with a mask or other similar item
-removing the shirt or covering the head with the shirt

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Below is the Law that the referee is responsible for applying. Otherwise, it is on the coaches to police. Also, please note that some leagues such as NCSL do not allow "noisemakers" such as drums, mariachi bands, etc. : ) Referees can enforce that.

Celebration of a goal
Players can celebrate when a goal is scored, but the celebration must not be excessive; choreographed celebrations are not encouraged and must not cause excessive time-wasting.

Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence but players should return as soon as possible.

A player must be cautioned, even if the goal is disallowed, for:
-climbing onto a perimeter fence and/or approaching the spectators in a manner which causes safety and/or security issues
-acting in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way
-covering the head or face with a mask or other similar item
-removing the shirt or covering the head with the shirt

VSA loves the choreographed celebrations, which are super tacky when the kids are 5th/6th grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Below is the Law that the referee is responsible for applying. Otherwise, it is on the coaches to police. Also, please note that some leagues such as NCSL do not allow "noisemakers" such as drums, mariachi bands, etc. : ) Referees can enforce that.

Celebration of a goal
Players can celebrate when a goal is scored, but the celebration must not be excessive; choreographed celebrations are not encouraged and must not cause excessive time-wasting.

Leaving the field of play to celebrate a goal is not a cautionable offence but players should return as soon as possible.

A player must be cautioned, even if the goal is disallowed, for:
-climbing onto a perimeter fence and/or approaching the spectators in a manner which causes safety and/or security issues
-acting in a provocative, derisory or inflammatory way
-covering the head or face with a mask or other similar item
-removing the shirt or covering the head with the shirt

VSA loves the choreographed celebrations, which are super tacky when the kids are 5th/6th grade.

Is it a 15 minute dance routine in the face of the opponents parents?

[Anonymous]

Its a little obnoxious but as long as it doesnt taunt other players and doesnt delay the game im fine with it. Its kind of cute.

[Anonymous]

Here's the thing...it doesn't matter who is fine with it and who isn't. It's allowed. Is scoring goals against your team tacky too? Deal with it.

[Anonymous]

This thread reminds me of the South Park episode You Got Served. So tacky.

[Anonymous]

If they're not taunting the other team, who cares? I'm not Hispanic, I'd love to see drumming and fireworks and mariachi bands and whatever else was mentioned on this thread lol.

To everyone "uncomfortable" or complaining, stop raising soft ass kids.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know, synchronized backflips are pretty cool Ngl. If the kids are hurt my the celebrations they need to stop being so sensitive and grow up.
However a celebration against the other team shouldn’t be tolerated and the ref should definitely say something about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Rapinoe? LOL

[Anonymous]

If only there were a way to keep the other team from celebrating goals.

Oh wait, there is! It's called "defending". If you don't want to watch a celebration you deem "tacky" then don't let the other team score.

[Anonymous]

Good Lord

If the celebration is excessive to the match officials, they'll do something about it.

How this became a racial thing is par for the course I guess

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If only there were a way to keep the other team from celebrating goals.

Oh wait, there is! It's called "defending". If you don't want to watch a celebration you deem "tacky" then don't let the other team score.

Defending and getting physical in proportion to the celebration. That's how sports have always worked