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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Whats bad is when your team is down 0-8 and the opposing teams parents continue to cheer each additional goal like it was a World Cup goal. [/quote]
Yes. Over-celebration by parents, coaches, or kids is the only thing that can be “shameful” in a soccer blowout. Its not the fault of either team that there is a mismatch. I think it’s usually more respectful to the losing team to simply play the game the way you’ve been taught with no special rules re number of passes or other obvious artificial maneuvers.  That always comes across as patronizing. Starters should absolutely sit for a while at a certain point, players should be rotated out of their usual positions (goalie should absolutely be getting field time) and shooting or passing with a non-dominant foot is OK. But I’ve been on both sides of 20-0 type games, and everyone is usually fine so long as there is no more than tepid clapping by the winning team after it’s clear to all that the game will be uneven.

If you are ever on the winning sideline in a game like this, my advice is to spend most of your time chatting with other parents and to avoid acting like you are avidly watching the game and glorying in all the goals. Admiring babies and dogs on the other team’s sidelines is also helpful. Basically anything that makes it clear that you are enjoying having an excuse to be social outside on a nice day. [/quote]
What do you mean?  Each goal means we get to chug a beer.  It gets better with each goal. Cmon man![/quote]

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