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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On my son’s fifth grade rec team there’s a mom that continues to make comments about my son (goalie) implying he’s the reason. At this age, there seems to be a misunderstanding the goalie will get every shot, even undefended ones. If your child is a goalie did you deal with a few parents in the team that would get upset with your child, even if their own attack didn’t score once in a game and they lost? [/quote]

My kid is a soccer goalie, and my spouse reminds him when he's upset about a loss and blaming himself, that the ball got past 8 other players before it got past him (9v9).[/quote]

I hate this argument (see my comment right above). The goalie is there for a reason and has a job to do. Instead of acting like any time they face a shot it’s the teammates fault, have objective discussions about whether they should be stopping the shots they are facing. Especially in soccer where many of the shots faced are flat out unstoppable. Lacrosse too. Goalies are going to flat out get beat, often.

We used to talk about whether my son was facing the type of shots he wanted to face/ that his defense was set up to give him. Then we talk about things like his percentages and maybe a few individual shots, to get an idea of how he played overall.

Now he’s in college riding the bench so tbh I miss those talks[/quote]

You are confusing the tactical discussion of player responsibilities with the fact that this Mom is a low life.  No parent should be criticizing kids out loud in fifth grade, full stop.  
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