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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just started travel this year, so maybe my expectations are off.  Wanted to get a gut check:

Spouse gets a little enthusiastic on the sidelines.  Never calls out any individual player by name (other than our kid), but may call out if the defense or offense is lacking.  Nothing mean-spirited, mostly encouragement.  Sure, there were also some private parent-to-parent conversations on the sideline that may have been more critical, but nothing loud enough for a player or even another parent in the stands to hear . . . unless they were eavesdropping.

Yesterday, after the tournament weekend, spouse gets a call from the OWNER of the club dressing him down for his sideline behavior.  Another parent on the team got the same call.  I would have thought adults could have a conversation with each other, or even with the coach, before involving the owner of the entire organization.

IS THIS NORMAL? [/quote]

It happens but no the coach or owner should not have to talk to you after a game. I am assuming you kid is under u12? The u littles(12 and under) is not really soccer and the kids are still developing. When you look back on these years you will understand how little wins/loses matter. It’s important the kids have a fun, challenging environment where they can experiment and learn. Having a parent call out the “defense” after a bad play is the same as calling out the kid on defense who had the bad play. Other parents will react.

It is easy to see mistakes or a player being physically beat(ie other player is way faster) on defense. The mistakes made on offense are rarely seen by parents but there are just as many even more vs the mistakes on defense.

Your husband needs to shut up. He is embarrassing your kid, hurting other kids on the team and pissing off other parents. If he can not let the kids play without comments, he should not be on the sidelines. Get him a camera and tell him to film the game. This will keep him busy and remove him from all the excitement. [/quote]

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