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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP and a parent new to soccer. My DD, 4th grader, is pretty athletic and we've let her try different sports over the years. She's done figure skating, swimming, baseball, basketball, running (ended up sticking with basketball and track over the years), and this is the first year she asked to sign up her for a rec soccer league.

My sampling size is ridiculously small, so I'm not extrapolating what I've seen on soccer fields so far to youth soccer in general,  but, man, those parents ARE insane. So much pointless screaming! We've never experienced anything like that sitting through multiple basketball games (not to mention track-and-field competition, for whatever reason, track parents are great, and there's a real camaraderie on the team, despite track being an individual sport).

I'm so looking forward to the end of this soccer season! :lol: Just my 2 cents.[/quote]

With soccer, the higher the level and older the kids are, the quieter the sideline.  My daughter plays ECNL (not in the DMV area) and it's rare that you come across a parent ranting on the sidelines.  Some of her friends play town (rec) soccer and when I occasionally bring her to watch a game, everyone is yelling and screaming (and coaching) from the sidelines...  If a parent from my daughter's team coached their kid from the sideline, they would be told to leave.  [/quote]

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