Have any of you tried coaching soccer in a blue collar and working class area? What do you think you soccer in Baltimore is like?

I have no connection to either team but I've listened it to it a few times now, and every time, I hear the coach say "hit it hard" not "hit her hard". The whole video that was posted was so sketchy. It is stills and then statements from people we can't see who could be reacting to anything over the course of an entire game.

"hit her hard" is different from "hit ball hard", or "brace for impact"

Well, not surprise hearing from an American Soccer Coach. He may choose wrong way to describe the same strategy.

Anonymous wrote:I think it depends. My son is a U13, and is very passive. He allows people to foul him, and then does nothing back. It isn't ideal, because as a short and small player, it marks him as someone that opponents can take advantage of. His coach encourages him to fight back some, and I don't think that is wrong.

Absolute gamesmanship, attacking players establish whats what early on to share their presence and to test what they can get away with the defense and ref.

Whether this MFA coach is in the wrong, hard to tell in this one edited video, but silent coaches and bad refs can be just as harmful.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.facebook.com/100000447814188/posts/4677979318893616/

The video is of the coach my daughter's team is playing against soon. Take a listen. I can't believe this guy is allowed to coach an ECNL team much less a youth team at all.

Read the comments for some context. The Match Fit player is the one fouled. Full video is in the comments.

What context? The video doesn't change what the guy said. It tells you maybe the reason he said it, but does it excuse the words?

The coach is encouraging the player that just got fouled really hard to defend herself and not take that kind of punishment. The video was edited by the old fired Matchfit Director. I would want my coach telling my daughter the same thing.

+1. Many kids need to go in harder than they do. This is especially true for girls where there can be a big disparity in the level of aggression. Not committing to the tackle is the best way to get injured. Going in hard is not the same as playing dirty. The coach was not screaming at his player to "stud her", or "go for her knees". He was just telling his player to "hit her hard" which is good, solid advice - especially if the player in question is getting knocked around by her opposite number who is going in a lot harder.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.facebook.com/100000447814188/posts/4677979318893616/

The video is of the coach my daughter's team is playing against soon. Take a listen. I can't believe this guy is allowed to coach an ECNL team much less a youth team at all.

Read the comments for some context. The Match Fit player is the one fouled. Full video is in the comments.

What context? The video doesn't change what the guy said. It tells you maybe the reason he said it, but does it excuse the words?

The coach is encouraging the player that just got fouled really hard to defend herself and not take that kind of punishment. The video was edited by the old fired Matchfit Director. I would want my coach telling my daughter the same thing.

I think it depends. My son is a U13, and is very passive. He allows people to foul him, and then does nothing back. It isn't ideal, because as a short and small player, it marks him as someone that opponents can take advantage of. His coach encourages him to fight back some, and I don't think that is wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.facebook.com/100000447814188/posts/4677979318893616/

The video is of the coach my daughter's team is playing against soon. Take a listen. I can't believe this guy is allowed to coach an ECNL team much less a youth team at all.

Read the comments for some context. The Match Fit player is the one fouled. Full video is in the comments.

What context? The video doesn't change what the guy said. It tells you maybe the reason he said it, but does it excuse the words?

The hit itself and the girls aren't really the issue. It actually doesn't matter who fouled who. The coach's reaction is ridiculous and is the actual issue. I saw who posted it as well, but this is not the only social media account talking about this.

Anonymous wrote:https://www.facebook.com/100000447814188/posts/4677979318893616/

The video is of the coach my daughter's team is playing against soon. Take a listen. I can't believe this guy is allowed to coach an ECNL team much less a youth team at all.

Read the comments for some context. The Match Fit player is the one fouled. Full video is in the comments.

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Anonymous wrote:The unedited view in the comments makes it clear that the dirty hit was from the other team

That's Jersey soccer. It's rough.

Always has been. Long Island too. Native here that played in the 80s. Tom's River, Massapequa ...some crazy sh*t. And the sidelines were like Tony Soprano's daughter's games.

Anonymous wrote:The unedited view in the comments makes it clear that the dirty hit was from the other team

That's Jersey soccer. It's rough.

Please note the former Matchfit Director posted the video. Sour grapes…

The unedited view in the comments makes it clear that the dirty hit was from the other team

https://www.facebook.com/100000447814188/posts/4677979318893616/

The video is of the coach my daughter's team is playing against soon. Take a listen. I can't believe this guy is allowed to coach an ECNL team much less a youth team at all.