Anonymous wrote:I'm PP and OP, I thought Canopy Mom was a new dcum term for Helicopter Mom!


It might just be! Anyway, you made this soccer mom LOL.

Anonymous wrote:where is your next game. I'll come by and steal the tent and put her out of her equip mgr job!

Anonymous wrote: My son joined a travel team this past spring. As a family we are not new to travel soccer, but he is and this a new team for us.
He has / had games yesterday and today. I asked the team manager if I could bring a canopy for the kids - he said Larlo’s mom is bringing one Saturday, but bring yours JIC, and definitely on Sunday. So yesterday we go to the game, and did not bring down the canopy from the car initially. The kids were warming up, I did not see Larlo or his mom. The other team had their canopy up. I asked my husband to go ahead and bring our canopy from the car. I see him coming back from the parking lot with the canopy, and there’s literally Larlo’s mom 10 feet in front of him dragging her canopy. They arrive at the team bench at the same time. She sees ours and immediately goes off about how she had dragged it from the car for no reason. My husband quickly said we were the back up canopy, and I explain we didn’t see her and that’s why he brought it down (in hindsight I probably made it worse). My husband suggest we put one over the parents and one over the team bench. She just turns around and drags her canopy back to the car, moaning and making a big deal of it.she glared at us the rest of the game.
So, game today... I’m going to bring the canopy but leave it in the car until I clearly see she is not dragging hers out. But should I attempt to reconcile? How? I don’t think I did anything wrong, and I think her reaction was over the top. But I will have to see her every weekend for the next nine months, so I don’t want to be on her bad side.

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's now Monday. What happened on Sunday?

Anonymous wrote:I bought a canopy for tournaments, etc. and it's a pain to bring to a game (it's too big for my small car's trunk) and a pain to lug around. So I can kind of feel for the other mom who went to the trouble of bringing it and then thought she'd gone to the trouble for nothing. She shouldn't have been rude - maybe she could have said, "hey - why don't we use one for the kids and one for the parents." Because seriously, on a day like yesterday, bringing a canopy for the parents would have endeared you to any parent who could fit under it.

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Anonymous wrote:Mom of an ecnl player. Canopy is huge and a great thing to have. It is much hotter in turf and kids benefit greatly. We have had the extra canopy come up and you just make it work for parents. This should not be an argument at all. I would nip this in the bud ASAP or you will have a longggg year and it is still September. Team manager should handle with a group email.

Can you explain why you introduced yourself as "mom of an ECNL player"? Does this mean your opinion should matter more? I'm not saying I disagree with your post, I just don't get the introduction. Thanks

Maybe the OP wanted to indicate that there are ahole parents at every level.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: My son joined a travel team this past spring. As a family we are not new to travel soccer, but he is and this a new team for us.
He has / had games yesterday and today. I asked the team manager if I could bring a canopy for the kids - he said Larlo’s mom is bringing one Saturday, but bring yours JIC, and definitely on Sunday. So yesterday we go to the game, and did not bring down the canopy from the car initially. The kids were warming up, I did not see Larlo or his mom. The other team had their canopy up. I asked my husband to go ahead and bring our canopy from the car. I see him coming back from the parking lot with the canopy, and there’s literally Larlo’s mom 10 feet in front of him dragging her canopy. They arrive at the team bench at the same time. She sees ours and immediately goes off about how she had dragged it from the car for no reason. My husband quickly said we were the back up canopy, and I explain we didn’t see her and that’s why he brought it down (in hindsight I probably made it worse). My husband suggest we put one over the parents and one over the team bench. She just turns around and drags her canopy back to the car, moaning and making a big deal of it.she glared at us the rest of the game.
So, game today... I’m going to bring the canopy but leave it in the car until I clearly see she is not dragging hers out. But should I attempt to reconcile? How? I don’t think I did anything wrong, and I think her reaction was over the top. But I will have to see her every weekend for the next nine months, so I don’t want to be on her bad side.

I'm not sure which is more immature, the mom huffing about it or you for posting about it.

Anonymous wrote: My son joined a travel team this past spring. As a family we are not new to travel soccer, but he is and this a new team for us.
He has / had games yesterday and today. I asked the team manager if I could bring a canopy for the kids - he said Larlo’s mom is bringing one Saturday, but bring yours JIC, and definitely on Sunday. So yesterday we go to the game, and did not bring down the canopy from the car initially. The kids were warming up, I did not see Larlo or his mom. The other team had their canopy up. I asked my husband to go ahead and bring our canopy from the car. I see him coming back from the parking lot with the canopy, and there’s literally Larlo’s mom 10 feet in front of him dragging her canopy. They arrive at the team bench at the same time. She sees ours and immediately goes off about how she had dragged it from the car for no reason. My husband quickly said we were the back up canopy, and I explain we didn’t see her and that’s why he brought it down (in hindsight I probably made it worse). My husband suggest we put one over the parents and one over the team bench. She just turns around and drags her canopy back to the car, moaning and making a big deal of it.she glared at us the rest of the game.
So, game today... I’m going to bring the canopy but leave it in the car until I clearly see she is not dragging hers out. But should I attempt to reconcile? How? I don’t think I did anything wrong, and I think her reaction was over the top. But I will have to see her every weekend for the next nine months, so I don’t want to be on her bad side.