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I had a G15 semi-final game recently that was 6-0 at halftime (30 minute half). The two coaches came to me and my ARs at halftime and said that if the score gets to 9-0 to just end the game. The game ended 10 minutes into the second half. The losing coach had to restrain two of his player's fathers because they thought we stopped the game early and wanted to tell us that we sucked for not letting the kids play a full game. Not sure why those two dads were so mad. The winning teams 9 goals all came from 9 different players.
 
One of our U-15 games had a small bracket this past weekend and we just stopped scoring when the score was 9-1 and our team basically played keep away. It was great for my Keeper daughter because she was getting practice with the ball being played back to her, but I almost think that was more demoralizing for the other team. I know our coach had the right intentions for it, and she would be beaten up by comments if she let the score keep going up, but was playing keep away better? Maybe I am just dealing with my own traumatic experiences with kids playing keep away with my glove. LOL I think there is a life lesson in being killed in a game for the olders...you have two choices 1. Let it drive you to do whatever you can to be able to compete at that level in the future or 2. Get yourself in the right place that works for your skill set. We are not equipped to compete every where. Having said that, I think the best choice is for the demolishing team to play with less players on the field. I wouldn't have said that prior to this last weekend but I hated watching the "keep away game". At the same time, that is what they do at practice to learn how to defend so is it that demoralizing for them? The reality is the girls have probably all forgot about it and they are now worried about what they will wear on the first day of school.
 
outside! said:
Wow, a semi-final ending early at 9-0. Either lopsided or small brackets?
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Smaller tournament in LA county. It’s only flight was divided into two brackets that played cross bracket. The six teams included tier 1-3 teams. One bracket had all of the stronger teams and the other bracket had the weaker teams which included two teams from the tournament’s club. The tournament team was the one that lost 9-0. It was apparent that the tournament set the brackets so the home club teams would make the semis and I am sure they thought at least one would make the final. The two teams in the final were from the strong bracket, so the home clubs cooking didn’t work.
 
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