Scores that lopsided have to be a result of poor bracketing or seeding choices by the league or the coaches. Obviously, those two teams shouldn't be competing against each other. Could be that the losing team's coach thought they were better than they were, or the winning team's coach sandbagged to get in a lower division? Years ago, my daughter's brand new U11 bronze club team played in a local city league during the summer against U13 teams some were silver elite and in one case gold. We got crushed by double digits multiple times. I think the worst was maybe 15 to 0. And it was demoralizing. But honestly, I felt bad for the winning teams, too. After the 5th or 6th goal, they weren't having any fun either cause it was just too easy and clearly they weren't any better off for the experience. In some ways, as a parent, I was angrier when they played keep away, because it was like they were toying with the weaker team by showing them that they couldn't even touch the ball. At least when the other team was scoring, our defenders and keeper were getting a work out. When they played keep away, our girls would just end up standing around, exhausted from chasing the ball. So there's really no good way to handle a mismatch that big.