Might be time to retire this thread and start a clean one for National Cup. In the meantime, there's no excuse for critiquing the abilities of kids who are still learning (and, hopefully, enjoying) the game. Judging professional players from our couches can be a hard habit to break, and we've all been guilty of doing it with youth sports at some point, but sideline commentary during a game, while not ideal, is different than anonymous, insulting posts to a large community.
On that note, while nothing excused the personal attacks re: one poster's daughter, hyping your own 12-13 year old as an "A-lister" seems like opening yourself up to a jab around here. It would be great if no one threw the punch -- the poster, and especially his daughter, didn't deserve it -- but it's not shocking when someone does.
The A-listers will be sorted out over time -- and not by their parents. There are very, very few of them; it's possible none of us know any of them right now. But hopefully all of our girls will grow up happy and confident and still loving the game, at whatever level they participate.